The list begins with a free screen recording tool that TechSmith introduced 15 years ago.

For additional details, check out the online QA certification course. Here are some of the top screen recorder applications for various devices to make the process of selecting the most practical software easier (Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, etc.). Finding a few screen capture tools that are functionally robust yet simple to use is essential in order to improve the clarity of problem descriptions while minimising testing time. The following video was made, of course, with Jing.Without Ahrefs, Google Analytics, or plagiarism detection software, where would an SEO expert, copywriter, or web analyst be? One of the QA engineers’ everyday tasks is to take screenshots of faults. That's a colossal omission in a video product these days. It produces Flash SWF files, which YouTube doesn't read. Update: Chris Pirillo raised a good point via Twitter: Jing has less than no YouTube support. But for a clean, flexible, and almost fun way to grab pictures and onscreen videos, Jing really can't be beat. And, of course, you can grab graphics from Windows without any download at all (shift-PrintScreen). If you need to do serious screencast editing, the full Camtasia product is worth looking at. That would kill part of TechSmith's revenue model, though. What I'd really like to see is a quick and easy way to upload Jing files to YouTube, Blip.TV, Viddler, or other free sharing sites. Plus, after 60 days, the free trial service expires-so don't get hooked if you can't stomach the $6.95 a month fee for screencast hosting.

It's unattractive, and the links you need (the embed codes) are nearly impossible to find. The experimental Jing is great, but oddly, the well-established site is the weak link in the chain.

Once you've recorded a video, you can save it to your Screencast account, and from there you can get an embed code to put it in a blog or other page. For me, the coolest part of this experiment-in theory-is Jing's integration with, a hosting service for videos recorded off your computer. Jing makes it very easy to grab screenshots and videos straight from your PC, and then save them or share them on the Web. The team behind the screen recording utility Camtasia have released a simplified, experimental version of the technology, packaged into a nice downloadable application called the Jing Project ( download).

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