Voila Editor's Review

Capture screen shots and video clips with this much needed Mac utility

I've been a freelance writer for over 20 years. I'm also a software QA guy. I've always had a need for a screen capturing tool. I either want to take screen shots of the programs I'm reviewing or of the errors in the software that I'm testing. I'm actually a bit of a screen shot-aholic. Most everything that I do either for my writing gig here at Soft32 or during the day for my software testing job requires me to take screen shots of something. This is why I really like Voila Screen Capture for Mac. It's a really cool utility for your Mac.

Voila is an 'all-in-one' screen capture solution that can capture, edit and share anything on your computer's screen. Users can also video record the screens of their iOS device, like an iPhone or iPad in full resolution. After a screenshot is captured or recorded, the user can then share them on popular websites, send via e-mail or print using the buttons located on the UI. A complete set of tools including different capture methods, full webpage recording as well as easy sharing options make for a comprehensive and complete application that saves time and is easy to use.

Voila captures video with audio in high quality. You can capture the whole screen, or simply a user defined section. You can also capture video on your connected iDevice as well.

Voila captures full and partial screen stills as well. Voila has a flexible capture option that allows you to grab full or user defined areas of your screen. If needed, you can also capture entire web pages along with important metadata like page title, menus and other page elements.

Once you get your screen grabs, you can also annotate them using different fonts, shapes, blur options and speech bubbles, or callouts. Once you have everything set, Voila can also help you manage your screen shot collections. You can group similar images and videos together using custom labels. You can add titles, tags and descriptions so you can catalog and search for just the media object you need.

App Pro's: Easy to Use, User definable Hot Keys, Captures stills and video, Web Cam support, Still screen capture annotations

App Con's: Hot Key activation doesn't always work

Conclusion: Voila Screen Capture for Mac is a decent application. It starts when you start your Mac and sits in the Menu Bar until its needed. You're supposed to be able to activate it via a set of user-definable hot keys, but these didn't work consistently for me. More often than not, pressing the hot key combinations didn't do anything at all on my El Capitan powered 15" MacBook Pro.