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You will learn the direct relationships between the way glazes fire and their chemistry
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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. |
Insight + SQLite = Supercharged Database InsightSQLite is the fastest, smallest, most reliable cross platform database and it is integrated into level 1 and 2 Insight! This is the same database that is in your smart phone, tablet or MP3 player. Read about it at http://sqllite.org (you can download a command-line shell from there to execute SQL commands on the database). Insight builds the database automatically at startup (if it does not exist) and imports any existing recipe files it finds. The Insight recipe database is in just one file, it is maintained in the same folder as MDT and recipe files, so it is easy to find and backup. Insight now uses the traditional XML format recipe files as an automatic backup so you can actually erase the database file and it will be rebuilt and the recipes reimported! The previous recipe filing system has not been discarded, but improved: it reads and writes all legacy format recipe files using a standard file open/save dialog. Insight has always been targeted at ceramic calculations but now it also has the best database. | ||
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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.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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| 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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| 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
- I still find Insight amazing. If my wife would give me some time, I would use it alot more. Thank you for developing the program and the help you gave me in the past.
- FYI I got you web site information from Ferro. I had called them about some frits and they put me on to a tech guy who put me on to you. Thought you'd like to know that.
- Thanks for your interest and the follow up note. You have done a tremendous job with this software. I have enjoyed the tutorials that you have on your web site and marvel at what a teaching accomplishment your work represents. My hat is off to you!
- Some of the glazes I've tried (from other recipe books) have worked while others have not. Kind of feels like flying an airplane without knowing what the controls do. I understand how to weigh and mix and am just learning about the different materials. To gain more information, I started researching glazes and how they work on the internet and came across your site. I want to be in control of the 'flying plane' as it were. So far I've had a few successful 'flights' but it was mostly luck. If I'm going to have a unique voice in my surface treatment, I'm going to need to know what to adjust to get the desired results.
- I have changed my computer for a new one which runs XP ... Can you help me? I have been using this program for years and would be really sad to loose it.
