How to screen capture
How to screen capture using Jing
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to screen capture, either using full-motion video or still. For short videos I use a freeware video capture program called Jing that copies whatever you are viewing on your computer screen, as well as audio. Let’s go over some uses for Jing:
- Marketing
- Troubleshooting
- Brainstorming
- Training
- Collaboration
- Sharing information with family or friends
…and many other uses.
I use Jing mostly for marketing and training; however, it’s great whenever you need to do a quick video. Recently I had a software issue and I simply cut a 30 second video with Jing and uploaded it to screencast.com to show a software tech exactly the problem I was having. He watched the video and diagnosed the problem very quickly. Many times it’s much easier and more effective to show rather than explain via email.
Here are some limitations you need to keep in mind with using the free version of Jing:
- You are allotted 2 GB of cloud space on screencast.com. Screencast.com is the website where your videos are automatically saved to after you click the Share button in Jing. (the share button looks like a trident) If you plan on archiving your videos after their useful life is done, it’s best to copy them to your hard drive and delete from screencast.com.
- WARNING! Deleting a video from screencast.com will cause the link that you shared of that particular video to be permanently broken, so only delete off screencast.com when you’re sure the video’s useful life is complete. Remember, you only have 2GB of cloud space so use it wisely.
- If you’re going to do a lot of videos, or videos that require a longer shelf life, it’s a good idea to save the video on your own hosted account, YouTube, or some other permanent location and share that link instead so that the link may be used over and over again. Remmeber my warning above! Once a video is deleted from screencast.com, any links you shared will no longer be useable.
- Each video may be no longer 5 minutes.
- Use a high quality USB headset with mic, if possible.
How to install Jing screen capture freeware
Alright, so now we know what Jing is, let’s put it into use. First, we need to download and install it. Here’s a short video on how to do just that. By the way, I used Jing to make this video – but YouTube does not allow .swf uploads so I had to convert to .mp4 first using Camtasia Studio – also from Techsmith.
After installation, using it is a snap. Just follow the directions below.
How to screen capture with Jing
I’ll let the video do the talking 
So there you have it – how to screen capture using a freeware screen capture program called Jing. I think you can figure out the still capture part of it, but if not drop me a note and I’ll do a short tutorial on that function as well.
Yours in profits,
Scott
The Big Banana of Business
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