Voila today has completed three years of delighting every Mac user by being the most comprehensive and yet simple screen capture software ever. We thank all our Voila users who helped us in making the app better every time with their suggestions and feedback. For the coming year, we have more exciting updates up our sleeves for Voila.

Now since this is a special occasion, it calls for some special treat too. Thus as a special offer, Voila will be available for just $9.99 on the App Store! That’s a whooping 67% off! So what are you waiting for? Rush to the App Store and grab your copy of Voila today! This offer will be available only till the 10th of January, 2012.

And don’t forget to check out this cool new Voila video:

-Vaishnavi

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I’m a little bit older, a little bit
wiser, a little bit rounder, but still
none the wiser.
-Robert Paul

The past year, 2011 i.e., has been the most exciting year for us here at Global Delight. We started off the year with a bang with the release of Boom at the Macworld Expo 2011, which went on to win the Best of Show Award along with other laurels. The rest of the year saw other great developments, such as the release of Boom on the Mac App Store, the revamp of Camera Plus Pro with the introduction of Live Photo and Video Filters and the Voila update. We have spoken about this in more detail, in our previous post entitled, “Happy Holidays - Amazing Apps, Amazing Discounts!“

For the year 2012, we have more exciting things planned for all of you. Awesome new updates and who knows we might just come up with yet another mind-blowing app On this note, we would love to wish all of you and your families a Smashing New Year!

-Global Delight Team

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So we are there! People far away from their families and loved ones might have planned to visit back home; friends and families who could not meet for a long time might have planned to rejoice; likewise, each one of us might have planned something special. The next two weeks are going to be a very special period to relax, rejoice and party with the near and dear ones to make as many memorable moments that last with us till end of time. And while we get ready to welcome the New Year, many of us might plan some great things to be done in the New Year, which would leave a mark in our and others’ lives.

Year 2011 has been great for us and we have many great things to remember. Boom volume booster for Mac received a grand welcome in the late January at the Macworld Expo and went on to bag ‘Macworld Best of Show 2011’ and notebooks.com’s ‘Best of Macworld Expo 2011’. Later in mid June, Boom made it to the Mac App Store and reached the 13th spot in the Top Paid section.

Our iPhone camera app, Camera Plus Pro, received some great updates throughout the first half of the year with some unique photo filters, distortion effects, video controls and more. In late September, the v4.0 got a UI face-lift, Live Filters, smooth video zoom, performance boost and much more. There are some great things planned for this app and we hope to keep you ahead in the iPhone photography arena in the coming days.

The powerful Voila screen-capture tool for Mac was featured during Apple’s Mac App Store launch earlier in January and once again it was ready when Apple launched their new Mac OS X Lion in June. Voila screen-capture tool was a ‘Staff Pick’ and was also featured in Apple’s ‘Macs In Class’ promotion. This tool is now used by hundreds of thousands every day and we would improve this to the next level in the coming year.

Our free iPhone camera app, Camera Plus, launched way back in October 2009 has now grown significantly with millions of users around the globe. There’s something in the pipeline and we hope to surprise you in the next year. Photo Delight for iPad, the color-splashing app with smart-touch technique, is enjoyed by many of you. We receive many colorized photos and some of them are breathtaking! Hats off to your imagination! You’d see some nice updates coming your way some time soon.

This was all possible because “You”, our dear customers. You kept supporting us by purchasing the apps, trying them, and providing useful feedback and suggestions. We take this opportunity to thank each one of you for constantly pushing us to deliver the best each time! As a thank-you note, we are providing some amazing discounts for our apps till 2nd Jan 2012. You can buy or gift from our online store, Mac App Store, or iTunes Store, or spread the word. As usual, do drop us a line if you have any questions or need any help regarding our apps.

All of us here at Global Delight are wishing you Happy Holidays and A Very Happy New Year too! Have fun and take care.

-Global Delight Team

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It may be a little soon to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving, but it is never too early to get into the holiday mood. Thus, as a special holiday surprise, we have a great offer for you! With every purchase of Voila Mac Screen Capture Software, you will receive a copy of Boom Volume Booster App absolutely free! Now isn’t that just music to your ears?

This offer is only available on the Global Delight Online Store. We would have loved to offer it on the Mac App Store as well, but we have no freedom to do that there

So how does this offer work?

