Jing Project: Free Screen Capture Software To Add Visuals To Your Online Coversations

At times, when working online you need to grab an image of something on your screen. You might need to show someone how to do something with a quick video, or need a picture of an error message, or maybe you're just trying to capture something that gave you a good idea for a project you're working on.

Let’s face it, taking a screen shot, copying it into an image editor, cropping and resizing the image, saving it, attaching it to an email… is a major pain!

So, what’s the solution?

**Jing Screen Capture Software**

Jing Project (or just “Jing”) screen capture software makes it incredibly simple (and fun) to save image and video from your computer screen. Best of all, the basic version is completely free!

Once installed, Jing takes the form of a small yellow sun. When not in use, that sun sits at the edge of your screen so it’s out of the way (I tend to forget it’s there until I need it for something). To use Jing, just place your mouse over the sun icon and choose from the options that appear (Capture, History and "More").

If you need to grab a copy of whatever is on your screen at the moment, just click "capture," and you'll be able to select an area and either image or video.

**Image Screen Capture**

To choose what to capture, just click and drage your mouse around the area you need. Double clicking a window on your screen automatically selects just that window. Jing then provides a preview of the image that you can save, delete or edit.

If you need to add to the image you’ve captured, Jing provides tools to easily add arrows, boxes, highlighting and captions. Once your image is good to go, all you have to do is save and share it.

Jing offers a multitude of sharing options. With a single click you can post your image to facebook, twitter or flickr! You can also copy the image to paste elsewhere, or upload it to an FTP server just as easily.

In a nutshell, Jing allows you to take any part of your screen pretty much wherever it needs to go.

**Video Screen Capture**

If an image is worth a thousand words, video has to be pretty valuable too… which is why Jing makes it just as easy to record video of the action on your screen as it is to capture an image.

If you need a video, just hit the "video" button after you select the capture zone and Jing will record! You'll be able to record whaver happens on your screen for up to five minutes - but you can make multiples recordings if you need to. The recording can be paused while you move between windows or prepare your presentation, and then saved in .swf format when it’s complete.

Sharing your video with others is super easy with Techsmith's (the company that created Jing) online service, ScreenCast.com. Just click the "share" button and the video will be uploaded - plus the URL to the video is automatically copied to your clipboard so you can paste into an email, IM, or whatever else you need. Videos can also be edited in Camtasia (also from TechSmith) with a single click.

Jing Pro edition screen capture software unlocks additional features to allow for even more sharing options, and the option to record videos as .mp4 files, rather than .swf – making them more accessible to other viewing and editing programs, but for most users the basic free version is enough to save a TON of time.

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Lynne and Chad are Online Business and Marketing Coaches, dedicated to helping internet marketers build their busninesses successfully. On their blog, they enjoy sharing different types of internet marketing tools - like screen capture software and other useful resources .

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