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version: "0.2.0"
date: "2026-03-01"
published: true
title: "Motion & effects"
description: "This release adds the foundation for motion and effects, alongside many improvements & fixes."
summary: "Keyframe animation, a new effects system with per-clip blur, and ripple editing mode."
changes:
  - type: new
    text: "Keyframe animation system for animating element properties over time."
  - type: new
    text: "Entirely new efects system. Effects can be applied per-clip or added as standalone elements on the timeline (with our first effect: Blur!)"
  - type: new
    text: "Added a changelog page to the site."
  - type: new
    text: "Ripple editing mode."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Fixed an issue where click-and-drag selection on one timeline track could accidentally select items from the track below."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Audio could flicker or cut out at the start of playback when certain elements were selected. The scheduler now recovers from timing slips without losing audio."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Dragging a clip onto the timeline and pressing Ctrl+Z now removes both the clip and the track it created in one step, instead of requiring two undos."
  - type: fixed
    text: "A few values in the properties panel were previously showing incorrect values. This has been fixed."
  - type: improved
    text: "New text elements no longer have a black background by default."
  - type: improved
    text: "Selection outline in the preview is now dashed."
  - type: improved
    text: "Clips sitting next to each other on the timeline now have a small gap between them so selected clips are always clearly visible."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Timeline trim handles now sit outside the clip instead of inside them, so the clip's visible area accurately represents where it starts and ends."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Clips being dragged on the timeline now render on top of other clips instead of underneath them."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Undoing a trim-from-start operation now correctly restores the clip to its original position and length, instead of stretching it to the right."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Resizing a clip on the timeline would deselect it when the mouse was released. The clip now stays selected after a resize."
  - type: improved
    text: "Press Escape to deselect the current element."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Resizing a clip could extend it past another clip on the same track, causing an overlap. The resize now stops at the next clip's edge."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Dragging a clip to a different track would deselect it on drop. The clip stays selected after moving."
  - type: fixed
    text: "Finishing a resize or drag with the mouse over empty track space would deselect the clip."
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