While all of you have been busy thinking of something witty to win a code or two, our developers have been really busy getting the next update of Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool out. Voila has been your constant companion, capturing everything and anything you have liked to capture on your desktop, helping you record an interesting video, or apply some great annotations to your captures and send it across instantly to your clients or friends!

So what does Voila v3.0.4 have for you?

I can call this version, your version, since it contains inclusion of features requested and a few bug fixes reported by you. Most of you have wanted the flexibility to choose your web cam for the iSight Capture feature. In this version, we have allowed you to do the same. You can choose the web cam of your choice from the drop-down provided in the Voila Capture Preferences.

Another cool feature is the option to save the web page archive in Voila. This means you can now save the web page archive along with the web snap, thus saving it both as an image and a web page. To do so, you have to select the ‘Save Web Archive’ option in the Voila General Preferences.

To open the web snap directly within the app, select ‘Open Web Archive’ from the Voila Capture Menu. Selecting this option opens the saved web page in the Voila Browser.

This version also has a few bug fixes. Some of you had an issue where the Mail app was not being recognized by Voila and thus would put up an error message stating ‘Mail not configured’. For someone trying to get a multi-colored text using Voila, they were unable to save it. One of you also had a problem where you couldn’t capture a web page using Firefox on a system running Parallels. We have fixed all these issues, thanks to those who reported it and helped us in troubleshooting it. Your co-operation has helped a great deal in understanding the issues and providing the required solutions.

Existing users, grab your free update now and tell us what you like the most in Voila and feel free to give us your feedback and suggestions. And for those who haven’t tried Voila yet, do it today! You can try the 15-days trial version first to see for yourself what Voila has to offer you.

-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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Oh wow! One already? That’s the thought running across our minds here in Global Delight. Doesn’t seem too long ago when we first released Voila. As we celebrate the 1st Birthday of Voila, let us walk down memory lane and reminisce Voila in its formative days, the present and see what it has in store for the future.

The Beginning:

The team wanted to create something that would fit in just right for the Mac users. The trick was in understanding what the Mac users enjoyed doing the most and needed the most on their Mac. Several brainstorming sessions later, the idea of a Screen Capture tool coupled with the ability to Annotate and Share was hit upon. Voila started showing its charm even in its Beta stage. It was featured by Apple as a ‘Featured 3rd Party Download’ and also a ‘Staff Pick’.  It was also nominated under the ‘Best Consumer Software‘ category for Macworld Awards 2009. With a lot of feedback from reviewers and users, we churned out new improved versions of Voila.

The Present:

At present we have Voila v2.5. It is Snow Leopard-compatible and has some great features such as Copy-Paste, Copy last capture to Clipboard, Spotlight, Outline Border and other minor bug fixes. It has found favor among many Mac users and Switchers with its multiple Capturing, Annotating, Organizing and Sharing options and ease of use.  As we are celebrating the occasion of Voila turning 1, we have decided to slash the price from $39.95 to $29.95 for a Single User license effective from today onwards, as a gift from us to you. Students and Teachers can avail the Educational license for just $19.95.  You can also check out the other bundle packs that we have available at attractive prices from our Store.

The Future:

We have planned for a major revamp of Voila in the coming version. You will find most sought after features such as copying an area of the image, eraser, using contextual menus, ability to adjust shadows for the image, new sharing methods, improvements in capturing and more features. We have also included something really exciting in this version, the few features mentioned are only the tip of the Iceberg. So you can expect more from the new version and something BIG!

You can keep guessing what the other new features are going to be, no prizes for guessing though. The new version will be out soon. To know more about Voila and its features you can watch the Overview video or check out its features.

Before I sign out, Happy Birthday Voila! May we see more great updates!

-Vaishnavi

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Usability Team

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