Sharing screen capture
As I post before, share is really becoming a really important nowadays. And this wave is also coming to the screen capture. One obvious application of it is of course to explain something nicely to other people.
Before, we are pretty pleased with the functionality provided by SnagIt Pro or Snapz Pro X. But now, they are considered as too hard for supporting sharing. Let’s review the step you need to take a screen capture and show it to friend using instant messaging application.
- Capture the screen using screen capture application and save it
- Annotate the image using image editor
- Upload to online storage using file manager
- Put the URL in the instant messaging
Wouldn’t it be nice if we can do all of those things in one workflow from one application? That’s the idea of Jing and Skitch. Both applications offer the same functionalities. You can do the capture, annotate the result, and upload it to an online storage in one flow. They both even provide the default online storage to be used for the purpose. Beside that, it also possible to upload the picture to a FTP, Flickr, or in case of Skitch, to .Mac.
So how they compare to each other? Here is the result of my observation:
Jing:
- Available now, you can try it or whatever purpose you like
- Available in both Windows and Mac (Unfortunately no Linux version)
- Still have some bugs in the application (unexpected quit etc)
Skitch:
- The annotation seems to be easier
- Available only in Mac
- Currently only available in closed beta
Overall, I think both applications are pretty wonderful. They are easy to use, the interface is elegant and doesn’t take a lot of time to master all the functionalities. Both applications also support video capture.
If there is no further innovations from both of them, the next question is how much money they ask from the user. Certainly, I really hope we can see a FREE tag… 