Video - What's new in Jing 1.6?
Posted on Thursday May 8, 2008 by Anton Bollen
Hello!
For those of you who'd rather watch a video than read the release notes, I put together a little video to show the new features in Jing 1.6:
Enjoy the video, and enjoy the new buttons!
- Anton
PS: To all of you who correctly predicted the new buttons on my my last blog post: Good Job!
![]()
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blog.techsmith.com/mt-tb.cgi/321

Comments (29)
Thank you for these buttons! These are what I always wanted but never knew what it was that I was missing until today! Brilliant!!!
Posted by Kris | May 8, 2008 7:52 PM
Posted on May 8, 2008 19:52
Very nice update. Just waiting for 1 more feature, and that's added "pages" to the history window. It lags when I open it because I've got almost 1000 captures now. :P
Posted by XGhozt | May 9, 2008 2:13 AM
Posted on May 9, 2008 02:13
I like the copy button.. but I really want SSH Support
Thomas Schaaf
I hope at some point I can put a blog post up and tell the world that this feature has finially been integrated
Posted by Thomas Schaaf | May 9, 2008 3:57 AM
Posted on May 9, 2008 03:57
Sounds cool...I actually prefer text so where are the relase notes ? :)
Other comments:
The buttons are missing in the history page so can't save/copy from there.
I still haven't found out how to get [filename] to expand to the full filename so I don't have to adjust both target directory and share link under file settings to get a correct absolute filename in the clipboard.
...and is Linux targeted ? :)
Posted by Max | May 9, 2008 6:10 AM
Posted on May 9, 2008 06:10
@ XGhozt & Thomas Schaaf: Could you please submit that feature requet via the feedback form else it'll just get lost in here. Thanks.
@ Max: The release notes are in the previous blog post. . The missing buttons in history is something we will address down the road.
Posted by Anton Bollen | May 9, 2008 4:22 PM
Posted on May 9, 2008 16:22
I was wondering if anyone has an idea how much jing is going to cost? also will there be a desktop save/copy version that will remain free(no screencast, ftp, etc...) I Love the app, I just can't see buying it when most all I do is images from firefox, and I can use fireshot with a ton of the same features found in jing(all the annotate, drawing, no video though) just hate getting used to something cool and have to dump it for a free app later is all.
Posted by Tim | May 9, 2008 5:34 PM
Posted on May 9, 2008 17:34
Hello guys, I'm adding this comment to support the idea of give jing other output option, mainly FLV. It is a must. Jing is a great tool, and I will be ok paying for it, but IT is almost silly not to add different output options. This can't be hard at old, and it will make a world of difference for users like us that may use jing videos with multiple venues of distribution: ppt, youtube, company training site. I really need FLV. We are planing on using jing as our main communication and training tool, and we already have a training page that read from a server folder with flv files and make them available to the staff. Please make flv available. Thanks you and I congratulation you on this great tool
Posted by Fernando | May 12, 2008 1:29 PM
Posted on May 12, 2008 13:29
that's great:)
btw: how did you embed the small video on the site? I can't get my screencasts to embed in anything but there original size?
also any chance of having export as mov so we can add to youtube etc?
Great product
Thanks
Pete
Posted by Pete | May 13, 2008 6:17 PM
Posted on May 13, 2008 18:17
@ Pete: The video is smaller because I used a different program to make it. :-)
I recorded and edited it with Camtasia Studio, one of the other screen recording tools that TechSmith makes.
Camtasia Studio is designed for making more professional video tutorials because you have tons of editing, resizing and annotation options, which is why I like using it for these videos.
Video capture in Jing on the other hand doesn't have any editing options, but is much faster and easier to use. So when I want to quickly show something or it doesn't need to be polished, I use Jing.
Hope that makes sense.
Posted by Anton | May 14, 2008 4:56 PM
Posted on May 14, 2008 16:56
I just discovered Camtasia and Jing -- Camtasia Studio 3.0 works with MS .Net Framework 2.x, while Jing requires MS .Net Framework 3.0. Could you provide the users with some hints & explanations. Camtasia would probably work with MS .Net Framework 3.0 (?), but could the .NET-update somehow bother the system (e.g. PC WinXP & SP2)?
Posted by Mr. Spok | May 15, 2008 6:57 AM
Posted on May 15, 2008 06:57
Will Jing supprot flickr video uploading?
Posted by J.C | May 15, 2008 3:30 PM
Posted on May 15, 2008 15:30
Camtasia 3.0? Camtasia 5.1 has already been released!
And why do you care what Framework they use?
Thomas
Posted by Mr. Spok | May 16, 2008 12:56 AM
Posted on May 16, 2008 00:56
.NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 are compatible; all the goodies from 2.0 are included in 3.0.
Posted by Matt Dyer | May 16, 2008 2:08 PM
Posted on May 16, 2008 14:08
This is a great update, but as long as Jing only exports to swf it will always be frustrating for me. i am looking forward to an update that lets me choose the video format OR (better yet) will let me convert the swf video into whatever i want.
