As Kevin mentioned, don't use a variable frame rate, Premiere doesn't like that. Regarding capture resolutions and such, how do you intend to deliver the finished video? If in a "video" format such as DVD, you have to take that into consideration and use an appropriate frame size and frame rate when capturing and editing. If you're going to deliver online/computer use only, then you do not need to stick to "video specific" parameters like 720p for example.
Been a couple of years since I did a tutorial with Camtasia, but I was capturing, editing and delivering as 1024x768, 15 fps (these were Premiere tutorials in fact). If I'd intended to make a DVD, I would not use that format, but it was perfect for electronic delivery (Download or CD). Used the Camtasia software that creates its own menu/playback interface system for PC viewing. If recording for computer viewing, try to use a frame size that is "standard" for computer screens, in other words one of the options your display card provides. I've seen folks use Camtasia and just record a region of some totally random size that is very odd for delivery. Many codecs like numbers divisible by 8, and may not even allow you to export to an odd-number frame size.
As many people now use full HD computer screens, if you intend to capture a smaller size region of the screen, it can be helpful to simply set your display resolution to what you want to capture, rather than capturing a smaller part of the 1920x1080 screen. If you want to capture 1280x720, then set your screen to that resolution. Might result in larger font sizes and such that make the recording more legible.
Also, I don't remember the specifics, but Camtasia used to offer TWO different capture codecs. One was an .avi format that works in Premiere, the other was something more proprietary for use in their own editing app. My best advice is before starting the actual project, run through the ENTIRE workflow to make sure it is going to provide the desired results, before capturing hours of footage only to find at some later stage that some setting should've been different in the beginning. So capture some sample footage, get it into Premiere, then export to desired delivery format. Does it look good? File size ok? Figure all of that out before getting too deep into the actual job. I learned a lot of this the hard way myself, and you don't want to have to start over half way through the job, whatever it may be.
Regards,
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers
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