{"id":627,"date":"2011-03-11T08:43:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T13:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=627"},"modified":"2011-03-12T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T03:39:41","slug":"cloudeight-freeware-pick-jing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/cloudeight-freeware-pick-jing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudeight Freeware Pick \u2013 Jing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jing<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nWindows\u00a0 XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
\n7.5 MB Windows Installer
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

You’ve all seen those nifty \t\tYouTube videos. The cool techy ones where the gal or guy is showing you \t\thow do use a program or tweak your Windows computer? You’ve probably \t\twondered how they did that right? You’re thinking that you could make \t\tsome cool videos of you doing nifty things you’ve learned from this \t\tnewsletter and showing your kids or grandkids how you’ve become a \t\tcomputer wizard. Speaking of computer wizards, did you know that \t\tcomputer wizards never die? They just lose their memory! Chortle! \t\tChortle!<\/span><\/p>\n

What if we told you there was \t\ta free program you can download and use that makes it easy for the most \t\tcomputer clumsy computer novice to make nifty screen shots and flash \t\tvideos of everything that’s happening on your screen – even the mouse \t\tcursor movement and all your mistakes? What if this same program allowed \t\tyou to narrate your video by speaking clearly into your microphone – so \t\tyou could say nifty things like, “Oh darn. I didn’t meant to click that \t\tthing, let me do that again…” Or “Yikes, you weren’t supposed to see \t\tTHOSE pictures! Let me start over again!”.<\/p>\n

And what if we told you that \t\tyou could also capture your Web Cam in this program and show videos of \t\tyourself juggling or eating a tuna sandwich – to the whole world? Pretty \t\tcool eh?<\/p>\n

And to top it off, what if we \t\ttold you that this same program gives you a couple GB of Web space so \t\tyou can upload your videos to your own storage space and send links to \t\tyour friends so they can watch your tutorials or antics online?<\/p>\n

Well, Jing does all of these \t\tthings. And Jing is made by one of the most respected names in graphics \t\tsoftware – TechSmith. That’s a very revered name in graphics editing \t\tcircles. They’re the people who make Camtasia Studio and Snagit. Well, \t\tif you’re not familiar with those two programs, maybe you’re not in the \t\tgraphics loop — yet. You will be soon though!<\/p>\n

We actually made a few videos \t\twith Jing. We’d include them here in this newsletter, but last week when \t\tincluded a video in our newsletter a bunch of our readers panicked \t\tbecause they got an Active-X warning. We don’t want to scare you folks, \t\tso if you want to watch the videos we made with Jing, just send an \t\temail, we’ll be glad to send you a link. Honest!<\/p>\n

About this time in our \t\tfreeware pick segment we start rambling and bail ourselves out by \t\tincluding a few words from the program’s developer. So that’s what we’re \t\tgoing to do right now. The program’s developer is not one to yammer \t\tthough, he is a man of few words — a man of action. Apparently his name \t\tis Tech Smith. Sounds like a linebacker, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

“…Capture what you see.<\/p>\n

Initiate a capture by clicking Jing’s happy, always-ready “sun” \t\ticon…or pressing a hotkey of your choice. You can capture a window, \t\tpane, or region. (Tip: click and drag to select a region.) Add notes, \t\tarrows, more. Four drawing tools. Unlimited colors. Go nuts.<\/p>\n

Make a point.<\/p>\n

Need to emphasize or explain? Mark up your screenshot with a basic text \t\tbox, arrow, highlight, or rectangle.<\/p>\n

Share instantly.<\/p>\n

Just tell Jing where to send the screenshot and\u2014BAM!\u2014it’s there and \t\tready to share. When you send to a destination like Screencast.com or \t\tFlickr, Jing even places a hyperlink on your clipboard. Jing is the \t\tmissing link in your online conversations<\/p>\n

No need to wait.<\/p>\n

Simply paste (CTRL-V or Command-V) the link into an IM chat, email, \t\tforum post, Twitter, anywhere…and when the person clicks it they see \t\tyour freshly-uploaded screenshot. Like magic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Record what you see (and \t\tdo).<\/p>\n

Select a window or region and Jing will record up to five minutes of \t\tvideo of everything that appears in that area. Point to things with your \t\tmouse, scroll, flip through photos, click around in a website or \t\tapplication…Jing captures it all.<\/p>\n

Narrate on the fly.<\/p>\n

If your computer has a microphone, Jing can record your sparkling \t\tcommentary at the same time. Since everyone prefers short and pithy, \t\trecording time is capped at 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

Share at the speed of conversation.<\/p>\n

The moment you’re done recording, your little screencast movie is ready \t\tto upload. The moment it’s on Screencast.com [?]To make sharing instant \t\tand easy, we give every Jing user 2GB of free space and 2GB of free \t\tmonthly bandwidth on our content hosting site, Screencast.com. Most \t\tusers find this to be plenty, but an upgraded Screencast.com account is \t\tavailable should you need more., you’ve got a link ready to paste and \t\tshare. No waiting.<\/p>\n

Want options?<\/p>\n

We’ve got a few. Jing can put Screencast.com embed code on your \t\tclipboard instead of a link. Or you can save the SWF Flash video to a \t\tdirectory or FTP site. Maybe even edit it with Camtasia Studio….”<\/em><\/p>\n

Whew! All this for free? \t\tWhat’s the catch? Well, the only catch is that the videos you share will \t\thave a little “Created with Jing” in the bottom-right corner. Not a high \t\tprice to pay for all this freeware program does. If you’re really upset \t\tby this, you can get the Pro Version for $14.95 a year. But, this is the \t\tfreeware pick of the week and freeware version of Jing offers a lot for \t\tvery little – like zero dollars. \t\tGet Jing, or learn more \t\tabout it, by visiting this page<\/a>. It’s our \t\tfreeware pick this week<\/a> and we think you’ll have a ball with it. Hey! If you make something \t\tnifty with Jing, share it with us and if we think it’s as nifty as you \t\tdo, we’ll feature it in our newsletters and make you famous. OK. A \t\tlittle famous – but not rich. Don’t get your hopes up too high.<\/p>\n

Pithy? We’re not.<\/p>\n

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