Jing - a free tool for helping you

It is always useful to find tools that help out in your ongoing work. One such tool is called Jing (located at this site).

A few ways to use Jing:
Collaborate on a design project
Share a snapshot of a document
Narrate your vacation photos
Capture that pesky bug in action
Show Dad how to use iTunes
Comment verbally on students' homework
Post tidbits from your life on Twitter or Facebook

Jing remembers everything you capture on your computer and stores the images and videos as thumbnails in the History.
The Capture Hotkey is pretty handy. Not only does it save a couple of clicks, but it also makes it possible to capture things like drop down menus--like in the example below.
Jing is tied to TechSmith's Screencast.com. When you install Jing you must create a Screencast.com account associated with a valid email address (unless you already have a Screencast.com account). This becomes your "Default Account". If you have multiple Screencast.com accounts (such as for work or personal) you can associate whichever account you wish on a per-button basis.