Changelog

New features, improvements, and fixes in every release.

Stability update

v1.1.0

  • Smart crop now works reliably with any video codec
  • Fully self-contained — no Homebrew or external dependencies needed
  • Fixed karaoke captions and positioning in exports
  • Updated video downloader for better compatibility

Smart Crop Fixes

  • Switched to ffmpeg-based frame extraction for full codec support (VP9, AV1, H.264)
  • Fixed crop expression parsing in ffmpeg filters
  • Smart crop now works in both preview and final export

Self-Contained App

  • Bundled all GPU and CPU backend plugins (Metal, BLAS, CPU)
  • Removed dependency on Homebrew for transcription
  • All binaries auto-copied to local directory on first launch
  • Works out of the box on any Mac running macOS 14+

Caption & Export Fixes

  • Fixed karaoke word-by-word animation in exported videos
  • Fixed caption positioning — captions now render at the bottom
  • Replaced broken video downloader binary
Major release

v1.0.0

  • Speaker-aware smart cropping powered by Apple Vision
  • Karaoke caption styles with word-by-word highlighting
  • Multi-speaker caption colors
  • In-app auto-updates via Sparkle

Speaker-Aware Smart Crop

  • Apple Vision detects and tracks faces in every frame
  • Identifies the active speaker using mouth-motion analysis
  • 9:16 crop follows the speaker automatically with smooth panning
  • Works with single and multi-speaker videos

Karaoke Captions

  • 5 new karaoke presets: Hormozi, Viral, Beast, Ember, Podcast
  • Word-by-word color highlighting synced to speech timing
  • Each preset has unique fonts, colors, and animation feel
  • Total of 15 caption styles now available

Multi-Speaker Caption Colors

  • Each speaker gets a distinct highlight color automatically
  • Colors are defined per karaoke preset for visual consistency
  • Speaker detection integrated with the tracking pipeline

In-App Auto-Updates

  • Sparkle framework integration for seamless updates
  • Check for Updates from the app menu
  • Updates are signed and notarized for security

Other Improvements

  • Contextual emoji overlays in video preview
  • Improved pipeline progress UI with tracking stage
  • Backward-compatible project file format