The only thing you different in the trial is there will be a watermark on the produced file that you try to share. You can do this with the trial version of 2022 as well if you's like to check it out to see if it offers you a compelling reason to upgrade (it will).

I often copy the old versions over to a backup drive on the outside chance I'll want to start over from the original. If you decide to stay with the 2022 version of Camtasia, then you can get rid of the older versions once you no longer want them. So yes, you will have separate projects for each version. Note the the converted projects will not be able to be opened in the previous version. Of course you can choose any name you like, but your old project will still exist and a duplicate one made that has been updated. 'MyProject' would be named 'Converted MyProject'). By default, it will just prepend the project name with Converted (eg.

When you import your older projects into Camtasia 2022, it will prompt you to convert them and save them.

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