Changelog

Major Features

• -Agent-First Dashboard: New home screen lets you start projects directly from a prompt.
• -Redesigned Timeline: Rebuilt timeline with smoother clip dragging and precise trimming.
• -Music and SFX: Browse and add music and SFX from a curated library.
• -Subscriptions: Removed the waitlist and added subscriptions with a free trial.

Improvements

• -Copy & Paste Clips: Cmd/Ctrl+C and Cmd/Ctrl+V now work on timeline clips.
• -Mute Shortcut: Press M to toggle mute on selected audio or video clips.
• -Unified Audio Cards: Music and SFX share a consistent behavior.
• -Effects Panel Polish: Cleaner layout with better codec detection feedback during import.
• -Native Text Copy: Text selection in the editor now uses native copy behavior.

Major Features

• -Stacked Captions: New caption animation that reveals text line-by-line.
• -Product Demos: Enhanced support for creating product demos.
• -Large File Support: Edit videos up to 5GB.

Improvements

• -UI Refresh: Polished panels for backgrounds, properties, export, and media.
• -Smarter Search: Upgraded embeddings for better semantic media search.
• -Missing Media Relink: Reconnect files that moved since your last session.
• -HEIC/HEIF Support: Import iPhone photos directly without conversion.
• -Crop Controls: Crop clips with preset aspect ratios on the canvas.
• -Featured Fonts: Satoshi, Clash Display, Gambarino, and Playfair Display.
• -Export Frame: Save the current preview frame as an image.
• -Fullscreen Preview: Press F to toggle fullscreen mode.
• -Duplicate Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+D duplicates selected items instantly.
• -Captions Scroll: Panel follows playhead but pauses when you scroll.
• -Export Reliability: Timeout guards and fallbacks prevent stalling.

Major Features

• -Voice Library: Browse hundreds of voices, filter by gender, age, accent, and language.
• -Voice Cloning: Clone any voice by uploading or recording a sample.
• -Search: Find media by writing vague sentences, not just words or filenames.
• -Inline Suggestions: The agent now offers clickable suggestions during conversations.
• -Ripple Delete: Delete clips and automatically close the gaps left behind.
• -Voice Cleanup: Automatically remove filler words and pauses from voice overs.
• -Transcription Languages: Support for 10+ languages with auto-detection.

Improvements

• -Track Management: Mute, lock, and manage gaps directly from track menus.
• -Keyframe Transforms: Adjust position, scale, and rotation with keyframes on canvas.
• -AI Text Styling: The agent can now style captions and text elements.
• -Prompt Suggestions: Quick-start prompts appear when the chat is empty.
• -HDR Video Support: Import and work with HDR footage.
• -Browser Compatibility: Improved browser support for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
• -Unsaved Changes Warning: A warning appears when leaving the project without saving.

Major Features

• -Voiceover Generation: Create professional voiceovers with different voices.
• -Token Usage Indicator: See AI token consumption in chat input for cost transparency.
• -Preview Controls: Pan, zoom, align, and rotate with guides and snapping.
• -Sample Projects: Get started fast with new explainer and montage templates, ready to use.
• -Spatial Intelligence: The agent now understands what's happening inside your frame and places captions and overlays where they won't block the subject.

Improvements

• -Waveform Virtualization: Faster, more efficient handling of long audio tracks.
• -Caption Presets: Style captions with new golden-serif and minimal-modern preset options.
• -Timeline Zoom: Zoom now anchors around the playhead position for better navigation.
• -Volume System: Simplified volume control from decibels to intuitive percentage (0-200%).
• -Multi-Item Operations: Improved drag and move behavior.
• -Timeline UI: Hide trim handles and clip names for narrow timeline items to reduce clutter.

Major Features

• -Keyframe Animations: Animate timeline items with keyframe-based animations.
• -Playback Speed: Create slow-motion or time-lapse effects.
• -Backgrounds: Add background (gradient, color, and macOS wallpapers) to your video.
• -Settings Tab: New settings panel for configuring application preferences and options.
• -Remote Project Management: Cloud-based project storage and media uploads for collaboration and backup.

Improvements

• -Audio Volume Control: Manage audio levels and mute functionality.
• -Director Agent: Redesigned AI agent with improved tool execution and workflows.
• -Text Drag-and-Drop: Drag text directly onto the canvas and timeline.
• -Import Hotkey: Import media files with a hotkey.
• -Performance Optimizations: Canvas pooling and shadow/blur caching.
• -Export Performance: Faster, more reliable exports.
• -Audio/Video Separation: Separate audio from video items on the timeline.
• -Memory Management: Fixed memory leaks and improved compositor pooling.
• -Text Reconstruction: Improved text media item reconstruction.
• -Aspect Ratio Handling: Consistent aspect ratio calculations and proper content fitting.