Just visit our Global Delight Online Store, select the kind of Voila license you want to buy i.e., a Single User License, a Home Pack, or a Family Pack, hit the Add to Cart button, complete the purchase process and you will receive an email with your Voila code aaaand a Boom Single User license code! Now doesn’t that make for a great holiday gift? So what are you waiting for? Grab your copy of Voila today! The offer ends on 30th of November, 2011.

Voila is a comprehensive Screen Capturing and Editing Software that lets you capture still shots and videos off your desktop. Not just that, you can also edit and annotate your still shots with Callouts, Text, Filters, Arrows and more to make them more meaningful. With the recent update, we have supported additional email clients such as Sparrow, Sparrow Lite and Outlook. More details about this update can be found on our post entitled, ‘Voila v3.1.1- With New Email Client Support, Copy URL and Fixes‘.

Boom Volume Booster and System-wide Equalizer is a Macworld 2011 Best of Show Winner. It is a simple and easy-to-use app that boosts the audio on your Mac with just a click. It also includes a gorgeous-looking 10-band graphic equalizer with pre-determined presets along with an option to create new presets. Boom also lets you boost an individual or a bunch of audio and video files which can also be synced to your iPhone/iPod touch. Check out the latest update of Boom

-Vaishnavi

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Voila v3.1.1 is finally out and is available on the Mac App Store or the Online Store for just $29.99! This is a free update to the existing users of Voila v3.x. This update not only features a few cool additions that will make your Voila experience even more fantastic, but also a fix, although temporary, to the 3ivx issue.

In one of our previous posts entitled, The Lion Video-recording Crash and the Fix , we spoke at length of how the legacy code, 3ivxVideoCodec present in QuickTime has a few compatibility issues with Mac OS X Lion, causing applications that use the QuickTime framework for screen-recording, to crash. In this update, while we still wait the creators of the 3ivx to provide a fix, we have gone ahead and provided an Error message that comes up when you launch the app. This message will inform you about the presence of the 3ivx component and how to move it for uninterrupted screen-recording on your Mac OS Lion with Voila.

New Email Clients:

In this update we have also provided support to more email clients such as Outlook, Sparrow and Sparrow Lite along with Apple Mail and Entourage. Thus you can now enjoy the flexibility of sharing your Voila captures directly from within the app, through an email client of your choice. You can set it in the Preferences tab of the app. With this, Voila allows you to create, enhance, organize and share your entire work without even leaving the app!

Copy URL:

Another interesting addition and the most requested feature, was the ability to obtain the URL after a file has been uploaded via FTP, SFTP, Flickr or YouTube. Earlier, the URL of only the last uploaded file was copied to the Clipboard, which would be lost the minute some other matter was placed there. Thus now Voila saves the URL for each file uploaded on the FTP/SFTP server, Flickr or YouTube in the Info panel of the app. Thus you can copy the URL and paste/embed it in other places.

With this update we have been able to take Voila a step ahead as a one-stop shop for all your screen capturing, editing and sharing needs. Most of the updates that we provide is a result of users’ feedback and this has helped us in improving the app, so that we can make it more useful to you.

On the Mac App Store:

As we have pointed it out earlier, the Mac App Store is a great platform for listing of apps both for the developers as well as the users. There are usually two thinking processes that happen here. You decide to buy an app either because you have been looking for something like it or you heard/read about it from somewhere. In both the cases, the user reviews on the Mac App Store always adds on to the credibility of the app. But there the review process is not two-way. Most of the developers have the same grouch. There is absolutely no opportunity to clarify a particular user’s question or complaint on the Mac App Store! Most of these complaints could arise from either a genuine issue or the user has not understood the functionality of the app. In both cases, users give it a low rating without a proper explanation. This adversely affects the ranking of an otherwise top-rated app, which could have been a life-saving solution for a genuine user.

Since we developers cannot ask for more details about your query on the Mac App Store, you could try approaching us directly. The contact information is provided on the Mac App Store for you to get in touch with us. Most of us also have an active forum and a support contact. So do make use of these tools.

This reminds me of the often used Spider-Man quote, “With Great Power comes Great Responsibility.” Use it wisely.

-Vaishnavi

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