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.

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?

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

I found this other program, works pretty much like jing.. http://beta.cacatoo.com.

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. :-)

How to scale down the display of a large capture (e.g. full screen) while playing? thanks

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?

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

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?

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.

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...

i watched the video several times, the options that were shown in there for resizing a capture area are not available on a Mac. Does anyone have info on resizing on a Mac?

Hi Dave,

It should work on the Mac--you have to resize the area before you click the image or video button. Is it possible that might be the problem? Check out this new topic on the Jing Help Center:

http://help.jingproject.com/capture/select-an-area-to-capture.html

Thanks for commenting!
Mike Curtis, TechSmith

I want to capture screen shots from DVD's for screensavers on my monitor. I pause the DVD at the desired moment, then choose an area of the image that I want for my screensaver. However, when I click the save button, it centers the image on the center of the DVD screen image, no matter how I move it or adjust the borders. Why does it do this? And what can I do to stop it?

Hello Stuart,

I'm not sure. Sometimes if you're in a "full screen" mode with a video I've seen where Jing or other capture software fights over the video card. Does this happen if the DVD is played in a window? If not, would it be possible to capture the image at something like 90% size and then scale it up to fill your desktop screensaver?

Mike Curtis, TechSmith