They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Video must be worth at least 10,000 words. If you’re like me you’ll choose pictures and videos as your medium of choice over words any day. Thankfully, we have tools like Jing.
Jing, a project from the TechSmith Corporation, strives to add visuals to your online conversation. With Jing you can quickly and easily snap a picture of your screen, capture video of onscreen action, and then share instantly over the web, instant messaging, and email.
Downloading the Jing software is absolutely free and super slick to use. After download, Jing places a small little sunshine in the upper right corner of your desktop. At any moment’s notice you can reach to the upper right corner, grab the Jing crosshairs, and begin taking photos or videos of your screen. Once complete Jing allows you to name your file, save it to your computer, and share it anywhere you can place a link. Jing stores your file on screencast.com with 2 GB of free storage and bandwidth.
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An example of Jing’s funcationality. From jingproject.com/features
Typically, I’m all about using only free software. Jing fits that bill, but also offers a pro account for $14.95 a year. Because of that low price, I took the plunge for Jing Pro for my company’s office and I’m glad I did.
At the pro level you can record unbranded videos without the Jing logo, share with one click to sites like YouTube and Vimeo, and record from a webcam. Most importantly, Jing Pro gives you the ability to save both SWF and MPEG-4 files, whereas with the free Jing account your videos can only be saved as SWF files.
I wrote about Screenr, another screen capture software, back in August: Tools for the Trade: Screenr captures instant screencasts. I still like Screenr for quick screencasts that can be easily embedded into blogs and websites, but for all my needs Jing Pro can’t be beat for the $14.95 price.
At my social marketing company, 9 Clouds, we like to use Jing to make quick tutorials and lessons not only for clients but also for employees. We also used Jing to produce all of the how-to videos in our new educational product, Yellow Sandbox.
If you need a go-to tool for screen capture software, I recommend looking into Jing. If you already use it, leave a comment about what you think of Jing. If you use a different service, I’d love to hear about that, too.
One response to “Tools for the Trade: Jing simplifies capturing & sharing your screen”
My Screen Recorder is one of the best screen recording software. It records your screen and audio from the speakers or your voice from the microphone – or both simultaneously. The recordings are clear and look great when played back on your website, uploaded to YouTube or used in your presentation. One thing often overlooked – It will record directly to standard compressed format that works with any video editor or any tool, no conversion required. And, the file sizes are small, making them easy to upload or distribute.
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