Jing Quick Tip: Adjusting the Capture Area
Posted on Monday February 4, 2008 by Anton Bollen
The other day, I had this conversation with one of my coworkers:
Me: "How is it going? Oh, you're using Jing!(smile)"
Him: "Yes, I'm trying to show R. this design for a poster."
(He tries to take a capture, grabs the wrong area, and then redoes the capture.)
Me: "Neat. But why don't you just resize the capture area instead of redoing it?"
Him: "Hmm????"
Me: "Let me show you..."
So I showed him, and then I started wondering "How many Jing-Users don't know about this feature?".
And out of that came the idea to create a series of short videos that highlight a certain feature or function in Jing.
So here is the first video - on Adjusting the Capture Area - Enjoy!
More videos are in the works... keep your eyes open. Thanks.
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Comments (15)
This was rather a no-brainer. But I agree, that it is useful, to show these things to all users. I assume, that more than one would guess, do not use all features yet.
Posted by Kalyxo | February 4, 2008 2:44 PM
Posted on February 4, 2008 14:44
This is great but i think you'd also be better served to bring back the ability to auto focus on a particular portion of a window. The latest update removed this and I'm spending a lot of time resizing before recording.
Posted by jonese | February 4, 2008 7:13 PM
Posted on February 4, 2008 19:13
Great tip Thanks.
So how did you get the title slide to fad in and out at the beginning - did you use Jing for that as well or a different screen capture tool?
Posted by Deb | February 6, 2008 4:56 PM
Posted on February 6, 2008 16:56
Hello Deb -
I'm glad you liked the video. I created it with Camtasia Studio one of the other screen recording tool TechSmith makes. The fade is one of the many transitions that come with that product.
Thanks
Posted by Anton | February 7, 2008 11:33 AM
Posted on February 7, 2008 11:33
hen I tried to play this tutorial it hung after 9 seconds. This happened every time. Not a very good advert for Jing!
Posted by Karl Dallas | February 8, 2008 3:21 PM
Posted on February 8, 2008 15:21
I understand you instruction but you do not talk about a full screen capture. How do you do that because the buttons are off the screen and you can not click on them? I would like to use Jing but my program only runs in a full screen.
Posted by Ted Knudson | February 9, 2008 12:42 PM
Posted on February 9, 2008 12:42
I found this other program, works pretty much like jing.. http://beta.cacatoo.com.
Posted by al | February 10, 2008 10:22 PM
Posted on February 10, 2008 22:22
Ted -
You could use a hotkey to take a full screen capture.
Go to Jing, choose More, then Preferences, and you'll be able to set a hotkey.
Here is a quick Jing on how to do that:
http://screencast.com/t/kUq4JzCN
Hope it helps, thanks for using Jing.
I might do a more polished video for it down the road - thanks for the inspiration. :-)
Posted by Anton | February 11, 2008 9:51 AM
Posted on February 11, 2008 09:51
How to scale down the display of a large capture (e.g. full screen) while playing? thanks
Posted by Justin | February 11, 2008 1:20 PM
Posted on February 11, 2008 13:20
I can capture, but replay is too big to see everything. How do you adjust the seize of the presentation, like the one in this page?
Posted by James | February 14, 2008 8:13 AM
Posted on February 14, 2008 08:13
Using Jing is so easy! I am using it in a classroom setting as tutorials for my students and fellow teachers. However, how do I change the size of the video so it will look like the one on this page? I need it small so I can fit more than one on a webpage.
Thanks!
Penny from Tennessee
Posted by Diana Penny | March 3, 2008 2:47 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 14:47
I watched this video, but it did not answer the question I have. While creating a video, I want to change my capture area in the middle of the video. I have been able to do this with Snagit without any issues, however I can not drag Jing in the middle of a recording. Am I missing something?
Posted by Jared | March 3, 2008 4:03 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 16:03
Penny - Thanks for your feedback; it makes me happy to see Jing being used in such an educational way. Resizing videos is currently not possible with Jing - the video on this page was created with Camtasia Studio, one of TechSmith's products.
Posted by Anton | March 3, 2008 4:17 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 16:17
Hi Jared -
The functionality you describe is currently not an option in Jing. Once you start the recording, the recording area can't be resized or moved. Sorry...
Posted by Anton | March 3, 2008 4:24 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 16:24
I need the video in avi
Posted by allysource.com | March 8, 2008 11:23 AM
Posted on March 8, 2008 11:23