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| Sometimes, it's helpful to be able to take a picture or | | | | Once your image is good to go, all you have to do is |
| brief video of something on your screen. It could be | | | | save and share it. |
| anything from a logo, to a screenshot or a short | | | | In terms of sharing, you can easily add buttons to |
| demo video for a team member. The problem is that | | | | post your image to your twitter, facebook, or flickr |
| grabbing that on-screen content isn’t always | | | | account — as well as options to copy the |
| easy. | | | | image to your clipboard so you can paste it |
| Unfortunately, the process of taking, editing, saving | | | | wherever you want (even if you haven’t |
| and sending a screenshot is not always wort the | | | | saved it!) or upload it to your web server via FTP. |
| effort! | | | | In a nutshell, Jing allows you to take any part of your |
| Is there an easier option? | | | | screen pretty much wherever it needs to go. |
| **Jing Screen Capture Software** | | | | **Video Screen Capture** |
| Jing Project (or just Jing) is an incredibly | | | | If an image is worth a thousand words, video has to |
| lightweight screen capture software tool designed to | | | | be pretty valuable too
which is why Jing makes it |
| simplify the process of saving and sharing the things | | | | just as easy to record video of the action on your |
| that happen on your computer screen. Best of all, | | | | screen as it is to capture an image. |
| the basic version is completely free! | | | | If you need a video, just hit the "video" button after |
| Installing Jing creates a little yellow sun icon on the | | | | you select the capture zone and Jing will record! Jing |
| edge of your screen that waits there until you need | | | | will capture anything on your screen for up to five |
| it - honestly, you'll probably forget it's there until you | | | | minutes at a time (you can, of course make multiple |
| want to use it for something. Whenever you need to | | | | recordings if you need to). The recording can be |
| capture something, simply move your mouse over | | | | paused while you move between windows or |
| the little yellow sun and three rays will appear | | | | prepare your presentation, and then saved in .swf |
| with Capture, History, and More | | | | format when it’s complete. |
| buttons. | | | | To easily share the video with others, there is a |
| Clicking "capture" will allow you to select the area of | | | | single click button to upload the video to — on |
| your screen you want by clicking and dragging. Then | | | | of Jing’s sister products from TechSmith. |
| it’s a simple matter of selecting whether you | | | | Videos can also be edited in Camtasia (also from |
| want an image or a video. | | | | TechSmith) with a single click. |
| **Image Screen Capture** | | | | Jing Pro edition screen capture software unlocks |
| Once you select an area to capture by clicking and | | | | additional features to allow for even more sharing |
| dragging across your screen — with Jing | | | | options, and the option to record videos as .mp4 |
| conveniently measuring the size of the area | | | | files, rather than .swf — making them more |
| you’ve selected — you can take a | | | | accessible to other viewing and editing programs, but |
| snapshot of your screen with a single click. If you | | | | for most users the basic free version is enough to |
| double click on a windonw, Jing will select it | | | | save a TON of time. |
| automatically. Jing then provides a preview of the | | | | Lynne and Chad are Online Business and Marketing |
| image that you can save, delete or edit. | | | | Coaches, dedicated to helping internet marketers |
| Editing the image in Jing is easy as well, adding | | | | build their busninesses successfully. |
| arrows and boxes - as well as captions and | | | | |