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Changelog

Every update, every fix, every improvement to Nova Clip.

v0.7
Sept 2026
Feature

Grain, Glow & Picture-in-Picture

  • Film Grain and Glow effects in Video Effects New
  • Two new looks, Film and Bloom; Cinema, Vintage and B&W now add grain, and Vivid, Dreamy and Neon add glow New
  • Picture-in-Picture for clips on V2: corner presets plus size and position sliders New
  • Fast export with WebCodecs: frames are decoded and encoded directly, usually several times faster than real time New
  • Vertical and square projects export at their own aspect ratio (1080p on 9:16 gives 1080×1920)
  • Keyboard shortcuts: each key does exactly one thing; CapsLock and Mac Option keys fixed; T snap and +/- zoom added
  • Long videos: audio is processed in chunks and large exports are saved straight to disk — tested with a 60-minute video New
  • Fixed: preview reset to 1920×1080 after exporting
  • Fixed: cancelling a standard export downloaded the partial video
v0.6
Sept 2025
Feature

Title Templates

  • 5 ready-made title presets: Lower Third, Big Title, Subtitle, Kinetic, Neon New
  • Templates pre-fill the text modal — just type your content and add
  • Each template carries its own font size, color, position and animation
  • Kinetic template: bold yellow 58px slide-up for high-impact titles
  • Neon template: cyan glow with fade-in animation
v0.5
Sept 2025
Feature

Color Match

  • Sample any frame as a color reference with Shift+C New
  • Auto-match grade to reference with Shift+M — applies exposure, temp, tint, whites and blacks in one click
  • Uses luminance percentile (p1/p99) for accurate black/white point matching
  • Delta applied on top of existing grade — non-destructive
v0.4
Aug 2025
Feature

Chroma Key & Speed Ramp

  • Chroma key panel: green/blue screen removal with threshold and edge softness controls New
  • Speed ramp: per-clip playback speed 0.1× – 4× New
  • Audio pitch correction on speed changes
  • Fixed: chroma edge fringing on high-contrast backgrounds
v0.3
Jul 2025
Feature

Color Grading Suite

  • Full color wheels: Lift / Gamma / Gain per channel New
  • Parametric controls: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, color temp, tint, vibrance, saturation
  • Real-time preview on canvas — no render wait
  • Curves panel (luma, R, G, B channels)
  • Perf: pixel processing moved to OffscreenCanvas for smoother scrubbing
v0.2
Jun 2025
Update

Transitions & Audio

  • 12 transitions: crossfade, fade to black/white, flash, wipe (4 directions), push (left/right), zoom in and iris New
  • Per-clip volume slider and mute toggle
  • Waveform visualization on audio tracks
  • Beat sync: auto-detect beats and snap cuts to rhythm
  • Fixed: audio desync after trimming clips
v0.1
May 2025
Launch

Initial Release

  • Multi-track timeline with drag-to-trim and clip reordering
  • Video, audio and image import (MP4, WebM, MOV, MP3, WAV, PNG, JPG)
  • Text overlays with font, size, color and position controls
  • 14 blend modes
  • WebM export via MediaRecorder
  • 100% client-side — no server, no upload, no account