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Elegant and simple, Jing's minimal feature set keeps the focus on instant sharing. We think it's the perfect companion to the casual, fast-paced online conversations we all have every day.

Jing for Screen Capture

Make everything
in my life this easy.

happykatie
(via Twitter)

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Click and capture
Capture the important bits.

Capture what you see.

Initiate a capture by clicking Jing's happy, always-ready "sun" icon...or pressing a hotkey of your choice. You can capture a window, pane, or region. (Tip: click and drag to select a region.)

Add notes, arrows, more
Four drawing tools. Unlimited colors. Go nuts.

Make a point.

Need to emphasize or explain? Mark up your screenshot with a basic text box, arrow, highlight, or rectangle.

 

Jing provides a link
From Jing to your Flickr photostream in a single click!

Share instantly.

Just tell Jing where to send the screenshot and—BAM!—it's there and ready to share. When you send to a destination like Screencast.com or Flickr, Jing even places a hyperlink on your clipboard.

Jing is the missing link in your online conversations

No need to wait.

Simply paste (CTRL-V or Command-V) the link into an IM chat, email, forum post, Twitter, anywhere...and when the person clicks it they see your freshly-uploaded screenshot. Like magic.


Customizable button

Not feeling linky? Copy and paste the screenshot as a visible imagePaste your Jing screenshot right into an email, document, presentation, wherever… (instead of a link). Or save it as a file.

Customizable button

Hey techie types! Jing can also do tricks like put HTML embed code onto your clipboard or upload to FTP. See how »

Customizable button

Do you tweet? Make the most of those 140 characters by adding Jing images and video. See how »

Jing for Screencasting

Jing is a great ‘quick and dirty’ solution for producing simple video tutorials in a hurry.

Dave Kaminski
Web Video University Blog

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Capture and record any part of your desktop
Record at whatever size and shape you want.

Record what you see (and do).

Select a window or region and Jing will record up to five minutes of video of everything that appears in that area. Point to things with your mouse, scroll, flip through photos, click around in a website or application...Jing captures it all.

Click the microphone icon to mute ro record using your microphone while recording
Make a silent movie or a talkie, your choice. Made a mistake? Start over from the beginning.

Narrate on the fly.

If your computer has a microphone, Jing can record your sparkling commentary at the same time. Since everyone prefers short and pithy, recording time is capped at 5 minutes.

Preview your video immediately after you're done recording and before you upload it for others to see.
Jing dresses up your video with a dapper play button, controls, and fade-to-black effect. To keep Jing free, we also add a Jing logo at the beginning and a "get Jing" link at the end. Wear them proudly...or go Pro.

Share at the speed of conversation.

The moment you're done recording, your little screencast movie is ready to upload. The moment it's on Screencast.com [?]To make sharing instant and easy, we give every Jing user 2GB of free space and 2GB of free monthly bandwidth on our content hosting site, Screencast.com. Most users find this to be plenty, but an upgraded Screencast.com account is available should you need more., you've got a link ready to paste and share. No waiting.

Jing allows you to share your video in almost any way you like
More ways to save. And share.

Want options?

We've got a few. Jing can put Screencast.com embed code on your clipboard instead of a link. Or you can save the SWF Flash video to a directory or FTP site. Maybe even edit it with Camtasia Studio.[?]Camtasia Studio 6.0.1 or later can edit Jing videos.

Plays well with others

Jing works hand-in-hand with Camtasia Studio and Snagit
Use Snagit and Camtasia Studio for more editing and sharing options.

Jing's older siblings (on the PC side)

Jing is great for adding visuals to your conversations. But sometimes you might want to take it a step further with more editing and sharing options. The Snagit and Camtasia Studio outputs in Jing are just what you'll need. You can send your capture or screencast for more editing with just a click.

Click the microphone icon to mute ro record using your microphone while recording
As a Jing customer, you get 2 GB of storage and 2 GB of transfer bandwidth on Screencast.com for free!

Screencast.com, always the bridesmaid

Always there, working behind the scenes of Jing, Screencast.com is where that handy little URL comes from after you take a capture or screencast. But you can do more with Screencast.com, like keeping your Jing's organized and allowing viewers to comment on your content.


Image and video sizing

A helping hand. play video  Jing helps you size your captures and screencasts for easy placement into blogs, websites, or wherever else you want to use them.

Customizable button

Push your own buttons. Keep your favorite sharing destinations handy with up to eight customizable buttons.Make Jing your own.

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Other Stuff We Make

It not only provides free storage and instant sharing of your Jing content…it's also a super place to share your high-quality videos, images, presentations, and all manner of digital content.

This Swiss-army knife of screen capture picks up where Jing leaves off. Powerful image editing, scrolling window capture, cursor capture, tagging, search, and rugged good looks.

Jing’s big brother on the video side—and the ideal choice for creating longer, more polished screen videos. Camtasia Studio can edit your Jing videos, too.