Toni Hall on sat 18 jan 97
Hi Clayart People,
I have a question about glaze software programs. Can anyone give
me some direction concerning the differences between the various names of
software, their creators, and their strengths and weaknesses? I am
thinking of purchasing a package, but I am so confused about the different
ones, ie.
Hyperglaze, Insight, Glazebase, and Glazechem, and others I may not even
know about. I need some real insight.
TIA Toni
Bob Kavanagh on mon 20 jan 97
Note the highly informative articles by Rick Malgrem in Ceramics Monthly,
January 1992 and March 1994. It's now a little dated but orderly and a
very good place to start.
Hyperglaze is a package of functions including glaze calculation, materials
database, glaze and clay recipe database storage, a hypercard support
system. It runs on macs and powerpcs: by Richard Burkett at San Diego
State University, rburkett@rohan.sdsu.edu). It is fully integrated and
easy to use.
Insight is a very fast glaze calculation program with a programmable
materials database holding an immense wealth of technical information on a
wide variety of common ceramics materials (copies are available for both
macs and pc's and now in Windows: by Tony Hansen in Medicine Hat, Alberta,
Canada, hansen@mlc.awinc.com).
bob kavanagh (60 km west of Montreal, Canada)
DJ Brewer on wed 11 apr 12
Which glaze software do people prefer and why?
Don Goodrich on wed 11 apr 12
GlazeChem, because it works, is easy to use, has several glaze database f=
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http://www.dinoclay.com/software/glzchem.html=3D20
Cheers,
Don Goodrich
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:53:23 -0500, DJ Brewer=3D20
asked:
>Which glaze software do people prefer and why?
William & Susan Schran User on thu 12 apr 12
On 4/11/12 8:53 AM, "DJ Brewer" wrote:
>Which glaze software do people prefer and why?
I test ran all the glaze calc softwares available to run on a Mac.
The two I found most useful are Insight & GlazeMaster.
Insight has a great online data base and works well.
I selected to use GlazeMaster as I was getting it for my studio & students.
For me, the GlazeMaster just felt a little more intuitive and I thought
the students would "get it" faster. It also connects well with the book
"Mastering Cone 6 Glazes"
I must admit I am also biased knowing both John Hesselberth and Ron Roy.
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
>
Paul Lewing on thu 12 apr 12
On 4/11/12 8:53 AM, "DJ Brewer" wrote:
> Which glaze software do people prefer and why?
I have all the ones made for Mac and I used to have Matrix when it
would run on a Mac. There's no simple answer to that question. I
once did an NCECA discussion group on using glaze software. There was
at least one person there who had each of the programs. Everyone
agreed on two things:
Any program is better than none.
Everybody liked best the one they'd seen first.
They each have their strengths and weaknesses, and which one is best
for you depends on how you think about glazes and how you like to deal
with computers. Here are my own personal evaluations, worth every
penny you're paying for them:
Glazemaster. Great all around program, does blends well, sorts
recipes well, easy to figure out. I love the way you can limit the
materials database to what you have on hand if you want to. Easy to
add materials and recipes, compares recipes well, is the only program
that offers clear graphics on what is stable and durable. I find the
recipe-to-formula function annoyingly hard to use. I have not seen
the new update.
HyperGlaze. A great recipe storing and sorting system. Offers more
advice on what's going on in your glaze than any other program, has
some wonderful add-on stuff. I find the hypercard structure very
annoying and the fact that you cannot compare two recipes side by side
is a huge negative. The formula to recipe function is annoying in
this one too.
Matrix. Has a great online tutorial that goes with it. I have not
seen it since it became PC only, but when I had the Mac version I
loved the way it went from formula to recipe- it was the best of any
program. Then it came loaded only with New Zealand materials, but it
was easy to put your own in. The best graphics in the business and
some interesting attempts to analyze glaze melt.
Insight. Not much of a recipe storage system, assumes you know a lot
about glazes and computers. The only one that attempts to deal with
how boron acts like both a flux and a glassformer. Great side by side
comparison of recipes, and changes are made instantly, unlike most of
the others. This requires a fiddle when you're going from formula to
recipe but the fiddle is easy and works well. The best program for
changing and inventing glazes. This one is my favorite, because
that's what I want to do with glaze recipes, and yes, it was the first
one I saw.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
www.paullewingart.com
Richard Burkett on fri 13 apr 12
As the author of HyperGlaze I feel I need to correct some misstatements.
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for potters and artists to be the easiest-to-use glaze software.
Best,
Richard Burkett
hyperglaze.com
Paul Lewing wrote:
HyperGlaze. A great recipe storing and sorting system. Offers more
advice on what's going on in your glaze than any other program, has
some wonderful add-on stuff. I find the hypercard structure very
annoying and the fact that you cannot compare two recipes side by side
is a huge negative. The formula to recipe function is annoying in
this one too.
John Post on fri 13 apr 12
Glazchem is my preferred glaze software. I made a few videos to
discuss what I like about it...
http://youtu.be/t-STG11gBhE
http://youtu.be/RCao5VSshzc
John Post
Sterling Heights, Michigan
http://www.johnpost.us
Follow me on Twitter
https://twitter.com/UCSArtTeacher
Paul Lewing on fri 13 apr 12
On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:11 PM, Richard Burkett wrote:
As the author of HyperGlaze I feel I need to correct some misstatements.
While HyperGlaze was originally written in Hypercard, it has not been
in that
format for over ten years. One can indeed compare two recipes side by
side
(there's an easy menu choice for that). And it runs on Windows and
Macs. I
appreciate Paul Lewing mentioning HyperGlaze, but I'm guessing that Paul
hasn't used HyperGlaze in quite a few years, and hasn't tried the
formula to
batch recipe function lately.
