| | | | Testimonials "Voila is perfect at its job, and has definitely caused more than one moment of surprise during the time I used it." - - MacRecon.com "Its superior image editing tools and more precise parameter controls put it easily over the top." - - MacNN "A great replacement and enhancement for your Mac’s screen-capture features, Voila is ideal for tutorials, business presentations or even basic photo editing." - - Macworld UK "If you're looking for a timesaving screen capture application with unusual features, give Voila a try" - - About.com | | |  | Voila 3.1 A smart and complete screen capturing solution for your Mac. Voila is a great screen recording and image capturing tool for your Mac, developed to enhance your productivity/ creativity. It allows you to capture anything or everything on your desktop, from your iSight camera or you could snap a whole webpage as well. You can then easily annotate the image with variety of editing tools and share the images instantly. With Voila you can record High Quality videos in the full screen or selected area mode and then share instantly via YouTube, FTP or SFTP. Voila also manages your images and videos in a well organized library with custom and smart collection. Voila 3.1 Features Capture and Record Say goodbye to lengthy explanations! With Voila, you can now capture and record anything and everything that you see on your screen. Capturing your desktop, web pages, camera or recording your desktop, you name it, we do it. If quick captures are more your style, then assign shortcuts of your choice to snap and record. Organize Images and Videos We know how much your work means to you and how much your comfort means to us. Voila’s smart Organizer organizes your images and videos so that you have access to them whenever and wherever you want them, quickly. Thus we let you concentrate on what matters most and let the app do the house keeping. Annotate and Edit Make your presentations more professional, informative and interesting with the host of Annotating tools. You can also choose from the host of Editing tools and Effects to make your captured images more attractive. You don't have to be an expert to prepare great presentations. Just leave it to Voila and see the magic unfold. Share with the World Let the world see your work! With Voila you can share your work as and when it is done and all with just a click. Choose to instantly share through various modes such as YouTube, Flickr, FTP, Mail and more. Or simply print it to get a hard copy of your work. Voila 3.1 More Information Complete Capturing Solution Screen Recording, Simplified  With Voila, record High-Quality video of entire screen or a particular area of the screen. Now that’s quick and smart! Browse and snap webpages  You can directly capture webpages, even beyond viewable area, while browsing through websites in Safari and Firefox, or you can snap from the built-in Voila Web Browser! Import Existing Files  We know that you must already have taken dozens of important screenshots and would like to have them organized. Just drag them or point Voila to the image location and they will be organized and added to the library! Multiple Snapping Saves Time  Only and only with Voila, you can capture multiple snaps simultaneously from different portions of the screen or websites and save your precious time! Global Clipboard  Last captured snapshot is always available in global clipboard so that you can quickly paste it to your required documents. Voila also lets you copy images from Capture Tray and paste them to other documents. Capture Everything!  Capture full screen, windows, objects, menus and selected areas. Moreover, only Voila lets you snap circular, polygonal and freehand areas! Snap Web Elements  To capture web elements (like images, forms, etc., just import the URL to Voila browser and hover over the webpage to select the area of your choice! It’s just like capturing WebClips from Safari! Snap from Webcams  Voila also lets you capture single or multiple snaps from your Mac’s built-in iSight or any other webcams attached to your Mac! Customizable Global Shortcuts  No matter how busy you are, you can always access Voila and capture snapshots with the help of Customizable Global Shortcuts! Capture Active State  With Voila, you can now capture your windows in their active state, i.e. just the way they appear on your Mac screen, thus making your documents more realistic and lively! Powerful Image Editing Tools Vector Annotations  Add fun elements to your capture and make it more enthralling with our variety of annotation tools like Text, Arrow, Line, Shape, Callouts, Blur, Brush and Stamp. Blur and Eraser  We care your privacy! Be it your personal information or that confidential pricing detail in your contract, Blur tool lets you aesthetically hide any portion on your image. Edges, Skew and Filter  With various Filters and Edges options, image improvisation becomes a child's play. Adding some edges and skew could give the images a cool look or add a simple outline border to your images to give them that professional edge. Adjust image properties, add filters for a perfect show off! Spotlight  Draw attention to a specific area on your image with Spotlight. While using this feature, a spotlight is applied on a specific area or multiple areas that you want to highlight while the rest of the