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!

-Vaishnavi

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As a kid I was fascinated with the Stamps used by Teachers at school, Shopkeepers and others. Whenever I could get hold of one, I’d be in ‘Stamp Paradise’, applying those stamps on anything I could find, including yours truly . I guess a lot of you must have had similar fantasies. We have a host of similar stamps in Voila, Mac Screen Capture tool as well. And yes, I do indulge in those childhood whims once in a while on Voila too.

Stamps are pretty convenient in explaining a lot of things at one go. A ‘Private’ Stamp would mean, “Yeah that’s right it’s private and you shouldn’t be seeing it”, ‘Sold’ would mean, “Ha Ha, you are late, it’s gone”. Ok, not in the same words but still. Voila provides you with around 19 Stamps. These graphic elements greatly enhance your screen captures, making your documents and presentations more professional and presentable.

Now we would like to know what kind of Stamps do you use frequently or are looking for. You might be using a host of Stamps or Buttons on your Blogs, Presentations, Manuals and so on. Do post your ideas here. While providing your suggestions do mention:

1) The specific image or text on the Stamp

2) The color

3) The shape of the Stamp

This will provide us with a clear idea of what you are looking for. We hope you are having a great experience using Voila, as much as we have had developing it. We are always open to your suggestions and feedback. Keep watching this space as we have some great news coming up, Soon!

-Vaishnavi

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I may sound like a game-show host, but I can’t help myself from being really enthusiastic about the contest. We have pictures flooding in from Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. And great pictures at that. Never knew you guys are such great photographers. Most of the pictures have just taken my breath away with the brilliant colors and the sheer creativity in capturing them. Great going people .

As part of the Camera Plus Photo Contest we had announced free Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool licenses to be given away as a lucky draw every week. We have picked three lucky winners from the past three weeks. They are State Christopher, Marie Johansen and Owen Pon. The winners were picked using a random number generator. Here are their entries:

Congratulations guys! You are going to love Voila as much as you love Camera Plus. The rest of you who didn’t win, worry not, you are still eligible for the coming week’s lucky draw. You might just get lucky . Do check out the other entries submitted on Facebook and Flickr. And if you don’t find your picture there, then it’s about time you submitted one. If you haven’t tried Camera Plus yet, try it now!

The Pro version of Camera Plus is almost ready; so all the contestants, keep your fingers crossed. Have fun!

-Vaishnavi

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All of you may know Tom Nelson from About.com. He writes awesome blogs on everything Mac. Each week he picks a software application that meets his requirements for quality software with extraordinary value. Software from every category, including utilities, games, productivity, development, education, graphics, and multimedia are tried and the best one is featured in ‘Tom’s Budget Software Pick’. So guess what made it to the list. You got that right, it is Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool.

Tom tried Voila and has absolutely loved it for its utility and ease of use. According to him:

If you’re looking for a timesaving screen capture application with unusual features, give Voila a try.

Something we always say, now Tom says it too. You can read more from his blog. So go ahead and try Voila and unleash your creativity.

-Vaishnavi

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Developers of iPhone/iPod touch apps (including yours truly ) many a times require to capture a screen shot of the iPhone simulator. Especially when you want to show how your application looks on an iPhone; be it on your website, forums, handouts and most importantly to convey issues to the Apple engineers. Yes of course, you can always rummage through hundreds of images over the internet to get the appropriate image or you could just use Voila to capture a screen shot of the iPhone simulator. I’d choose the latter. It’s much easier that way. Voila lets you easily capture the iPhone simulator in just a matter of seconds. With it’s customizable short-cut keys, just do a Selection or Object capture of the iPhone simulator and you are good to go. Further, with Voila, you can edit the images and add annotations; to highlight or describe a feature. Try Voila today and invest your time where it is rightly needed; developing apps.

-Vaishnavi

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