How To Use JingA free screen recording/capturing software

Type Jing in Google

Click: www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Click: FREE DOWNLOAD

Click: Windows Download

If you use a chrome browser

Jing downloads at the bottom left of your window

If you use an internet explorer browser

Jing downloads at the bottom right of your window

If you use a Firefox browser

Jing downloads from the upper right toolbar

Downloading Jing

Double click the file after downloading

Check ‘I accept the fine print’ then click Install

Jing being installed

Click Finish

Click ‘Play’ for basic information about Jing

To create your Jing account, click ‘Get Started’

Fill in the form then click ‘Create’

Jing automatically places itself on your screen

Mouse over Jing - the sun

To move it on the other side of your screen

While holding down the left mouse button

Move the sun to a different side of your desktop

Sun is now on the right side of your desktop

Let’s capture an image

Click this first ray

This cross grid lines will appear

Drag your mouse to the area you want to capture

Then release your mouse

This will appear

Click this to capture the image

You will see these on the sides of your image

Click this

Drag your mouse over the captured image

You will be able to create an arrow

Click this to change the color of the arrow

Click color green for example

And so the color of the arrow changes to green

Click this to add text on the image

Put the cursor anywhere you want and start typing

You can make it smaller or bigger by dragging this

Click here to change the font type

Choose from the list of font here

To make the text smaller, click here

Click here to make it bigger

Click this to change the color of your text

Click this to frame a specific part of your screen

Drag your mouse to make a frame

To change the color of the frame, Click this

To highlight a portion of the image, Click this

You have highlighted the text

Click here to undo and redo

When you are done with your image, click this

The image will be uploaded in screencast.com

Screencast.com is a free hosting for Jing

keeping all your captured images and videos

This will appear when the image has been uploaded

Click ‘View on Screencast.com’

To share your captured image, Copy this link

Share the link into your chat, email, etc.

The person who receives the link

Will just click or paste the link on a browser

He will be able to see your shared screencast image

To save your captured image, click this

Name the file then click Save

Jing will tell you that the file has been saved

The file is saved on your desktop

Let’s create a video recording

Click the first ray with cross in the sun

Grid lines will appear

Press and drag the lines

To the area that you want to do a recording

Click this

To start recording

Click ‘Continue’

Recording starts

While speaking anything you do will be recorded

Click this when you want to stop the recording

You can have a recording of up to 5 minutes

You will receive this when you reach 5 minutes

To listen to your recording, click this

To get the link of your recording, click this

The video will start uploading in screencast.com

Once finished you will receive this

Click ‘View on Screencast.com’

Copy this screencast video link

And paste it into a chat, email, etc

When the person clicks it he will see your video

Click this to save the video on your computer

Name it then click Save

Jing will tell you the video has been saved

Click Close then check your desktop

The video is on your desktop

Double click the video

Choose how do you want to open the video

Click ‘OK’

And the video will open up

Now click the second ray on the sun

It is ‘History’

Copies of your captures are located there

Here are the Images and Videos you have recorded

Click this third ray in the sun with two gears

This is ‘More’

There are many settings you can change in ‘More’

That’s the basic idea of Jing

You capture an image or make a short video

Then you either share it or save it

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