area is dimmed. You can choose from multiple shapes, adjust the intensity of the blur, add shadows and more. Picture-in-Picture  We think you have the creativity to work magic with more than one image at a time! What do you think? Drag other images onto the workbench and let the magic begin. Selectable & non-destructible  All the annotations are selectable and can be easily scaled to any size without compromising on the quality. Should you revisit your annotations, you can select, rotate, resize, reorganize or copy-paste across other images. Resize, Rotate and Crop  Crop to retain the relevant portion or scale down the image. Use the different shapes, rotate and resize to remove the unwanted portions. Alternately, choose Freehand option and take complete control over the crop. Marquee  Marquee is a very handy tool. Using this tool you can select an area within a screen capture, in various shapes. The selected area can then be copy-pasted across documents or other screen shots. Get Smart, Get Organized Build your snaps database  Voila saves all your snaps and videos in a central Library and helps you retrieve your creative works at a later date. Group snaps and videos, which are alike with custom collections. Glance through your collections with Thumbnail or Cover Flow view Smart Collections  Voila's Smart Collection feature lets you tidy up your images by arranging them under various categories. Use the predefined folders or apply rules and let the images automatically fall into the appropriate collection. Tag and Describe  Voila lets you add metadata to your snaps and videos. Add titles, relevant tags and describe the information for each of them. Enjoy the freedom to edit or update the metadata associated with your snap or video at any time and use the Search feature to locate them using the metadata. Instant Sharing Mail and iPhoto  Set your preferences to share images through Apple Mail or Microsoft® Entourage®. Select the images and click the Mail icon to send automatically, or drag the images onto the mail client. You can also export your images to iPhoto. Print  In this e-age sometimes you may have to send the hard copies of your project works, proposals or creative works to your clients for review or approval. If you have a printer connected to your Mac, select the image and print as many copies as you like. Publish it to the world  Voila swiftly uploads your images and videos to the FTP and SFTP servers. Apart from that, with a single click upload your photos to Flickr or your videos to YouTube and let the whole world see your creativity. You can also attach files to the Mail or drag and drop it onto other applications. Resize before you Share!  Got an image that you want to resize? Voila helps you resize your images as per your requirements without losing the image properties. Resizing images for your Blog, Manuals, and other documents couldn’t have been easier. What’s New in Voila 3.0.3 Release notes for Voila v3.0.3 Voila v3.0.3 is a free update to registered users of Voila v3.0. It is a paid upgrade to registered users of Voila v2.x and v1.x. Bug fixes: - Bug fix related to selection capture when the screen is zoomed
- Bug fix related to selection capture in Video Recording when the screen is zoomed
- Bug fix related to Cross hair lines when the screen is zoomed
Release notes for Voila v3.0.2 Voila v3.0.2 is a free update to registered users of Voila v3.0. It is a paid upgrade to registered users of Voila v2.x and v1.x. What is new? - Trim videos using QuickTime Player. This feature is available only on Mac OS 10.6.x or newer.
Release notes for Voila v3.0.1 1. URL generation for images and videos uploaded to FTP/SFTP 2. FTP/SFTP file upload URL gets copied to Clipboard 3. Uploading takes place in the background with a growl notification for successful upload 4. Free trial period for 15 days with no feature locks Bug fixes: 1. FTP and SFTP Authentication issue resolved 2. Minor UI defect fixes Release notes for Voila v3.0 Voila v3.0 is an Upgrade. If you are an existing registered customer of Voila v2.x or 1.x, then you can install the new v3.0 of Voila in a separate location for testing purposes. If you replace your current registered version with the new v3.0 of Voila, the old version would lose its registration and acts as a Trial/Demo Version. So, consider installing the new version in a separate location. Visit FAQ section for more details. 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. What is new?
- Image resizing options
- Improved screen recording for Intel based systems
- Option to select the frame rate for Intel based systems
- Support for image and video upload through proxy network
- Option to cancel uploading of files
- Updated options in the Contextual menus
- UI polishing and icon changes
- Various bug fixes from the beta version
Release notes for version 3.0 Beta Voila v3.0 Beta is an Upgrade. If you are an existing registered customer of Voila v2.5, then you can install the new Beta v3.0 of Voila in a separate location for testing purposes. If you replace your current registered version with the new Beta v3.0 of Voila, the old version would lose its registration and acts as a Trial/Demo Version. So, consider installing the new version in a separate location. Visit FAQ section for more details. 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. What is new?
