A few posts ago I spoke of our Thanksgiving gift to all of you i.e., Voila v2.5, although then, I didn’t elaborate on what’s new in it. I guess now it’s time to unravel the gift and let you know what is in store for you. The new version of Voila, apart from being Snow Leopard compatible, has additional features that will make your screen capturing experience on Voila more pleasant.

Isn’t Copy-Paste ever so convenient? Just copy from here and paste it over there. Guess what, you can now do the same with Voila. Just copy an image from the capture tray or multiple images from the image browser to your Word Document, PowerPoint, Text Edit, Keynote, Pages, Apple Mail, Entourage and more. The copy-paste feature is not restricted to images alone;  you can also do it with annotations. You can also copy-paste similar annotations across images within Voila, thus saving you tons of time.

Copy to Clipboard is an important feature in the new version. Here, the last captured image on Voila gets copied to the clipboard. Now all you have to do is paste to your documents. This saves you from a lot of hassles that you would otherwise face. In Voila, just do a Cmd+V and the image gets pasted from the Clipboard onto your documents. Do note, however, that you must enable  ’Copy last capture to Clipboard’ in the Voila Preferences. Voila can also now capture windows in their active state using the global keyboard shortcuts or from the status menu. Thus you can get screenshots of windows exactly as it would appear on your Mac screen, thereby making your presentation, manuals or any other document all the more wholesome and presentable.

One of my favorite features is the Spotlight. This feature lets you draw attention to a specific portion on your image. The rest of the portion is dimmed, the intensity of which can be adjusted as per the need. You have the option of applying multiple spotlights at a time and in multiple shapes. It helps a lot in making a specific area stand out from the rest.

We have added one more Edge under the Effects Tab. It’s a simple Outline border. I know most of you wanted this particular border, and here it is. It’s a simple border that you can apply to your images, giving it a distinct and neat look, clearly demarcating the image from rest of the text, be it in your documents, manuals or others.

With the new version the color profile of the captured image will be the same as the system profile or the one set by you. Thus while printing an image you will obtain it as it appears and like you want it. This would be of great assistance to artists.

Apart from these great feature additions we also have fixed some issues which most of you had pointed out in the version 2.1 which had resulted due to the 10.5.8 update. You can now drag and drop  images from Voila to the Dock items, Finder, Tweetie, Word Document, Apple Mail and to other compatible applications.  The arrow heads and line endings have been smoothened. There are a lot more improvements which I shall let you discover on your own. I have told you the most important ones already. You can read more about them from here.

Voila v2.5 is certainly an improvement from the previous version and this was only possible with your support. We thank all our customers who helped in Beta testing this version, providing valuable suggestions and feedback. Do try Voila v2.5 now, let us know what you think and do give us your feedback. Also help us spread the word by using the ‘Tell a Friend’ option within Voila.

We have more surprises in store with regard to Voila. Keep watching this space.

-Vaishnavi

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If you could see me now, you would find me smiling ear to ear. And it’s not just me, it’s everyone here at Global Delight. When we were working on Camera Plus, we had never imagined it to be a phenomenon that it is now. 500,000 downloads in just 36 days, Top Free Photography app in 15 App Stores, one of the Top 100 Free apps in more than 20 App Stores and . . . . . . these are just a few of the feathers in the cap of Camera Plus. All this was possible because of YOU, and we owe you one!

All of you have loved Camera Plus immensely. It shows with the number of downloads and reviews on the App Store. Now we can’t think of a better occasion to reveal the pleasant surprise that we have been talking about for sometime. Well, very soon we will be releasing a pro version of Camera Plus. The pro version is going to be just fantastic, with some great features. It is going to be everything you wanted in a Camera app and more. Further details regarding the pro version will be discussed at a more appropriate time. (I was just dying to tell you about it )

Now we know all of you would just love to get a copy of the pro version of Camera Plus in your hands, and why not, it is going to be great. You have a great opportunity of getting a copy before anybody else does. All you have to do is upload pictures captured by you using Camera Plus to the Camera Plus Flickr Group or Facebook Page, or even via Twitter. 25 lucky pictures will get, hold your breath, an AdHoc build of the pro version and 20 will get a promocode each. We will also conduct a lucky draw every week till the pro version is out and the winner will get a license of Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool.

Now you can call this a sweet deal. Makes me wish I were eligible for it . So people, don’t hold back, enter yourself in the contest, make your friends enter. The contest begins Today! Have fun.

-Vaishnavi

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One of my friends had this uncanny ability of reading people’s minds. And I hated him for the fact that he would never tell me how he did it. I know it’s a trick, but what could be cooler than being able to read minds? You could use it as the perfect icebreaker at a party, make new friends, baffle your old ones, amaze kids and so much more. And now, I have the perfect app to get even with my friend. Charm.

Yup, Charm is an app for your iPhone/iPod touch that can read minds. With a beautiful forest scenery as a backdrop, and soothing sound of Wind Chimes; Mystic Madame, (that’s what we all like to call her ) will welcome you to her land of Charm. The app is simple to use and looks very elegant. You will be provided with a list of numbers and corresponding symbols. With a little simple math involved, you will finally arrive at a symbol. Click on the Crystal Ball, and Mystic Madame will correctly identify the symbol that you had chosen. It does require that you be good at simple mathematical operations, which I know you all are. At just $0.99 on the App Store, you must give Charm a try. Get it Today! I am sure you will love it. Impress your family, friends and kids with it, and keep saying, “I wonder how it does that”.

P.S. : Few promocodes of Charm are available. Drop in a comment, “I want to be charmed” , here and you could get to try  Charm for free! Hurry!

-Vaishnavi

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With Thanksgiving arriving soon, we are sure most of you are looking forward to some great family bonding time. And not to forget; yummy Turkey, stuffing, Pumpkin pies and more. The holiday spirit is so much in the air that we couldn’t help ourselves but get drawn into it. Yes, we have a Thanksgiving Day gift for all of you. Read on to know more about it.

In our previous post we had mentioned that our developers were working on a Snow Leopard compatible Voila. The good news is that Snow Leopard compatible Voila v2.5 is ready and should be out on 18th November just in time for Thanksgiving. If you are wondering why the delay, we thought rather than giving you just Snow Leopard compatibility in the new update, why not add a few more features. Thus this update will include some exciting feature additions along with some much awaited bug fixes. We would come up with a detailed post covering the improvements in v2.5 just before the release.

Customer interaction means a lot to us. It helps us, help you. Many of our friends have helped us a lot by reporting bugs, providing feedback and suggestions, for Voila v2.1. We would be getting in touch with those of you who have reported some specific issues in v2.1 to ensure most of them have been fixed. You could also get in touch with us, just drop in a mail.

We have some more surprises planned up ahead. Keep watching this space and do send me a pie or two.

-Vaishnavi

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