Cross posted from The Visual Lounge Blog

Sometimes words are not enough! Especially when you only have 140 characters on Twitter. Soon, you'll be able to easily add visuals and screencasts to Twitter with the click of a button in Jing!

There will be a Jing update on December 8 that will give you a fast and easy way to add your Jing screen captures and screencasts to Twitter!

How will it work? Simple! Set up a new Share button in Jing for Twitter.

Just as always, you will capture an image or make a video of your desktop

Share your capture by selecting the 'Twitter' button. A box will automatically pop up and you can create your tweet in the text box. Jing will post your tweet along with a link to your Jing screen capture or screencast.

That's it! Tweet away!

And, best of all, the price is right. This new feature is free to all Jing users! On December 8, Jing should alert you that there is a new update available. Update Jing and you should be ready to start tweeting your screen captures and Jing-casts!

Can't wait to see what you create! Jing me @betsyweber or @techsmith. Or, be sure to follow @jingtips for the latest tips and tricks all about Jing!

About two months ago, we asked for your feedback about how the new snap to region/aspect ratio should work.

The core internal debate was whether we should show all available dimensions at once or just the next closest dimension. 97 people told us something, but by the time we had to lock down the decision, it was slightly in favor of Prototype A--show one region at a time.

However a number of people asked for both.

Ok, fair enough. :) So here's how it panned out. On the Mac, we got it in. You can display one dimension (default) or ALSO hold the alt/option key if you want to see all available dimensions. Windows doesn't have this ability yet, but we'll get it in there. (Tempting to blame the intern, but that wouldn't be fair or true.) For now, think of this little option on the Mac as something of an Easter egg.

Now, on to working on the next Jing release! If we start another food fight in the lunch room debating the "right way" to do something we'll be sure to ask for your feedback again!

Now Starring You!

If you've plunked down the pocket change for Jing Pro, get ready to witness a whole new way to communicate visually--by taking advantage of our new webcam integration! Now you can provide a quick "in person" intro to your videos, send "video postcards" to your kids away at school, or even show off your latest big purchase to your friends by recording with your webcam.

Don't worry if you haven't scrounged up the $15 bucks for Jing Pro, all Jing users are getting some cool enhancements today, like:

Easy Region Selection

By holding down the Ctrl or Shift while selecting your area to record, your selector will maintain standard aspect ratios of 4:3 or 16:9 for widescreen. The easy region selection lets you choose any dimension you want while locked to the set aspect ratio. OR if you want, you can snap to a standard present dimension such as 320x240 or 640x480, etc.

Output to Snagit and Camtasia Studio

For more advanced editing and production options, Windows users can now take your Jing screen capture and recordings straight to our more advanced TechSmith tools, "Snagit":http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp and "Camtasia Studio":http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp. No worries if you don't own a license. You can try them both free for 30 days.