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Screenium Changelog

What's new in Screenium 3.3.5

Oct 24, 2023
  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.3.4 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.3.3 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • YouTube integration improvements
  • Bugfixes

New in Screenium 3.3.2 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • YouTube integration improvements
  • Bugfixes

New in Screenium 3.3.1 (Feb 25, 2021)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.3.0 (Jan 14, 2021)

  • Native version for M1 Macs
  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.17 (Sep 29, 2020)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.16 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.15 (Jul 28, 2020)

  • YouTube integration improvements
  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.14 (Jul 7, 2020)

  • Improved mouse pointer capturing and visualization
  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.13 (Apr 30, 2020)

  • YouTube integration improvements

New in Screenium 3.2.12 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.11 (Mar 15, 2020)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.10 (Feb 25, 2020)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.8 (Nov 17, 2019)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.7 (May 14, 2019)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.6 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.5 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.4 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.3 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.2 (Sep 11, 2018)

  • Support for future versions of macOS
  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.2.1 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes.

New in Screenium 3.2 (May 15, 2018)

  • Record your keyboard keystrokes
  • Capture system audio, now easier than ever
  • The performance of Screenium has been improved significantly. Capture 5K displays at up to 60 frames per second
  • Save valuable disk space by setting a scaling factor for recordings. Using a scaling factor of 50% will reduce the required amount of disk space by up to 75%
  • Import and export your videos using the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard (macOS 10.13 High Sierra required)
  • Mark audio tracks as master or slave. The volume of all slave tracks is reduced when the master track plays audio. When the master track is silent the slave tracks' volume is restored

New in Screenium 3.1.3 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • Fixes for an upcoming release of OS X.

New in Screenium 3.1.2 (May 20, 2016)

  • New: Sequencer shows kind of video track (Mac-, iOS- or Camera-Recording) more improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.1.1 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • New: “Generated Speech” can be exported as subtitles
  • More improvements and bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.1 (Jan 13, 2016)

  • Record the screen content of iOS devices
  • Any object can be used as alpha mask for any other object
  • Recording can be paused and resumed
  • Volume of individual audio tracks can be adjusted
  • FaceTime camera can optionally be shown on secondary monitor while recording
  • Recording area can optionally be highlighted while recording
  • Option for radial gradient in background instead of linear gradient
  • Quick Look for Video Popover in editor
  • Global shadow
  • Bevel-style for shapes can be set
  • Desktop can not only be hidden with a solid color but also additionally with an image
  • States snap to each other
  • Fixed a bug that when setting the start time/duration in the inspector popover, sometimes necessary transitions would not be inserted
  • When adding images, they also get their names set from the files they originate from
  • Fixed an issue that lead to incorrect image sizes when adding images with high resolutions
  • Countdown window can be dismissed and recording started immediately
  • Object dependencies can be edited in inspector
  • „Align“ menu now aligns objects relative to canvas if only one object is selected
  • Object shadow now is independent of object rotation
  • Time for window zoom of smart zoom can be adjusted
  • Improved preference window
  • Drastic performance improvements under Mac OS X El Capitan
  • Other bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Screenium 3.0.2 (Aug 12, 2015)

  • When exporting recordings via the recording window, all audio tracks are exported
  • New text objects are assigned the same text visualization as the previously used text object
  • Visualization of the mouse cursor and of mouse events can now reliably turned on and off over time when animation is enabled
  • Pinch gesture can be used in sequencer to zoom in and out
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to partially broken audio tracks if the input device did not support a specific sampling rate
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to crashes when exporting documents with generated speech objects
  • Smaller bug fixes

New in Screenium 3.0.1 (Jul 22, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that lead to a crash right after launching when running on Macs with non-Latin keyboards
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to extremely slow export on Macs without dedicated graphics card when exporting documents with „unusual sizes“
  • Includes German user manual
  • Other bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Screenium 2.1.8 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that lead to mouse click visualizations not being visible when clips were cut
  • Fixed a bug that lead to unlocalized strings appearing in the user interface

New in Screenium 2.1.7 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Smaller bug fixes

New in Screenium 2.1.6 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that could lead to a few audio effects not always saving their settings
  • Fixed a rare bug that could lead to unusable documents after "Saving as"