Capture - Record desktop in full screen or selection mode
- Record Computer Audio or from Microphone
- Capture Menu with Menu-Title
- Capture active web pages from Safari and Firefox
- Capture web page with metadata such as Title, URL, Tags and Description
- Capture mouse pointer (cursor)
Tools and Effects:
- Select tool is available in the Tools tab
- Eraser to erase a portion of the image
- Various Marquee shapes to copy a selected portion of the image and paste
- Shadow customization in the Outline effect
- Revert to Original Image
- 3 new Filters taking it to a total of 26 effects
Sharing:
- Revamped the Sharing
- FTP uploading with browsing
- SFTP uploading with browsing
- Flickr uploading new workflow
- Upload user created videos to YouTube, FTP or SFTP
- One click sharing option to FTP/ SFTP/ Flickr/ YouTube
- Configure to Send the files to other applications
File Management:
- Image and Video database has been handled in Library format
- Option to switch between multiple databases
- View Video and Image files in Thumbnail or Cover Flow view
- File sorting by Name, Date, Ascending and Descending order
- Search by Name, Title, URL, Tags and file Description
- Simultaneously change Title, URL, Tags and Description for multiple files
File Import/ Export:
- Import file from Clipboard
- Set default Image format for Dragging out
- Set default Image format for Exporting to iPhoto
- Set default Image format for exporting to Clipboard
- Set default Image format for attaching to Mail client
- Multiple files can be shared/ uploaded/ exported in all the view options
Hot Keys:
- Freedom to set any shortcut key
- A Function Key or any single key can be assigned as shortcut
Improvements:
- Dimensions of captured Image/ Video
- Info panel settings retained
- Option to zoom thumbnail size in the Browser view
- Files can be renamed in any view
- Voila removed from default Login items
- New capture engine and capture workflow
Release notes for version 2.5 Voila 2.5 is a free update to all the existing Voila customers
What is new? - Compatible with Snow Leopard
- Copy last captured image to Clipboard
- Copy-paste images and annotations to other applications
- Capture active-state windows
- Spotlight feature to highlight specific area on the image
- A new plain Outline border
- Color profile of captured image same as System profile
Bug fixes:
- Drag-and-drop support to Dock icons, Finder
- Saving last used settings
- Remember last save and last open location
- Smoothing arrow heads and line endings
- Improved webpage and DOM captures
- Other UI and localization errors
Release notes for version 2.1 What is new? - Localized to French version
- Improved error handling conditions in Organizer
Defects Fixed:
- Application crash while resizing the dragged image on the workbench
- Application hang while duplicating the documents
- Batch count gets clipped while dragging out the images
- Scrollbars are displayed when the image is zoomed and then cropped
- The tool palette gets clipped off when a callout is selected and Voila window is resized
- System hangs after updating Voila to a newer version in standard user account
Release notes for version 2.0.1 UI enhancements and bug fixes. Release notes for version 2.0 What is new? - Capture webpage, scrolling regions and multiple DOM elements
- Capture from Safari
- Capture from iSight and external webcams
- Organize images in smart collections and custom collections
- Guidelines for positioning annotations
- Blur tool
- New User Interface
- Include file metadata
- Option to hide Voila after capture
- Modify properties of multiple annotations
- Cross hairlines for selection captures
- Flip annotations vertical or horizontal
- Quick Look support for Voila documents
- Upload to Flickr photo stream
- New items in Spray and Stamps
- Simplified menu capture
- Support for multiple image as annotations
- Simplified Hot Key workflow
Release notes for version 1.2 What is new? - Multi-screen capture
- Adding image as annotation
- Locking and unlocking of annotations
- Crop workflow change
- Image drag-and drop-support on Voila application icon
- Stamp size is proportionate to the canvas size for enhanced visibility
Release notes for version 1.1 What is new? - Option to upload images to FTP and publish on Flickr
- Support for exporting images via Microsoft Entourage
- Drag and drop annotated images to other applications
- UI updated with option to Zoom and Lock or Unlock image on the canvas
- Pressing Shift key while resizing the image or annotation maintains the aspect ratio
- Copy and paste annotations within the images in the history
- Keyboard support provided for selecting and moving the annotations
- Thumbnails are dynamically updated following the changes in the annotations
- Six new filters including Saw Tooth and Torn Edge and seven new Stamps have been added
Release notes for version 1.01 What is new? - Print is enabled
- Voila can be made to show in Dock, menu bar or both
- Launch Voila at login Resize canvas and resize image options added to Edit menu
- Application does not quit on closing the Voila application window
Defects Fixed:
- Crash in curved arrows
- UI updating issue for opacity slider in arrow properties
- Application hangs while importing multiple files into capture tray
- Text annotation drawn after resizing the canvas moves out of the image
Note for Beta users: Please restart your system before copying Voila to your Applications folder. What’s New in Voila 3.0 Screen capture options - Copy last captured image to the Clipboard
