TechSmith’s Jing Takes Online Conversations to New Levels with Seamless Integration with Snagit and Camtasia Studio

Business Wire, June 02, 2009

Jing Pro Users Can Make Their Online Conversations More Personal with Webcam Support

OKEMOS, Mich. -- TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, announced today the immediate availability of the latest release of Jing, allowing customers a simpler, faster and fun way to add screen-captured images and videos to any online conversation just by sharing a link. Instead of relying on words alone, computer users at home, work or play can quickly add a visual element to explain ideas and concepts more effectively and share relevant information when communicating online.

“With seamless integration between Jing and our other core products, customers will have greater flexibility and advanced editing options using the tools they rely on daily,” said Tony Dunckel, Jing product manager at TechSmith. “Our Jing Pro users can now switch back and forth between their screen video and their webcam video to add more personality, make a quick introduction, send a video postcard, record a video greeting, and more.”

A brief overview screencast of Jing can be viewed here: http://video.techsmith.com/jing/2.1/overview/default.html

With Jing, computer users can capture an image (screenshot) or create a screen recording (screencast) of what they see on their computer screens and share it instantly by pasting a link to the content in IM or email, posting on forums, and sharing on Twitter and social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook -- or anywhere else a link can be pasted. When the link is clicked, the viewer sees the Jing-captured image or video immediately. Jing is free, and users can upgrade to Jing Pro to gain more customization and the flexibility to record anything and share it even faster, practically anywhere, including directly to YouTube.

In addition to webcam support for Jing Pro users, other new features in Jing allow users to:

• Instantly send any Jing screenshot directly to Snagit to leverage all its powerful editing features, and then immediately share it to Screencast.com or to one of the many other destinations Snagit offers.
• Easily edit their Jing created screencasts in Camtasia Studio to enhance any video previously captured, combine several videos into a longer video, or string a series together with a table of contents.
• Create several Jing folders in advance on Screencast.com, whether it’s by interest or topic, for work or for play.
• Easily select the right size content to fit appropriately with the online medium of choice such as blogs and websites.
• Get viewers engaged and talking about their Jing content while having all the conversations centralized in one convenient place using the new commenting feature.

Jing users can annotate their captured images with arrows, callouts, text and highlights to add emphasis, and narrate their Jing-recorded screencast videos for even greater clarity before sharing. In addition, HTML embed code can also be generated to add to a blog or Website, content can be saved on the user’s computer, to one or more FTP sites, as an image on the clipboard, or to Flickr. Users can also now customize the sharing buttons so those they use most are only a click away. Jing screencast videos are produced in the Flash (SWF) format.

When upgrading to Jing Pro, screencasts are delivered in HD-quality video for the Web and at a smaller file size, so the link for sharing is generated even faster, while conserving storage and bandwidth on the user’s Screencast.com account. With Jing Pro, users can also record full-motion screencasts, and the Jing logos and links will no longer be added to the beginning and end of newly-recorded videos. In addition to publishing directly to YouTube, Jing Pro video files can be saved and uploaded to sites like Vimeo, Viddler and MSN Video, and can be edited in other video applications such as Camtasia Studio 6 and iMovie. Jing Pro produces MPEG-4 AVC video files for Flash delivery with H.264 AAC compression.

System Requirements and Availability

Jing supports Microsoft Windows XP or Vista and Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, including Leopard. Jing is free and Jing Pro is $14.95 a year. Jing and Jing Pro come with a free Screencast.com account that provides 2 GB of storage and 2 GB of bandwidth transfer monthly. Jing is available immediately at www.jingproject.com, and users upgrade to Jing Pro by simply clicking “Go Pro” from within Jing.

About TechSmith Corporation

Founded in 1987, TechSmith Corporation provides practical business and academic software tools and services. TechSmith's solutions enable users to capture, record and enhance digital content from their computer screens so they can share information and knowledge in compelling multimedia formats, and allow others to observe, analyze and learn from their experiences. TechSmith products are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500. Visit www.techsmith.com for more information.