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There is a direct relationship between the way ceramic glazes fire and their chemistry. Insight is a calculation tool anyone can use to learn and harness the power of ceramic chemistry.
Without ceramic chemistry you'll never really have control and you could be a slave to your suppliers or the trafficing in recipes that never work. A desktop application for Windows, Linux, Macintosh that you download and install.
Insight was first released in 1979 and has been used world wide since. It is an excellent teaching tool for demonstrating the principles of formula/analysis/unity, limit formulas, LOI, and material-oxide relationships. |
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Learning INSIGHTIt is simple: Click Video Tutorials (above left) to learn to use INSIGHT and to formulate, fix and adjust glazes at the same time. The videos will play on any standard PC with Flash installed, but they will also play on iOS, Android or any device that can play a 640x480 mp4 file.  PricesSee the Red Numbers below in the chart.When you login you will have an opportunity for up to 40% discount. To BuyLogin or create an account |
Feature ComparisonClick links below for more information. References to Insight-Live.com refer to online version, it is a separate product. | Desktop INSIGHT Version (to buy click here) |
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Level 1 $59 |
Level 2 $149 |
Site License $695 |
Insight-Live From 3¢/day | |
| Multi-Platform: [Windows] [OSX] [OS9] [Linux] |  |
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| Download privileges expire in | 2 months | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | Nothing to download |
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| Ceramic chemistry calculation | Interactive | Interactive | Interactive | Interactive | Passive |
| Integrates with Digitalfire Reference Library | |
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| Maintain materials database as Excel CSV | |
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| Free copy of 4Sight Ceramic Database | |
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| Install on many computers for use by many people | |
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| Insight-Live account included for duration of key | |
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| Support for units-of-measure, firing schedules, projects, recipe variations, inter-recipe linking, reference materials and recipes | |
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| Unlimited materials, recipes | |
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| Physical testing data management | |
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| Side-by-side recipes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Unlimited |
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| Features evolve automatically, automatic backup, secure, works on any device with a browser and internet | |
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What People Are Saying
- Thank you so much. Your software is great!
- Since many potters/ceramicists I have met seem to be of the try-it-and-see approach and I come from a what-about-the-periodic-table-then-try-it variety, I get some blank stares. I see no reason to try it ten times when three can get you started predictably. Of course, I would have to know the chemical composition of a product but once I know that, it becomes math and balance.
- I think you have an exceptional product and it would be great for the students.
- Thanks for the fantastic product and service.
- The download and install went perfect which I enjoyed ;-) . I find it very expensive to keep buying all the various components of the recipes. It would be nice to actually understand what the ingredients do and learn how to substitute a smaller subset of ingredients for the desired results. Hence the interest in your product! There is a lot to learn and it looks like the software coupled with the Magic of Fire book would be a structured path to meet this goal.
