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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)

Kalyxo :

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.

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jonese :

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.

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Deb :

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?

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Anton :

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

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hen I tried to play this tutorial it hung after 9 seconds. This happened every time. Not a very good advert for Jing!

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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.

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al :

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

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Anton :

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. :-)

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Justin :

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

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James :

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?

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Diana Penny :

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

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Jared :

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?

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Anton :

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.

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Anton :

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...

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I need the video in avi

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