Posted by Alex R | May 19, 2008 3:21 PM
Posted on May 19, 2008 15:21
I've downloaded the latest(?) version from the link provided (Mac version) and I still can't find the new buttons?...
I've got: Share, Embed, Cancel buttons only...
URL: http://download.techsmith.com/jing/mac/jing.dmg
Posted by kjusupov | May 27, 2008 9:23 AM
Posted on May 27, 2008 09:23
Additional to my previous post:
When I check for update from the: more --> help --> check for update, it says that there is a new version available, but it get's the same version again and again...
Posted by kjusupov | May 27, 2008 9:25 AM
Posted on May 27, 2008 09:25
md5 hash of the downloaded dmg file: 51cd555cfa699b9272f68d149de0080e
Posted by kjusupov | May 27, 2008 9:27 AM
Posted on May 27, 2008 09:27
It keeps getting better and better! Thanks
Posted by Greg Smith | May 30, 2008 1:55 PM
Posted on May 30, 2008 13:55
Does not allow you to specify WHERE to put Jing. Just puts it where it wants. I do not want it in my C drive as is already full. Not usable for me.
Posted by Tom | May 30, 2008 2:10 PM
Posted on May 30, 2008 14:10
I downloaded and tried it out. Want very much to like it because I can see it being very helpful to me. However, when recording video on my mac and one of the actions I wanted to record was me scrolling down on a website page, the resulting video I recorded was very choppy, much like making a cartoon with a flipbook. Very herky-jerky, not very smooth at all. As a result the arrow cursor would disappear and reappear, making following along with what I was trying to show very difficult. Is there anyway to fix this?
Posted by Alex Cota | June 2, 2008 12:45 PM
Posted on June 2, 2008 12:45
I downloaded and tried it out. Want very much to like it because I can see it being very helpful to me. However, when recording video on my mac and one of the actions I wanted to record was me scrolling down on a website page, the resulting video I recorded was very choppy, much like making a cartoon with a flipbook. Very herky-jerky, not very smooth at all. As a result the arrow cursor would disappear and reappear, making following along with what I was trying to show very difficult. Is there anyway to fix this?
Posted by Alex Cota | June 2, 2008 12:48 PM
Posted on June 2, 2008 12:48
The Video makes it easier to follow & understand.Thanx.
I used it to create my website.
www.d4k9z.com
Posted by DonGoldwyn | June 3, 2008 4:11 AM
Posted on June 3, 2008 04:11
@all: I didn't realize that the previous version was installed under /Applications/Utilities/Jing.app, whereas the new one was going under /Applications and Quicksilver would remember the last location...
So, basically - now everything is cool, I like new features... thanks a lot for this tool!
Posted by kjusupov | June 4, 2008 6:38 AM
Posted on June 4, 2008 06:38
Is it possible to select a different proxy server?
Or to disable the internet connection in total?
At our company we use an NTLM proxy server, and I setup a python redirect server for software that can't deal with it.
But Jing is only looking at the default (windows?) proxy server.
Another feature request: Copy path to clipboard. With this function you can save the file, and than it copies the path to the clipboard so you can past it in your webbrowser for placing attachments etcetera.
Ton
Posted by Ton Plomp | June 12, 2008 1:44 AM
Posted on June 12, 2008 01:44
How do you zoom in and out of your screen? Is that with Jing or a separate program?
Posted by sgulley | June 12, 2008 3:36 PM
Posted on June 12, 2008 15:36
Is it possible to export the material to swf (Flash) after you created it? Would be great.
I started to with a screen-capturing tool a few years ago:
- Robodemo
- Robodemo was bought by Macromedia
- Macromedia was bought by Adobe
-> now: Adobe Captivate, but only available for Microsoft :-(
So I'm looking for a Mac tool...
Posted by Mario Koerbler | June 14, 2008 1:24 PM
Posted on June 14, 2008 13:24
Hello Mario,
When you make a video with Jing, the format is SWF. At this time there are no other choices. So that's good news for you in this case I think.
Images are always PNG. Thanks for your interest and good luck on the Mac!
Mike Curtis
Posted by Mike Curtis, TechSmith | June 17, 2008 9:29 AM
Posted on June 17, 2008 09:29
@Ton I'll double check with the team, but I do not believe you can set up a custom proxy. When you ask about disabling Internet, are you asking if you can use Jing without needing the Internet? If so, the answer is yes, you can certainly get Jing running then save to file, save the "normal" way, copy to clipboard, or if you have a network drive, you can put images and video there.
@sgulley The zooming was done using Camtasia Studio 5.1. CS 5 has a cool new feature called SmartFocus so it automatically puts in zoom and pan effects based on what's happening on your screen. (You can always change the SmartFocus zooms later.)
Posted by Mike Curtis, TechSmith | June 17, 2008 9:34 AM
Posted on June 17, 2008 09:34
Hi,
Is it possible to record a narration after the video was captured?
Thanks!
Posted by Melanie | July 15, 2008 3:49 PM
Posted on July 15, 2008 15:49