Jing. A free tool for quality screenshots

Last updated on 12 May 2026

Jing is a tool that will allow you to take any type of screenshot for your toturiels and instructions for use. Jing is a free application for Mac and PC.

A tool to take more screenshots? Yes, but Jing stands out for its quality images and exemplary ease of use.

This utility has the advantage of being a kind of Swiss screenshot knife. You can make instant images of all or part of your screen, but you can also make videos of your manipulations on the screen. Practical.

Once installed on your computer, Jing will make appear on demand in a corner of your screen a kind of sun that offers the different options offered by the software. Simply select a window, part or all of what is happening on the screen to take a photograph of it. A snapshot that you can then edit easily by adding text or a whole series of arrows or drawings with a single click. You can then share it as you wish by email or on social media or save it for later use.

Jing also allows you to make videos. It works pretty much the same way. Select on the screen the space you want to record and jing will capture everything that will happen in that area. Practice again for small tutorials on the fly. Only small limitation, the videos are limited to 5 minutes of duration.

A good free utility to slip into your digital toolkit. You will always find its use at some point.

As we said, Jing is free.

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