HOW TO USE JING
How to download Jing
Click this icon to open a browser
Your homepage is displayed
Click here
Type https://www.techsmith.com /jing.html
Press Enter on your keyboard
This page will open
Click Download
You’ll be asked to choose a version of Jing
If you have a PC, click here
If you have a Mac, choose the Mac version
Download will start
When the download is finished, click here
Click Open
You will be asked to run the file
Click Run
Click Next on this window
Click Next
Click Next to start the installation
Installation is almost complete
Installation is complete, click Finish
Now you’ve installed Jing
How to access Jing
See the faint sun peeking out from the edge?
It means Jing is already running in your computer
You can take a capture anytime you want
If you click the sun
Or hover the mouse over the sun
Three little rays will appear
Capture
Click it to take a screenshot
History
It shows all your previous captures
More
More allows you to change your preferences
How to capture an image
Select the area you want to capture
It can be a particular area
Or the entire window
To start the capture, click the sun
Click Capture
Your mouse pointer will change into a cross hair
Click and drag the crosshairs to select an area
Your capture will open in a Preview window
Click here to capture the image
The Preview window has other options
Capture Video
Use it to record your screen and narrate it
Redo Selection
It allows you to select a new area to capture
Cancel
It lets you cancel your capture
If you capture an image
New set of buttons are added to the Preview window
Use these tools to edit the captured image
You can add arrows for annotation
Add text
Add frame
Highlight an area
Choose color for your text, frame or highlight
Name
You can rename the file in this box
Output buttons
The Share to Screencast button
The Copy button
The Cancel button
The Customize button
The Customize button
It allows you to set up additional output buttons
It can be a specific file location,
Twitter, Facebook or other applications
To add a new button, click here
This window will appear
Click New
Choose one from these options
Click here for more options
Click Save
Use this to edit image in Snagit
Snaggit is a tool that has more image effect
It has an editing tool with more image capability
How to save your screenshot
In the Preview window, click Save
Choose the folder where you want it saved
Click Save
This window will confirm that the image was saved
How to copy your capture
In the Image Preview window, click Copy
The image is copied to the clipboard
This window will confirm that the image was copied
You can paste your capture to an email, chat or document
How to share your screenshot
You’ll get a free Screencast account when you install Jing
Screencast will host your captured image and videos in the web
This is the fastest way to share image and video
To share an image, click here
Click Capture
Drag the cross hair to select the area
Click Capture
Click here
The image is uploaded to your Screencast.com account
Jing will return a link which is copied to your clipboard
Paste the link to another application
To view your shared capture
Your recipients will have to click the link
You can check the uploaded image in Screencast.com
Click here
The link here is the one copied in your clipboard
How to move the sun in your screen
To move the sun from here
To a different location
Click the sun, drag and drop it to its new location
When you drag the sun it will look like this
Jing is automatically launched when the computer starts
If you prefer not to, follow these steps
Click the sun
Click here
This will be launched in your screen
Click the Preferences button
The Preferences Menu is displayed
Notice that Launch on startup is checked
Click the box to uncheck this option
To hide the sun, click here
Click on Finish
How to set up your capture hotkey
Click More
Click Preferences
Click here
On your keyboard, press the keys you want to use
Jing will tell you if your keys are invalid
Or it’s good to go
Click Finish to save the changes
How to obtain an embed code from Jing
To do this, create a new button first
Click More
Click Customize buttons
Click New
Make sure that this button is selected
Edit the description here
This will help you tell your Screencast.com buttons apart
Click on this drop-down arrow
Select Embed Code
Select the folder where your content will be stored
Click Save
You may now take a capture
And use your new button to obtain an embed code
To do this, click the button on the Preview window
This confirms that your embed code is ready to be pasted