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What’s New in v1.5.0

Instant (Live) capture mode and a real 3D MacBook frame headline the latest release. Below is the full history — every feature and fix from the first cut to today.

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v1.5.0MajorLatest

Instant (Live) Mode & the 3D MacBook Frame

  • Instant (Live) capture mode — a real-time recording experience with High / Max / Source bitrate tiers, live AnalyserNode audio meters, and focus-scoped global shortcuts.
  • Real 3D MacBook device frame built with three.js — silver or midnight models, animated 3D tilt regions, and a None / 2D bezel / 3D selector with Retina-sharp screen rendering.
  • Editor ⇄ Instant parity: shared backgrounds, canvas-rendered gradient previews, and matched webcam PiP behaviour (shrinks during zoom).
  • Major performance pass: playhead store, memoized panels, idle-gated preview ticker, decode-ahead export pipeline, and GIF decoding via mediabunny.
  • Exported audio re-encoded to AAC so MP4s upload cleanly to X / Twitter; hardened app quit/shutdown and a batch of crash/hang fixes.
v1.4.7Feature

Export HUD, Trim/Speed & Captions

  • Local Whisper captions transcribed entirely on-device (asset-gated).
  • Direct timeline trim and speed editing via a dedicated Cut / Speed tab.
  • Background music with real CC0 tracks and audio mixing on export.
  • Export HUD that always stays out of the recording, plus a faster export path and smoother webcam overlay.
v1.4.6Feature

Webcam & Playback Speed

  • Webcam preview during recording, with hover explanations.
  • Fast-play (speed-up) for selected sections of the timeline.
  • Automatic cursor-shape switching and audio included in exported MP4s.
v1.4.5Feature

License at Export & Edge Snapping

  • License activation moved to export time for a smoother trial-to-buy flow.
  • Edge-snapping algorithm that prefers continuous lines.
  • Windows timeline zoom-slider compatibility and refreshed typography.
v1.4.3 – 1.4.4Feature

Auto-Lightbox & Signed Builds

  • Auto lightbox generation and snap-to-edge in the editor.
  • macOS code signing and notarization wired into CI builds.
  • Public auto-update releases and enhanced UI typography.
v1.4.0 – 1.4.1Major

Spotlight, Lightbox, Permissions & Audio

  • Spotlight and lightbox attention effects join auto-zoom — the full attention stack.
  • Setup wizard for macOS permissions management.
  • Microphone capture and audio features for screen recording.
  • Content protection to keep sensitive windows out of recordings.
  • Area selection and recording-border windows.
v1.3.0 – 1.3.31Feature

Cross-Platform & Cursor-Free Capture

  • First Windows and Linux builds alongside macOS.
  • Cursor-free screen recording via the Windows WGC API and Linux X11 SHM.
  • Auto-zoom transition feature with keyframe interpolation.
  • A long run of crash-recovery, GPU-fallback, and cursor-tracking fixes.
v1.0 – beginningsMilestone

The First Cut

  • Initial ScreenBuddy release: screen recording with native macOS capture.
  • Smooth cursor tracking that replaces the system cursor for clean zooms.
  • Webcam overlay recording and the recording HUD.
  • Auto-zoom on clicks (1.25×–5×) and LemonSqueezy one-time-purchase licensing.
All downloads & release notes on GitHub →