Comments on: How Jing Can Benefit Technical Writers

By: Google Your Way to Innovation | Shanghai Tech Writer

Google Your Way to Innovation | Shanghai Tech Writer — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:32:02 +0000

[...] particular article about the Jing Project really caught my attention, and I spent a good rest of the lunch break [...]

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Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:15:23 +0000

[...] original blog post wasn’t really that interesting and, after discovering Jing, I would in no way use a video camera in place of [...]

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Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:13:33 +0000

[...] tool that works well for providing support to confused users or to demo bugs for developers (I wrote about this here.) It’s nice to have a quick mic available to record [...]

By: Screencast of the Week - Jing (Visual Lounge)

Screencast of the Week - Jing (Visual Lounge) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:27:08 +0000

[...] of the Week goes to Tom Johnson of the blog, I’d Rather Be Writing. Check out his blog post here complete with not one, but three Jing [...]

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NISH » Google Your Way to Innovation — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:30:35 +0000

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By: This Writer's Friends

This Writer's Friends — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:17:12 +0000

[...] http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/02/11/as-a-technical-writer-you-can-benefit-from-jing/Jing, a new project by TechSmith, is a tool that allows you to quickly capture video or an image from your computer and share it with others, such as project team members or customers. [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:14:29 +0000

It’s a lot faster to capture and share (maybe 1/5 the time). Additionally, there’s no rendering time for videos.

I think Jing would be most useful for an entire project team, so the usability curve has to be right on target. Once you set up the preferences section for the sharing upload, there is almost no learning curve for the video capture, but there is with Camtasia Studio.

However, if you’re creating video tutorials, you definitely want to use Camtasia Studio rather than Jing. Jing is more for content that is included in emails, IM, or bug databases.

By: Carl Parker (Microsoft)

Carl Parker (Microsoft) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:24:24 +0000

Why would someone use Jing rather than the other TechSmith products: Snag-It or Camtasia?