Jing is a screen capture application that allows you to select and capture parts of your screen and save that area as a static picture or even a movie.
Then you can add arrows, text and box highlights to draw further attention to the area you want to highlight.
The thing that makes Jing unique is that it has a "share" button, which allows you to share the image or video with a friend by connecting to the free screencast.com image hosting solution. Click share, it uploads your media behind the scenes, and places the link to the screen in your clipboard. You can then email or paste that URL into your chat application for your friends to see.
MODEST GINGER Jing would be great if it didn't sit in the background and eat CPU cycles. Take a look at Activity Monitor and look at the total CPU Time used up by Jing.
I was trying to figure out why my MBP battery usage was higher than usual. Sure enough, Jing increases average battery usage by 1.0W... when completely idle. That's not okay. (Version 2.1.17074)
BROCK SAMSON Anyone know of a way to capture system audio (not from the mic) at the same time so that you end up with a video with sound? (Version 2.1.17074)
EJ1 Jing! appears to work when recording, but when previewed or played back all I get is a black screen with white arrow cursors bouncing around. Sounds ok... no video.
iMac 17" 800 mhz PPC, Flash 9 and 10, OS X 10.4.11 (Version 2.0.14405)
EJ1 I found that I had the screen colors set to thousands instead of millions. I got it to work, sort of...Captured video looked good in preview but I could never get a email linked video to play back properly. I finally gave up on it. (Version 2.0.14405)
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Jan 31 2009
IMHO Downloaded the fore last version of Jing (freeware), that worked on my iMac G5 with Leopard. After two days the program invited me to download an updated version. Downloaded it, but immediately after installing and touching the sun the first time it vanishes. Downloaded the last version since then several times, but nothing helps. (Version 2.0.13462)
HALODEMO002 Awesome. Really fast. Except, the sun is a little annoying to look at and may cause a burn-in. Otherwise, pretty awesome. (Version 1.6.8006M)
µø˜˚´¥ This program was great at version 1.25 - I still use that version. Since 1.26, bugs started creeping in. If you can find 1.25 on the net somewhere, use that instead. (Version 1.6.8006M)
DEEPWATER Ive installed this application on many different setups. MacPro's, powerbooks, imac... there is always an issue no matter the version. It has hung my MacPro to the point where i had to login with another account just to rip it out!
if there is something out there that i can pay for that works, id buy it. (Version 1.6.8006M)