Jing Pro also does high-def video in a more portable MPEG-4 format, and allows YouTube posting, two bits that I wish were included in the free product. The alternative Jing Pro ($15/year) removes the ads from both the screenshots and video. Plus, there’s a five-second ad at the end for Jing.

This video can be watched on this screen, but you can’t embed the video itself anywhere else. Sharing the link to the stored version pulls up a new window with a Flash video on it.

The resulting video (of five minutes or less) can be saved in SWF format (a Flash format which can be read by any browser with Flash installed), or stored on Screencast. Using Jing to record a video screenshot is simple and straightforward. This is useful in IM conversations and social networking, but not as useful in a forum environment. Only a link can be shared, and the free version of Jing shows that image with a couple of ads for Jing and Screencast around it. One caveat is that the captured image can’t be embedded somewhere as just an image.

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