- Full Screen
- Full Screen Game
- Full Screen Movies
- Region
- Multiple Regions
- Window
- Multiple Windows
- Background Windows
- Object
- Multiple Objects
- Menu Capture with title
- Contextual Menu
- Drop down menu
- Genie Effect
- Freehand Regions
- Rectangle
- Record
- Square
- Triangle
- Circle
- Ellipse
- Polygon
- Webpage
- Cameras
- Multiple screen
Manipulation before capture - Rotate the selection
- Stitch captures from multiple-screen
- Capturing Multiple Images
- Relocate selections
- Schedule Timed Captures
- Resize the selection
Copy-paste and drag-drop - Copy-paste images to other documents
- Copy-paste annotations to other documents
- Copy-paste annotations to other locations
- Drag and drop images to other locations
- Drag images to other documents and applications
Webpage Capture - Complete webpage
- Single Region in the webpage
- Multiple Regions in the webpage
- Scrolling Region
- Single DOM Element
- Multiple DOM Elements
- Importing current URL from Safari
- Snapping the current Safari URL
- Capture from the Voila Browser
- Capture active web pages from Safari and Firefox
Webcam Capture - Capture from Mac OS X Leopard supported external webcam
- Capture from iSight
- Multiple captures
Annotations Tools - Vector Annotations
- Annotations maintained as layers
- Creating composite images
- Rubber Stamps
- Scribble with the Pencil tool
- Rotate Image and Annotations
- Add Flowchart Shapes and more
- Add 8 different Callouts
- Add Connectors and Arrows
- 20 different kinds of sprays
- Pixel matching paint
- Edit multiple annotations
- Add lines and Parenthesis
- Edit Stroke Styles
- Edit Fill Types and Shadows
- 4 different Blur Styles
- Erase parts of an image
- Select parts of an image
- Add text to an image
- Resize Image and Annotations
Effects - Filters - Black & White, Sepia, Invert, Posterize, Sketch, Glass, Pixelate, Glow, Bump, Dot Screen, Hole, Pinch, Twirl, Shaded
- Edges - Plain Outline, Sine Wave, Blur, Torn, Saw Tooth
- Image enhancement options
- Perspective and Skew an image
- Crop to remove unwanted portions
- Spotlight to highlight specific portions of the image
Organize - All Images - A central pool of all your snaps
- Collections - To create custom collections
- Smart Collections - Rule based automatic collections, comes with 7 default Smart Collections
- Tag and update
- Description - To update information of the image and edit any time
- Search within the Capture Tray view
- Local Trash
Share - Export to different file formats
- Upload to Flickr account
- Mail using Apple Mail or Entourage
- Upload to FTP
- Share via iPhoto
- Send to Printer
Voila Reviews If you're looking for a timesaving screen capture application with unusual features, give Voila a try.
- About.com If you do a lot of screen captures, edit those captures using PhotoShop or other editing applications, then Voila is definitely something to consider to help streamline and optimize your workflow process. - Mac101 I left an academic career teaching film and communication theory about 10 years ago to work in various aspects of customer and partner training for Allaire (later acquired by Macromedia, later acquired by Adobe). Currently I’m managing training for Adobe's worldwide partners. Screen captures, usually edited and annotated, are central to the courseware we create. I worked for years on PCs using Hypersnap, and switched (very happily) to a MacBook Pro about 3 months ago. First order of business was finding a screen capture utility, and after trying out a half-dozen, I settled on Voila, which I'm delighted with, and on the whole live even better than Hypersnap. I like the image editing tools and the flexible capture capabilities of Voila and use it for training courseware and presentations. - Robert Crooks, Senior Manager of Training and Curriculum, Adobe Systems We use Voila screen capture software to help students see how to use different features. Capture images of PDFs, Word, Excel & other documents to use as thumbnails for document index on client website. We particularly like using Voila for its ability to annotate and adjust (crop, etc) captured images. Thanks Global Delight for this helpful tool and for providing educational discount.
- Susan Connell, College instructor (educational technology & graphic design) & marketing communications consultant Great app. Within seconds (OK, maybe it was a minute) of trying the demo of Voila I purchased a copy. Voila promptly replaced Snapz Pro X as my screen capture app. The ability to annotate, edit images and add graphic effects in one app were the major selling points for me. Keep up the good work. - Glenn Siple, Retired IT developer I've been using Voila for the last 2 months. Its ease of use, as well as keeping recent captures available on-screen, sending captures as eMails, saving files to disk, etc., etc., are useful since I use them a lot in preparing briefs and notes. I would like to see the image size scaling options in its future release. - Dr. Roger Katz, New Business Development Consultant As a Software Engineer/ WebMaster, I've to write documents and respond to software support questions. It's been months and I use Voila for writing docs, or responding to software support questions. I do a lot of callouts for annotating screen captures. I would like to see Voila including web page capture in the future release. - Jeffrey Meyerson, Software Engineer/WebMaster (for DOD) |
