Stylish Word Clouds 2.0 submitted for review
Stylish Word Clouds 2.0 brings a new major feature
I am happy to report that I have just submitted Stylish Word Clouds 2.0 for review. This new versions brings a lot of small improvements and one BIG new feature, Animations.
Animate your word clouds in Keynote (or any other app)
I have been thinking for a while on how to make Keynote presentations more cinematic and I now have a couple of ideas on how to make that happen. One of those ideas was to generate animated GIFs that could be easily used in a Keynote (or Powerpoint) slide. Stylish Word Clouds was the perfect candidate to test how that would work. You can now generate animated word clouds, either as animated GIFs or MP4 movies. The results are stunning!
Animated GIFs can quickly grow very large, but the fact that they natively support transparency makes them great for presentations, specially if you use dynamic backgrounds. I really enjoyed the final result and plan to continue investigating new animation opportunities to make Keynote the absolute greatest presentation tool. There are many things I am dying to share, but I will keep the secret, until I have a product ready to ship.
Bug fixes and improvements
Like all new releases, this one contains performance and bug fixes. However, this time, the number of small improvements is quite large and the result is a much better app overall. You will soon be able to download the new version from the Mac App Store.