Chartz rapid chart designer has just been released, in a collaborative effort between Charten Software and Schematica.

Chartz offers impressive charting capabilities at a very affordable price.

Chartz can be downloaded for a free 30 day trial, after which a licence must be purchased.

Some features to note are:

• 13 chart types - bar, dot, horizontal bar, line, pie, donut, scatter (xy), area, histogram, error bar, bubble, Gantt, volume



• intuitive user interface allows quick access to all charting features



• Chartz automatically supplies random data so that you can see from the beginning what your chart will look like. At any point you can open the Data Entry editor and replace the random data with data of your own.



• Complete color control - Any chart element can be set to any color. But Chartz also includes 14 Theme color palettes, each of which has 14 harmonious colors. These palettes can be switched rapidly.Additionally a "Mix" button randomly selects colors for the chart data from the current Theme palette.



• complete control over your chart look, wheher you choose a simple style for maximum information transfer, or a more complex style for aesthetic appeal. A single click turns on color transparency, gradients and 3D orientation. The chart background can be colored, have a gradient, and even an imported image. In fact a chart can be exported to an image file, and then that image can serve as the background for a new chart.



• chart can be resized to any dimensions, and smoothing optionally applied



• export formats include BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, PS, EMF and SVG