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Thread ID: 81191	2007-07-19 21:06:00	Jing	johcar (6283)	PC World Chat

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570397	2007-07-19 21:06:00	A new product (FREE) for capturing screenshots or video from your PC and sharing them with others (the image/clip can be uploaded to a pre-specified URL - hardcoded at the moment) . This is made by the same company that makes SnagIt and Camtasia - I have used SnagIt for a number of years . Jing works on PCs and Macs (but not Linux) - from my experience so far, Jing is pretty cool . PCs need . NET Framework 3 . 0 . The only shortfall I see at the moment is the fact that you need to have an account at screencast . com for the uploads . At the moment this is free, but comments I have seen from others are requesting that Flickr and YouTube should also be available to upload to . . . Of course, you could just save the capture locally and email the file(s) . . . The process of 'sharing' your capture uploads the file to your account at screencast . com and drops the URL to the image into your clipboard, so you can paste it into a chat thread or an email . Recipients don't need a screencast . com account to view the shared image/clip . . . Have a look at the application here (http://www . jingproject . com/), download it and give it a whirl and send Techsmith some feedback .	johcar (6283)
570398	2007-07-20 06:34:00	That looks great. :) I am currently using a trial version of Camtasia at work. Jing seems to be a combination of SnagIt and Camtasia (but with more basic features). The ability to record your desktop is a great tool. I wonder what file format the video gets saved in? It certainly requires a reasonably grunting PC to run with the recommended 1 gig of RAM. Thanks for the heads up. :)	Jen (38)
570399	2007-07-20 06:48:00	I like the idea a lot.:thumbs:	winmacguy (3367)
570400	2007-07-20 06:54:00	That looks great. :) I am currently using a trial version of Camtasia at work. Jing seems to be a combination of SnagIt and Camtasia (but with more basic features). The ability to record your desktop is a great tool. I wonder what file format the video gets saved in? It certainly requires a reasonably grunting PC to run with the recommended 1 gig of RAM. Thanks for the heads up. :)If you save the video capture locally, you can see it's a SWF file. There's also a 5 minute limit to a Jing video capture, to prevent the file sizes from getting overly large... I'm running it on a Toshiba M33 with a gig of RAM and it seems OK... The uploads take a bit of time though - thanks to our friends at Woosh. :( :)	johcar (6283)
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