Screen Capture Video for Free

Posted under Free Resources, Marketing, Tools by ltruex

Jing Project
Video is the newest must have for website owners. While its easy to capture live action on a camera or webcam, taking video of your computer activities hasn’t been so easy or affordable. I had tried CamStudio, but couldn’t get it to work right. And Camtasia just isn’t in the budget right now. Fortunately there’s a new screen capture software in town called Jing.

Jing is free and incredibily easy to use. Once its install, you have a little yellow ball that sits at the top of your screen waiting for you to request a picture or video. When opened, its easy to pick the area you want to capture and then you simply poke the picture or video. You can hook up your mic to add audio. Jing will even tell you when the video is starting if if the mic is on.

The free version saves file in flash and you can easily send to Screencast or Flikr. For a $14.95 per year subscription, you can get a more advanced version that lets you save in MPEG-4 and can automatically upload to Youtube. You can even use your favorit movie editor to edit it.

Both versions have a limit of 5 minutes of video, but experts say that for basic website needs, 3 minutes is all you need anyway.

Visit Jing Project to learn more or download Jing.