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Changelog

v2.6.0 (Apr 2026)

New Features

  • Background blur zoom setting

Improvements

  • Major performance improvements across all platforms:
    • ~1.5x faster stabilization
    • ~2-3x faster photo import
  • Smoother, more responsive camera
  • Reduced Android binary size (~500MB -> ~350MB) by debloating and stripping FFmpeg binary to a minimal version

Bug Fixes

  • Fix macOS release crash importing TIFF, JP2, and AVIF files
  • Fix Android JVM compatibility issues
  • Fix duplicated file extension in gallery preview info dialog
  • Fix bug affecting changing settings during active stabilization
  • Date stamps:
    • Fix date stamp crash when compiling with hundreds of photos
    • Fix FFmpeg drawtext font path escaping on Windows
    • Fix drawtext date stamps not rendering (chained enable expressions)

v2.5.1 (Apr 2026)

Improvements

  • Reduced bundled FFmpeg binary size (macOS: 76 MB → 5.5 MB, Windows: 95 MB → 13 MB)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix image preview exit button UI issue

v2.5.0 (Apr 2026)

New Features

  • Light theme (auto-reads system settings OR toggle in Settings -> Appearance)
  • Video codec selection (H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 4444, VP9)
  • Transparent video background support with ProRes 4444 and VP9 alpha
  • Blurred video background option
  • RAW image support
  • Dog and cat project types for pet timelapses
  • Linked source folders
  • Preserve original files on import (metadata, filenames, byte for byte)
  • Date stamp font size setting
  • Inspection mode for gallery and image preview (overlay stabilization grid to verify alignment)

Improvements

  • Consolidate app colours and theme
  • Improved import flow with preview dialog and clearer date extraction
  • Reduced Android APK size

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes #25: bug causing .zip exports to fail on certain devices
  • Fix photos taken before 2001 sorting incorrectly
  • Fix date stamps not syncing correctly in rare cases
  • Fix layout overflow on manual stabilization page on mobile
  • Fix theme toggle failing to open
  • Fix Cmd+A not working in file picker

v2.4.0

New Features

  • Customizable font for date stamps.
  • Customizable background colour for stabilized output.
  • Camera timer. Thanks to all users who requested this.
    • Optional 3s or 10s countdown before taking photos
    • Visual overlay with feedback
  • Toggle for automatic video compilation. Thanks to the user who suggested this.
    • Disable auto re-compilation after taking photos
    • Manually compile from the Create tab when ready

Improvements

  • Added ETA to video compilation step

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed camera mirroring on macOS
  • Fixed Linux camera initialization with proper libmpv bundling

v2.3.0

New Features

  • Date stamps on photos, thumbnails and output video (optional)
    • Display capture dates on gallery thumbnails and/or burn them into exported photos and output video
    • Customize format (e.g., Jan 1, 2024, 2024-01-01, 01/01/24)
    • Configure in the new "Date Stamp" section in Settings

Improvements

  • Improved manual stabilization page
    • New visual transform tool - drag, resize, and rotate photos directly with your mouse or finger. Thanks to the users who suggested this.
    • Save/reset buttons with unsaved changes warning

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed bug that caused thumbnails to not automatically refresh after "Manual Stabilization" or "Retry Stabilization" actions.

v2.2.1

  • 8K + custom resolution output support
  • Performance optimizations & improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

v2.2.0

Improvements

  • Massive performance improvements. Stabilization pipeline is 2-4x faster (platform-dependent).

New Features

  • .HEIC support on Windows devices. Thanks to the user who wrote in and suggested this.
  • Bulk image selection in the gallery. 3-dot menu in the upper right -> Select.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes #11: deleted photos could remain stuck in the generated video. Thanks @agnosticlines.
  • Fixes #16 + #20: incorrect timezone and date metadata, could result in incorrectly broken streaks. Thanks @thelittlekatie and @Syumza.
  • Fixes #23: the built-in camera could fail to initialize on Windows. Thanks @COHEJH.