What is INSIGHT?

• INSIGHT is a classic ceramic chemistry calculator.
  It interactively converts recipes to formulas and back. The main INSIGHT window shows side-by-side recipes and their formulas, you can make chemistry changes to one while comparing it with the other.
• INSIGHT is also a library and a teacher
  It puts at your fingertips a huge amount of information to help you learn the principles of ceramic chemistry and it teaches you how to adjust, fix and formulate glazes.
• It is a database
  You can store all your recipes, picture, material information where you can easily find it.
• It is a problem solver
  Using our videos, instructional and reference materials and our personal help you can solve problems like crazing, leaching, crawling, pinholing, blistering, etc.

INSIGHT + SQLite = Supercharged Database INSIGHT

SQLite 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 cell phone, PDA or MP3 player, it is super fast and rock solid. Read about it at http://sqllite.org.

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. This database opens the door to a whole range of new features and integrations with the web.

Learning INSIGHT

The videos will play on any standard PC with Flash installed, but they will also play on iPod, iPad and any device that can play an 640x480 mp4 file. They feature zooming throughout, so even on a small screen device it is easy to see what is being done.

There are even videos on how to buy and download INSIGHT.

Feature Comparison