It’s free and it works wonders, what more could I ask for?
So I hope my confab here can be a little help.
For daily users who just need the screen capturing ability, the free version is more than enough.
But if you are curious about the differences between those two you could checkthe comparison chart.
The installation process involves free registration toScreencastwhere users get 2GB worth of storage for online sharing.
Personally I prefer to have Jing always ready at the background.
To shoot the screen, just press the key combination.
A yellow hairline cross will appear on the screen with two dimensional coordinate numbers inside the small box.
The coordinate numbers will show you how big the captured area is in pixels.
After releasing the click, a small “summary” window will appear.
you might adjust the position of the captured screen by clicking and dragging inside the screen.
Holding the shift button while resizing will keep the size to 16:9 ratio.
Then the editing window will replace the previous one.
Click “other…” to choose a color outside of the basic options.
Click theSavebutton to place the image to any location in your hard drive.
Just hover your mouse on any small image in the list and the large version will pop out.
The Downsides
Personally, I think Jing is great.
But there are a few tiny downsides to using Jing that I encountered.
I think the shadow adds to the beauty of the image.
Jing left the shadow out.
Second, I also think that the editing tools of Jing is too minimal.
The addition of other standard tools would really make the users happy.
