One of the premiere tools for internet product developers and …yes…even podcasters is Techsmith’s Camtasia Studio.

As many of you know, Camtasia allows you to quickly create a screen capture video and save for distribution. The video can be in a variety of formats including Flash.

I know many people don’t want to spend $299.00 for the current version of Camtasia Studio. However, Techsmith is now providing a link for a free download of Camtasia Studio 3.1.

Techsmith’s thinking is …If you like Camtasia Studio 3.1, you may be willing to pay the upgrade fee for the current Camtasia Studio 5.0…not a bad deal. I believe you can upgrade from the 3.1 version, so it’s an even better deal for you.

One of my favorite sites, Bill Myers Online, let me know about this deal. Bill is a big user of Camtasia and has many online demos using Camtasia.

Here is the download link for Camtasia Studio 3.1.

You will need the FREE Licence Key from here.
UPDATE: As of Jan 10, 2007

This offer has expired. I’ll keep you posted on any new updates or downloads.

During last year’s Podcast Expo, Gigavox Media introduced “The Levelator”

The Levelator is like a magic wand for your podcast. Have you ever had the problem of having two different audio levels and try to get them both set to the same level. For example, you do a phone interview and your level is much higher than the interviewee’s level. Well, the Levelator fixes that problem. It’s not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three.

The user interface is ultra simple. Simply drag your file over to the Levelator window and the process begins. The Levelator does not destroy the original file. It simply creates a new file with “.output” appened to the file name.

The Levelator is a free download for non-commercial use. Just visit Gigavox Media.

The Levelator is available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.