Major Features

• -AI-Powered Video Understanding: Director can see your content better. Get intelligent suggestions based on what's actually in your footage — scenes, actions, text, and more.
• -Music Library: Browse and add royalty-free tracks by genre and mood to your timeline.
• -Crop Tool: Precisely crop videos and images directly on canvas.
• -LUT Preview on Hover: Instantly preview color grades before applying.
• -Captions from Director: Ask the AI to generate and place captions automatically on your timeline.

Improvements

• -Background Exports: Exports now continue at full speed even when the browser tab is in the background.
• -Smarter Ingestion: Revamped media processing with progress tracking, audio chimes on completion, and parallel transcription.
• -Waitlist Flow: New users hit a waitlist with a clean sign-up experience.
• -Text Properties: Added letter spacing, line height, and other style options.
• -Audio Prefetch: Music tracks preload on hover for instant playback.
• -Timeline Polish: Cleaner colors, fixed playhead jank, and smoother clip interactions.
• -Better Search: Find footage by describing more abstract concepts — Director can search your media using natural language.
• -Key Bindings: Use key bindings such as Option, Option + Shift, while resizing/cropping etc.

Major Features

• -Transcription: Automatic transcription for video and audio files with searchable text and timestamped captions.
• -Agent Overhaul: Redesigned Director chat with new tools, multi-model support (Bedrock, Vertex AI), improved messages, and a model picker.
• -Canvas-Based Editing: Direct manipulation of timeline items on the canvas—drag, scale, and position clips visually with real-time preview.
• -Effects Panel: Unified effects panel with transitions moved from timeline to effects, supporting both audio and video transitions.
• -Multi-Selection: Select multiple timeline items at once using drag selection or CMD+Click for batch operations.
• -Premiere Pro XML Export: Export projects to Adobe Premiere Pro XML format for seamless workflow integration.

Improvements

• -Smoother Playback: Audio now preloads before playback for gapless, stutter-free audio.
• -Fast Previews: Frames load faster and seek smoothly when hovering over the timeline.
• -Responsive Timeline: Improved scrubbing and item placement with collision handling.
• -Media Feedback: Notifications when media files finish processing.
• -Visual Polish: Updated selection colors and styling for better clarity and consistency.

Major Features

• -Transitions: Add fade, scale, and fly transitions between clips.
• -Text Elements: Add styled text overlays and presets with typography controls.
• -Shot-Level Semantic Search: Find video moments with natural language and get timestamped thumbnails.
• -Theming: New color system with dark theme, and landing page.
• -Hotkeys: Keyboard shortcuts for common timeline actions (space, arrows, delete, etc.).
• -Chat Panel: New chat panel called "Director" with persistent conversations and easy switching.

Improvements

• -Timeline Undo/Redo: Undo or redo any timeline change.
• -Media Ingestion Pipeline: Automatic background shot detection, embedding generation, and thumbnail processing.
• -Track Management: Rename, Move and delete tracks.
• -Video Source Cleanup: Renderer now prunes stale video sources for improved memory management.

Major Features

• -Timeline & Layers: Improved scrubbing, snapping, and clip accuracy, with a new multi-layer system. Added visual guidelines and per-clip audio waveforms for easier alignment.
• -Hardware-accelerated renderer: Added a custom WebGL2 + WebCodecs pipeline that shifts video processing from the CPU to the GPU, enabling smoother playback, more accurate previews, faster layer compositing, and higher-quality exports.
• -Video Understanding: Faster, more accurate analysis in the browser.
• -Chat: Added support for having multiple tabs and clear history.
• -Properties Panel: New properties sidebar for fine-grained clip control. Adjust position, scale, rotation, opacity, blend mode, and audio levels for each item directly on the timeline.

Improvements

• -Preview: Enhanced playback smoothness; HEIC file uploads are now prevented.
• -Auth: Optimized redirects for users logging in via app.cardboard.sh.
• -Waveforms: Audio waveforms now generate faster and display with higher fidelity.
• -Portrait video: Strengthened support for the 9:16 format and dynamic aspect ratio toggling.

Major Features

• -Media management: Import images, music, and videos. Manage your videos inside projects. Use semantic search to find clips quickly.
• -Timeline editing: Drag-and-drop video clips on the timeline, with multi-track support, clip splitting, scrubbing, and zoom controls for detailed and efficient edits.
• -Real-time preview: Instantly see your edits as you work. You can pick standard aspect ratios like 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1.
• -Exports and aspect ratios: Export projects in various formats, including XML.
• -Workspace customization & shortcuts: Adjust the workspace with resizable panels and use keyboard shortcuts for faster editing.
• -AI chat editing: Use chat commands for quick video edits.