Many of you must have heard the fascinating fairy tale of Cinderella, where with a flick of her wand, her fairy godmother transformed her into an elegant belle to attend a ball that she wanted to go to. In case you are wondering why I’m recalling this fairy tale, it’s because the latest update of Camera Plus Pro is a little similar to this. With a flick of our wand, we have transformed Camera Plus Pro into an amazing, totally new app with the latest update. When Camera Plus Pro was first released, major focus was given to its features, providing you with a wide choice of photography options, video recording, editing and instant sharing. Well, this update is something BIG! As part of the celebration of one year in the App store, we wanted to treat you with something amazing for all the support that you have given us. This update is a keeper and you’ll agree too!

The first thing that you are going to notice about this update is the icon. We thought if the app is getting a makeover, why not the icon? The super cool icon is definitely going to tempt you to take a lot of photos! And what’s going to make you love taking photos on your iPhone, is the gorgeous new UI! Every little detail has been taken care of with the new design, so that you never have to fumble for the right keys when the perfect shot just happens to appear. Indicators on the screen, show what options you have activated such as Big Button, Anti Shake and the camera buttons now change as per the device orientation. We have also supported Video Editing, which lets you trim your videos on your iPhone 3GS, 4 and the new iPod touch. And now all your edited photos will be saved as a separate file with its tags and geo-tags intact!

With this version, batch tagging and searching for your photos and videos are a breeze. You will find it much easier now to locate all your photos and videos tagged under specific titles. For those who found the Password protection feature intimidating, this version sports a more intelligent way of managing them. You can now even Share, Tag and Sync your private photos and videos directly from the Private folder. My most favorite feature is where you can select multiple photos and videos with just a swipe of your finger or get additional options by just pressing on a photo or video.

A most sought after feature, we have also allowed you to Sync all your photos and videos at once to the Camera Roll. And another favorite is the image preview option in the Share screen. If you have selected multiple photos to be shared, you can preview them in the Share screen, apply a copyright or even remove the photos that you decide not to share at that time. You can also switch to another app, while Camera Plus Pro is uploading your photos or video.

These features are just the tip of the iceberg of this amazing update. You will be pleasantly surprised with the thought behind this update and sure going to love it. We thank you all for your support, especially our Beta tester community, who gave us great feedback and suggestions. To facilitate your understanding of the app better, we have prepared a detailed manual, which you can download and refer to. And for those who are yet to try it out, grab it or gift it today! It’s available on the App Store for just $1.99. Get it immediately and be a part of this amazing iphonegraphic revolution called Camera Plus Pro.

-Vaishnavi

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What do you do when you have to explain something? You could do a few things; give a lengthy explanation, type a lengthy mail; or use Voila to quickly and easily capture a screen-shot or record your screen. Yes I did just say that! Voila has been integrated with the screen recording feature allowing you to record amazing videos of all your on-screen activities. This version also sports better capturing and file management options, additional tools, filters and sharing options. Read on to know more..

The Screen-recording feature enables you to record all your on-screen activities along with audio in full screen or a selected area. You will be amazed with the High-Quality resolution videos of your screen, recorded with Voila.  You can then instantly upload these videos via YouTube, FTP or SFTP. Frequent requests for the ability to capture the Menu with Title, supporting Firefox and capturing web-pages which retain the URL in-case you want to revisit the web page, were considered and included in this version. Tools such as Marquee lets you select an area within a screen capture in various shapes and Eraser helps in removing sensitive information from your screen captures.

Most of you would rather use the short cut keys to take a quick capture and this version provides you with the flexibilty to assign a Function Key or any single key as a shortcut. Regarding FTP upload, many users found it a bit confusing. Thus we have made FTP and SFTP uploading more flexible and easy. The Search has been optimized in such a way that you can now search for your image files or videos by  their Name, Title, URL, Tags or Description.  There are a whole lot of more changes made in this version. You can read more about them from here.

However, what you must keep in mind is that this is a Beta version of Voila. Your feedback on its features and functionality at this stage is very important. Your feedback from this beta will be incorporated into the final release. Also Voila v3.0 Beta is an Upgrade. If you are an existing registered customer of Voila, then you need to install the new Beta v3.0 of Voila in a separate location for testing purposes.

In case you do replace your older version of Voila with the current Beta, then you can download the old version from here. Delete the existing Voila application and install the old version. You can register the old copy with the registration code that you already have. Always ensure to take a backup of your Voila Images Database before upgrading/replacing/deleting the application. You can check the database location from the Preferences > General window.

Download Voila v3.0 Beta from here.

This version was planned keeping in mind the feedback that we received from all of you. You have supported us all this while and we know you will in the future as well. Hope you have a great time exploring the Beta version. Looking forward to your feedback!

P.S.: If you have purchased Voila v2.5 after December 2009, you will receive the upgrade to v3.0 absolutely free! So If you haven’t bought Voila yet, here is your chance to do it!

-Vaishnavi

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Development Team

When the product grows, treads new paths there is always comparison. I guess in the past few days we have received our share. It has been quite amusing to read them, in the least . 

Unfortunately, not all comparisons do justice. It would be unfair to compare a product which caters to a niche segment and Voila. Voila is a comprehensive solution with multitude of capture options in various forms, the most wide ranged annotation tools and effects and a competitive sharing option topped with auto management of work products. We are more ambitious than providing our user with just a little snap. 

Everyone has a way about how could they present their features to the user. Apple has been the trend setter and the leading voice here. For example, most of the apps that contain a feature like Organizer follow the trend set by Apple’s legendary iTunes. Apple has also gone ahead and stipulated guidelines on how the UI should look and feel. How should the text box be placed, its size, alignments of controls and so on are all part of this.

Since most of the applications conform to these guidelines we are all similiar in some form or the other. If anything, all of us have been ‘inspired’ by Apple. One of the reasons could be to keep that sense of familiarity when the user uses an Apple app like Safari and a Voila browser. So any comparision in the lines of this is overzealous at best

Voila website depicts a wide range of features that the product supports. It is a Mac -ish website. You will find elements of it in the Apple site too. This surely does not mean Apple has been inspired by us!.  

Voila stands out in the crowd of capture applications with its unique features;  capture flexibility (including freehand!) and forms, iSight integration, multiple capture, multi-screen capture, multiple DOM capture, use of glossy callouts, stamps, various effects, widest range of annotations, portability of Voila documents, integration with Mac apps like iPhoto, Mail, pinned workflow, image on image (you are going to see some wonderful examples of this shortly) and so on. Phew! That’s quite a lot. How can all this be so little to be missed!!

Our time, thought and effort is for our user. We love it when our users use our tool and surprise us with something great. We want Voila to be an outlet for such creativity. If people have loved Voila 2.0 and its features, the primary reason has been the feedbacks we have received through mail and on our forums for Voila 1.0.  Our Voilites have been simply stunning!. We value our commitment and relationship with them and have taken great care to see our users always come first and they in no way find us lacking. 

In a span of 2 months when Voila moved from 1.0 to Voila 2.0 we have carefully selected and supported a whopping 60+ features!. We will always fill the gaps that our users identify for us and make our product better and better. Our loyalty to our users is our right. We hope all software creators will understand that!

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Hey People,

Your suggestions and support seem to have worked like a charm!. Voila 2.0 has made it to the Top 10 of all downloads hosted in the Apple site :-).  Thank you Voilites!

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Marketing Team

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