My apologies to Richard. He is right that the version I have is not
real new. I'm not sure exactly how old it is, but it sounds like I
need to get a newer version.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
www.paullewingart.com
James Freeman on fri 13 apr 12
I have been using HyperGlaze for probably 6 or 7 years now (on a PC; I do
not understand Apple computers). I currently use Version 10, which I
believe is the newest, but have had several others over the years. It was
not the first program I tried. In fact, before purchasing, I tried every
one that I could get my hands on. While I am probably smart enough to
figure out any of the programs if I put my mind to it (I once wrote a 500
page user manual for a computer system which tied 2200 PC-based end users
into two mainframe legacy systems via a new front end system which I
designed), I am for the most part too lazy to do so, and HyperGlaze was the
only one which was almost completely intuitive (to me; everyone is
different). While I was able to hack around a bit with all of them (except
for Insight, which I found ultra-confusing), I was able to do useful work
with HyperGlaze right away. When I did run into non-intuitive issues,
Richard Burkett responded to my emailed enquiries promptly.
I use HyperGlaze as a database to store my recipes, and to compare recipes
to one another. I use it to compare glazes to common and custom limit
formulas, and to design new glazes based on such limit formulas. I use it
to estimate the thermal expansion of glazes. Another slick feature is that
it will price out your batch of glaze. It also has a section called
Potter's Friend, or something like that, that contains a ton of very useful
little tools. The one I use most often is the plaster calculator.
HyperGlaze is not a perfect product. None of them are. There are some
things I wish it did differently. It is, however, a very useful and
comprehensive tool, and a lot of thought and experience obviously went into
it's design. It does not seem to be completely happy running on a PC (I am
guessing that it is not a native PC program), but it does run.
Also, I believe that Insight has somewhat recently incorporated a third
party database system into their software, though in agreement with Paul,
it does add another level of complexity to what was already a complex
product.
My advice, which no one asked for, is to try out all of them via their
various demos and trial versions, then buy the one that a) does what you
want it to do, and b) that you are able to figure out!
For what it's worth.
...James
James Freeman
"Talk sense to a fool, and he calls you foolish."
-Euripides
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Richard Burkett
wrote:
> As the author of HyperGlaze I feel I need to correct some misstatements.
>
DJ Brewer on fri 13 apr 12
Thanks to all who have posted replies to the Glaze software question. I
have saved all of your emails in my Google Docs file on my research on
glaze software. I am rereading them and figuring out which software I
will try a trial version of first. I want to wait until I have time to
invest in researching the program before I download it. Its great to
have so much input from experienced users to draw on.
much thanks
DJ
Richard Burkett on sat 14 apr 12
Thanks for the kind words, James. I think you'll like the new plaster cal=
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that I'm working on even better, and if it all works out it will be a mob=
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smart phone app, too.
Richard Burkett
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:55:04 -0400, James Freeman=3D20
wrote:
>I have been using HyperGlaze for probably 6 or 7 years now (on a PC; I d=
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>not understand Apple computers). I currently use Version 10, which I
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>into two mainframe legacy systems via a new front end system which I
>designed), I am for the most part too lazy to do so, and HyperGlaze was =
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>only one which was almost completely intuitive (to me; everyone is
>different). While I was able to hack around a bit with all of them (exc=
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>for Insight, which I found ultra-confusing), I was able to do useful wor=
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>with HyperGlaze right away. When I did run into non-intuitive issues,
>Richard Burkett responded to my emailed enquiries promptly.
>
>I use HyperGlaze as a database to store my recipes, and to compare recip=
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>to one another. I use it to compare glazes to common and custom limit
>formulas, and to design new glazes based on such limit formulas. I use =
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>to estimate the thermal expansion of glazes. Another slick feature is t=
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>it will price out your batch of glaze. It also has a section called
>Potter's Friend, or something like that, that contains a ton of very use=
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>little tools. The one I use most often is the plaster calculator.
>
>HyperGlaze is not a perfect product. None of them are. There are some
>things I wish it did differently. It is, however, a very useful and
>comprehensive tool, and a lot of thought and experience obviously went i=
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>it's design. It does not seem to be completely happy running on a PC (I=
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>guessing that it is not a native PC program), but it does run.
>
>Also, I believe that Insight has somewhat recently incorporated a third
>party database system into their software, though in agreement with Paul=
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>it does add another level of complexity to what was already a complex
>product.
>
>My advice, which no one asked for, is to try out all of them via their
>various demos and trial versions, then buy the one that a) does what you=
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>want it to do, and b) that you are able to figure out!
>
>For what it's worth.
>
>...James
>
>James Freeman
>
>"Talk sense to a fool, and he calls you foolish."
>-Euripides
>
>http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
>http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources
>
>
>
>On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Richard Burkett
>wrote:
>
>> As the author of HyperGlaze I feel I need to correct some misstatement=
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James Freeman on sat 14 apr 12
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Richard Burkett
wrote:
I think you'll like the new plaster calculator
that I'm working on even better, and if it all works out it will be a mobil=
e
smart phone app, too.
Richard...
Funny, I was thinking about trying to get my son (computer science major)
and his friends to write just such a smartphone app. I was going to
convince them that THOUSANDS of people would be willing to pay them 99
cents for a plaster calculator on the Android marketplace or on the Apple
store (yeah, right)! I guess I'll just wait for yours!
All the best.
...James
James Freeman
"Talk sense to a fool, and he calls you foolish."
-Euripides
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources
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