We always love knowing more about our Voila users and the creative ways in which they use it. We reached out to one of them, Josué Menjivar, an Illustrator, cartoonist and author and he was happy to tell us more about himself and how he uses Voila.

Global Delight: Hi Josué, tell us something about yourself.

Josué Menjivar: I run a small illustration/comics business called Fresh Brewed Illustration, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I write and draw small press comics and enjoy illustration. I also teach at a local college.

GD: How did you come across the app?

JM: As a teacher for a publishing program, I believe that pictures are worth a thousand words. I needed something better than Apple’s default screen capture feature. I found out about Voila through MacUpdate and have enjoyed it since. I started using Voila with version 2. I am also a fan of Global Delight’s Boom application. It really makes a difference when I’m listening to music while drawing.

GD: What features come in handy for you?

JM: Voila has a gorgeous GUI and it’s simple to use. It has a lot of features that really enhance screenshots. I use it to capture screen grabs for tutorials and lectures for my Magazine Production class I teach at a local college. I also use the excellent video feature to record some lessons when I use a specific graphics application.

I also use Voila to capture the progress of a certain illustration I’m working on. It’s fun to see a drawing start as pencils and then take screen grabs of the colouring process all the way to the final result.

GD: What is a typical day in the life of Josué like with Voila?

JM: I usually take a lot of screenshots so I can share the process with people who go to my blog. Here is something I’m working on and a finished page. I also made the hard drive icons.

I send a lot of screenshots to my friends to show them what I’m working on.

Here is a screenshot of my Voila window:

GD: Thank you Josué, for sharing your story with us and our users.

JM: Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

About Voila:

Voila is a comprehensive Screen Capturing app that lets you capture still shots and videos of 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. The built-in organizer lets you manage your files smartly and also lets you share your work instantly via YouTube, Flickr, FTP, SFTP and Mail.

~Vaishnavi

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After we have released an app we are always interested to know who uses it and how they use it. We found this opportunity when one of our Voila users got in touch with us recently. Hartley Lesser is an Editorial Director of SatNews Publishers. According to their website, SatNews Publishers, originally named Design Publishers, was founded in 1983. SatNews is a leading provider of satellite news, publications, research and other satellite industry information in both commercial and military enterprises worldwide. So naturally we were interested to know how Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool fits in, in all this. Here is what Hartley had to say:

One of the great joys of using a Macintosh computer or mobile device is the general care taken by developers in producing product that is of assistance to users. One of these tools is Voila! As an editorial director of a major satellite and space publishing company and handling everything from daily news to two monthly magazines that are produced as PDFs, online magazines, and in print, a graphics capture device that can handle all graphic formats is a crucial necessity. Voila! fills the bill well—especially appreciated is the “timing” option, enabling the user to capture relevant graphics that are offered in slideshow or web-page timed formats.

Other uses include: video capture, immediate editing capabilities (if there’s no time for PhotoShop), graphics organization and so on. For a most reasonable price, Voila! affords professionals and casual users a highly competent App for graphics use. My company’s compliments to the developers…

About Voila:

Voila is a comprehensive Screen Capturing app that lets you capture still shots and videos of 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. The built-in organizer lets you manage your files smartly and also lets you share your work instantly via YouTube, Flickr, FTP, SFTP and Mail.

~Vaishnavi

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Voila is not just a Screen Capturing and Editing tool that also lets you share your work, but an application that allows you to neatly organize your images and videos. That’s what the rule-based Smart Collections and Collections are for. Using these you can organize related images and videos, allowing you to easily access your files when you need them and know where to find them.

As you glean through the Voila interface, you will find a few Smart Collections created by default. A Collection will appear as soon as one is created.

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Smart Collections:

As mentioned earlier, Smart Collections are rule-based folders. That is, you can assign specific rules for the kind of images or videos you want to be placed there. Thus, any file that satisfies either one or all the rules of a specific Smart Collection is automatically placed there. This is a great feature that lets you organize your files without you having to specifically drag and drop the files there. This lets you smartly organize related tasks and helps you focus more on your work. To create a rule-based smart collection, hit the Add symbol at the bottom of the app and select Create New Smart Collection. Now you can assign more than one rule to the kind of files you want placed there.

For example, I wanted to create a folder containing all the screenshots I have created for say, a UI re-work. We followed a particular naming convention, assigned the rules and created a Smart Collection. This was when we were planning the re-vamp of the Camera Plus Pro UI. We received a couple of screenshots from our designers and were required to provide our comments. Using Voila it was much easier to put in our comments using the Annotations and organizing them in a single folder. All the files satisfying the rules assigned, would automatically be placed in this folder, making it easier to track the screenshots too.

Creating a rule-based Smart Collection/Collection:

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Assigning the rules in case of a Smart Collection:

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Information Panel showing the contents that satisfy the rules of the Smart Collection:

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Of course, there is another way to organize your screenshots or screen-casts. You can create a Collection. The steps to create a Collection are similar to the Smart Collections, but without the rules. This means you must manually move the files that you wish to place in this folder.

I’m sure you’ll find more uses with this feature. Explore it further and do let us know how you make use of it.

Voila is a comprehensive Screen Capturing app that lets you capture still shots and videos of 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. The built-in organizer lets you manage your files smartly and also lets you share your work instantly via YouTube, Flickr, FTP, SFTP and Mail.

And you even have a better reason to try Voila. Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the release of Voila v3 we have slashed the price of Voila by almost 17%! That’s right! You can grab your copy of Voila from our Global Delight Store, or the Mac App Store at just $24.99 for a limited period. Hurry!

You’re reading the 5th post in our series, Voila Tips 101: a list that will cover features in Voila, both known and lesser known, that can help you in your work and lets you enjoy all the features of the app. Read the entire list here.

-Vaishnavi

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Voila has completed 2 years today, helping each and every one of you Mac users, capture and record anything and everything off your desktop. As a birthday treat, we have slashed the price of Voila by 33%! That’s right, you can now grab your copy of Voila at just $19.99 USD! This special discount is available only for a limited period, so be sure to grab it soon. This offer is available on the Global Delight Store as well as the Mac App Store. So hop over to the most convenient spot for you to make your purchase.

Mac App Store features Voila under the Staff Favorites:

Voila is indeed celebrating a special birthday this year. Just as soon as it turned 2, the Mac App Store was released, and featured Voila under the Staff Favorites!

-Vaishnavi

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Hope you have hung some really huge stockings over the fireplace, ‘cos this year Santa is being extra generous! After the awesome Photo Delight for the iPad update, featuring an intuitive option called Smart Touch that lets you finger-paint only on a particular color and the Camera Plus Pro major release, we have great news for all you Mac users! Screen capturing and recording is almost second nature to most of you while working on your Mac. See something interesting, and you feel the instant urge to capture it, or create great shots for your presentation and manuals or record tutorials off your desktop!

Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool lets you do just that, and now you have more reason to grab it today. As a special holiday offer, we have slashed the price of Voila by 25% from the original price of $30 for a Single User license. And for our existing Voila 1.x and 2.x users who have not upgraded yet to the latest version, you can do so now, as we have slashed the upgrade price by 50%, i.e., now you would pay only $9 for Single User License upgrade! You can check the prices for the other types of licenses in the Store. So what are you waiting for? Grab your copy of Voila today, before Santa leaves for the North Pole!

P.S.: Keep watching this space for more updates on this year’s holiday offers and surprises!

-Vaishnavi

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