Suhit Gupta
12-06-2007, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.jingproject.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.jingproject.com/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Have you heard about Jing? It’s a project being run by the good folks at Techsmith (who make two of my essential Windows tools - SnagIt and Camtasia Studio). Jing is basically a free screen capture tool (still and video) for both Windows and Mac OS but with a number of twists. The new version adds the following features according to the Jing Project blog: share to FTP, share images to Flickr, streamlined sharing to files, and usage reporting to help improve Jing. The Jing Project also offers a number of free goodies including a very useful wallpaper that has outlines of the most common screen sizes to aid you in setting up screen shots for your blog, web site, or other projects."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/jing-logo-140x110.gif" /><br /><br />Now why wasn't this around when I was in grad school? Creating demos would have been so much easier than installing a super expensive video capture card and/or finding a good video camera and a tripod. This really makes screen captures and the subsequent sharing so easy. I just gave it a whirl and it works very well. I wonder whether Techsmith will market this to customer services divisions of companies? I can totally see customer service reps using this to help solve software problems for customers that call in by showing them exactly what steps to follow on their screen.