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How To Use Jing Techsmith

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What is Jing Techsmith?

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Jing is a computer service

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That lets you capture basic video,

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animation, and still images

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and share them in the web.

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Jing captures anything you want to see

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on your computer screen,

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as an Image or short video

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and lets you share it constantly.

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HOW?
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Open your favorite Browser

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Search for Jing Techsmith

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Click Free Download

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Click Start Windows Download if you are using Windows

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or Start Mac Download if you are using Mac

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It looks like the image below

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the faint one without the mouse cursor.

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Taking your first capture


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Jing can capture your entire screen, a window,

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or a specific area of the screen you specify.

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This is how you start your capture.

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Mouse-over the sun and three little rays appear.

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Click capture to initiate the capture process.

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Select an area of your screen to capture.

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You can select a window, part of a window,

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or click and drag the cross-hairs to select a region.

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Decide if you want to capture an image or video.

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For this first capture, we suggest you click the Image button.

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You can add arrows, text and highlights to images.

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If you decide to record a video,

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Note: If you have a microphone, you can narrate your video

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in addition to capturing the action on the screen.

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Videos are limited to 5 minutes in length for Jing.

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Narrating a quick video is a great way

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to show someone exactly what you mean.

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If it's the first time you're making a video,

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Jing will ask you which audio device you'd like to use.

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Click Capture Video Icon

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There is a 3-second countdown before you're on!

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The yellow filmstriplike vertical bands start scrolling

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to indicate a recording is in progress.

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Click the Pause button to gather your thoughts

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or bring a new window or application into the recording area.


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Click the Restart button if you made a blunder

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and just want to start the recording over.

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Click Stop to conclude recording.

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Your video is displayed in the Jing Preview window.

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Check to make sure the audio sounds right

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and you recorded everything you meant to.

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Now it's time to save or share the video.

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Saving a video and then attaching it to an email

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or others can be problematic.

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A lot of computers don't know how to open

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the videos created with the free version of Jing.

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Often you need to drag the video into a web browser to play it.
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A better solution might be to use the Screencast.com button


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then share the link with others.

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People that click the link see what you captured.

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What is Screencast.com?

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Screencast.com is TechSmith's media hosting solution and it works great with Jing.

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Jing uses Screencast.com to securely host your content


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since it's perfect for the kind of images and videos

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you'll want to make with Jing.

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The COPY Button


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The Copy button only appears in the Jing Image Preview Window.

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You cannot copy videos.

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You can change the button description (name),

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Click More > Preferences.

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Click Customize Jing Buttons.

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Click the existing Copy button to edit its description (name).


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Click Save.

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The SAVE Button


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Click Save, choose a location, and confirm.

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you can make additional Save buttons that will instantly save
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your content to a specified location.

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To create a new description name for Save button:

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Click More > Preferences.

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Click Customize Jing Buttons.

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Click New.

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Give the button a description. For example,

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if you're saving to the Desktop, you could call it, "Save to Desktop".
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If you want Jing to always save to a specific location,

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click the drop down and select Other...

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instead of Always prompt me.

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Navigate to the location where you would like this button


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to send your content.

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When you're in the right location, click Select or OK.

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Click Save.

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Jing Capture History


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Jing remembers everything you capture on your computer

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and stores the images and videos as thumbnails in the History.


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Click History.

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Click the View icon (or double-click the thumbnail)

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to open the content in the Jing Preview Window.

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Click the Share icon to re-copy the image and video's link

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back to your clipboard.

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Click the Delete icon to delete your capture

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from the History and its stored location.

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Try Jing for a free and simple way to start sharing images and short videos of your computer screen.

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