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Jing Still Makes Screenshot and Screencast Sharing Easy, Offers More Storage
Posted by Adam Pash at 6:00 AM on July 26, 2008
Windows/Mac OS X only: Free screenshot and screencast sharing application Jing—which we first mentioned a year ago—turned one this week, and to celebrate they've significantly upgraded their free storage and transfer offerings. You now get up to 2GB of screenshot and screencast storage and 2GB of transfer per month on Screencast.com, which is 10 times the space and double the bandwidth. I'm a huge fan of Jing as the easiest cross-platform tool I've used to quickly share screenshots or screencasts (it's great for offering quick tech support). Anything you make with Jing can automatically be saved to Screencast.com, a local folder or network drive, an FTP server, or even Flickr (new since we first covered it) for quick sharing. Jing is freeware, Windows and Mac OS X only.
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portezbie
Posted 6:42 AM 26/7/08
its def not perfect yet, but its one of the best things out there that I've seen too
portezbie
RenRen
Posted 6:20 AM 26/7/08
It sure beats having to write a long manual on how to use one of my databases...
RenRen
The How-To Geek
Posted 6:18 AM 26/7/08
I use Jing every single day... sadly it's got some serious memory usage, but it's one of the best apps out there for this.
The How-To Geek
Torley
Posted 11:37 AM 26/7/08
I'm a BIG fan of Jing's older sibling, Camtasia.
I want to like Jing more, but its simplicity also has serious limitations: you can't export to formats other than SWF, which limits where you can upload (and the uploaded SWFs can be embedded but not cropped as expected).
Also, it doesn't let you select from more codecs; the built-in one captures dynamic content like most games and virtual worlds (like Second Life) and animated stuff at very low frames-per-second. It does work decently with standard applications with relatively static UIs and large areas of flat color, tho. For a purpose like this, you're better off with another free app like [wegame.com]
Improving both of the above points would help increase adoption and fun.
Torley
XGhozt
Posted 9:08 PM 26/7/08
I've been using Jing for a long time. I'm surprised it took so long to get on Lifehacker. :P
XGhozt
ewerybody
Posted 1:28 AM 27/7/08
Yea Jing is a hell of a streamlined Application! Too bad its ONLY putting out SWF-movies. So there is no chance to cut and edit the movies afterwards :/
So I stick to the opensource: CamStudio.
( btw: for screenshots I use ac'tivAid of course! ;D
Screenshot extension Is build in, so does not require extra memory and is very cool as well! )
ewerybody
ICEBreaker
Posted 1:58 AM 27/7/08
Is this better GrabUp (for Mac OS X) which was recommended by Lifehacker just a week or so ago?
ICEBreaker
gpzbc
Posted 4:17 AM 27/7/08
I love Jing! Unfortunately, it is a bit of a hog if you let it sit in your system tray. I just close it when not in use.
gpzbc
Samuel Wat
Posted 11:24 AM 28/7/08
@XGhozt: It's been on Lifehacker for a long time, this new post is just an update of the new storage and bandwidth updates of Jing.
Samuel Wat
crawfishpie
Posted 2:22 AM 30/7/08
I was stewing over how to grab a screen capture to a JPG or PNG format. Jing (and Lifehacker) came to the rescue. It worked really well and was simple to do. I was able to create a PNG and post it to my blog within a minute. Thanks for sharing!
crawfishpie
OrvinKollx
Posted 9:16 AM 26/7/08
Jing is the best! Even better than TechSoft's other offering, Snagit. Just because its much simpler and faster to use. The only thing I miss is the ability to capture long scrolling windows (like the aforementioned Snagit). A+++
OrvinKollx