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JING: Free Image and Video Screen Capture Utility
Thursday, September 3, 2009 | Share Article 
Have you ever needed and wanted to save a picture or image on your computer screen as a screen capture? Maybe just a specific portion of the screen? I've got a great, free solution that I've been using for some time now. JING from TechSmith is a free image capture utility that does just that. Available in both Windows and Mac versions, JING is a fast and fool proof way to capture and share screen images. What's even more impressive is JING can also record up to five minutes of screen capture flash video as well. A paid pro version adds additional features such as direct uploads to YouTube and MPEG4 encoding.
To get started with JING, simply download and install the appropriate version (Windows or Mac) and you're ready to start capturing and saving images and video directly from your computer screen.
As you can see in the above screen capture, you simply click and drag the crosshairs to select the area of your screen you'd like to capture and save. It's that easy. JING will give you the option to name your file and save it to the folder of your choice.
JING also allows you to make on screen annotations as shown above and save those as part of the captured image. This is very handy for illustrating or highlighting key portions of your saved image when presenting it to a third party such as in a live presentation or blog post.