Easy Screencasts with Jing
Until very recently, I was a screencast virgin… The screencasting options are somewhat limited with a mac and it always seemed so cumbersome. Enter the Jing Project — a f*ree screencasting utility from TechSmith - the makers of the grandaddy of all screencasting software, Camtasia.
When you install Jing, it puts a iittle sun up in the corner of your screen. To record, just click on the sun, click capture, choose video or image. The video gives you 3 seconds to start and then you can start capturing. Click "stop" and then you are done.
Jing gives you a choice up uploading your file to screencast.com (free), flickr, or to a file. Easy as pie — and great for when you just need to show a client something and don't have time for a conference call.
Jing gives you a choice up uploading your file to screencast.com (free), flickr, or to a file. Easy as pie — and great for when you just need to show a client something and don't have time for a conference call.
There are a couple of downsides (but, hey, it's free…)
1. There is a 5 minute time limit on videos.
2. The videos are made as flash (.swf) files so you can't easily upload them to YouTube
3. You can't resize them — which is an issue for putting the videos on your blog.
Still, Jing is great for taking a quick screen capture…
You can download it http://jingproject.com
Filed under Blog by meredith
Meredith Eisenberg, the Internet Monster Tamer, helps virtual assistants to "tame the internet monster" and learn the technical and marketing skills they need to create a thriving virtual assistance practice.