Have you heard of Jing? Its a program for screenshots and screencasts. I love Jing and use it and am using it every day and this is my Jing Review. You can capture anything you want on page and I find it good when watching a webinar and I want to capture a part of it I can do that in a flash. I don’t have to worry about missing the experience of the webinar or what is being said because I am frantically writing notes. What also makes it special is you can then add to it with highlighting, boxes and text.
Jing comes in a free version and also a pro version. You can download it at http://www.techsmith.com/jing/free/. I am using the free version and finding it adequate for what I need at the moment. This is an example:
You can also use Jing to make a simple video and share that with others. This is good if you are trying someone ‘how to’ do something or a problem you are experiencing. Have you ever tried to explain something but the other person just doesn’t quite understand what you are getting at. This way you can show them.
I am doing this Jing Review because I really like it but I should also tell you anything that I don’t like about the program and I can only think of one and that is that the video you can make is limited to 5 minutes with the free version. That being said its not a real problem for me.
You can send your captures and screencasts for more editing to Camtasia (also owned by Techsmith) or Snagit with just a click. Sharing couldn’t be easier. The Pro version has a few extra features like webcam video, MPEG 4 format, YouTube upload just to name a few. I can see myself upgrading in the future. I hope you liked my Jing Review and I recommend that you download it today and have some fun using it.
Hi Pauline,
Got your blog from my latest visit to the Marketing with Alex forum, I’m a new student of FTM and getting into this blog hopping thing.
Nice to meet you by the way.:)
This Jing thing…
I downloaded it a few weeks ago to be honest but have yet to use it, too lazy to learn how to be honest with you.
Whenever i have to take screenshots I’m so in the habit of hitting the “Prt Scr” button on my keyboard and opening it with photoshop.
I must admit this short review you have put together has got me thinking about using jing for the first time. I have camtasia also but yet again have never put it to good use as of yet…
Not quite brave enough for the videos yet.:)
Jing seems a much simpler alternative after reading this little review and I’ll definitely take a closer look real soon.
Once again, nice to meet you Pauline and I wish you every success…
Robert
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You can do a free online course on how to use JING on http://www.alison.com
I really like Alison because it offers everyone training for free..thanks for mentioning that Mary and lets hope they add more courses soon.