New in Screenium 2.1.5 (Jul 20, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that could lead the mouse cursor to be recorded if only the mouse clicks were supposed to be recorded
  • Smaller bug fixes and cosmetic changes

New in Screenium 2.1.4 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that could lead to the mouse wheel not being recorded correctly
  • Fixed a behaviour that could lead to hangs when dragging movies out of the media library
  • Added Portuguese Help
  • Other stability improvements

New in Screenium 2.1.3 (May 9, 2013)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Screenium 2.1.2 (Jan 10, 2013)

  • Meta information (author, producer, copyright, description) can be set for export and for documents
  • Compositions are now indexed by Spotlight (All texts, generated speech, chapter marks plus all meta data like author, copyright,…)
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Screenium 2.1.1 (Jul 19, 2012)

  • Retina support for recording
  • User interface has been adopted for Retina
  • Fixed a bug that lead to Keynote presentations not being recorded properly
  • Other stability improvements and performance enhancements

New in Screenium 2.1 (Jun 13, 2012)

  • Added option to record voice overs in the editor (requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher)
  • Added option to record compressed video
  • Added option to record without Screenium's icon in the Dock (unless Screenium was "kept in Dock") so no visible reference to the recording software is visible
  • Audio tracks can be marked as belonging to a specific language, allowing for multi-lingual videos
  • Added "Generated speech" tracks, Screenium can automatically generate speech from text to use in single- or multi-lingual videos (Languages other than English require Mac OS X Lion 10.7 for realistic sounding speech synthesis)
  • New smart zoom feature to zoom the focused window separate of the rest of the video
  • Added transition via white
  • Added chroma key filter
  • Text objects can now be scaled
  • Image objects now draw thumbnails in the sequencer
  • Custom editable aspect ratios for fixed area recording and mouse area recording
  • Objects can now be scaled by keeping their center when holding down the command key
  • Animations can now be edited in order to create often used custom animations with as many steps as desired in order to always have them available
  • Smart Zooming to focused window now uses ease in/out animations to change the zoom
  • Vastly improved Audio export when exporting compositions
  • Direct YouTube upload treats audio in a way YouTube handles correctly
  • When creating new compositions, the canvas now always gets sized correctly
  • Double clicking onto a text object now selects the content of its text field in the inspector
  • Export progress is now being shown in Screenium's dock icon
  • Added option to directly go to Screenium's support site
  • Support for Lion's fullscreen mode
  • Many other bug fixes, stability enhancements and improvements

New in Screenium 2.0.2 (Mar 28, 2012)

  • Export menu in the media pane now better filters inappropriate codecs
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to crashes when exporting movies from the media pane
  • Fixed a bug that could occur when duplicating images
  • Custom hotkeys now work under all circumstances
  • Fixed a bug that the maximum record duration would sometimes not be respected
  • Repaired the documentation for the localizations in which it was broken

New in Screenium 2.0.1 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug that could lead to the camera not being in sync with its audio
  • When exporting movies from the media pane, any spaces in the extension are removed before being appended to the file name
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to crashes and/or strange behavior when recording an external monitor that was logically positioned left of the main monitor
  • Other minor improvements

New in Screenium 2.0 (Mar 1, 2012)

  • New recording mechanism makes better use of system resources and offers better performance
  • Camera capture no longer makes exclusive use of camera
  • Follow Mouse recording has become a lot more responsive
  • Added Quicklook to the media library
  • Bug fixes
  • Added an editor that is streamlined for editing screencasts:
  • Cut video, add animations or transitions, add text or audio
  • Smart zoom lets you zoom to mouse clicks or to the window that was active during the recording with one mouse click
  • Chapter marks make videos easy to navigate
  • Pre-configured animations give professional results in no time
  • Add one or more video or audio effects to different parts of the video
  • Direct YouTube-upload

New in Screenium 2.0 RC 1 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Smaller user interface fixes
  • Smaller bug fixes
  • Fixed a rare bug that could lead to the camera track being positioned wrong when using old Screenium movies in the editor
  • Updated presets for movie export
  • Updated documentation for the editor
  • Updated documentation for the recorder part of the application
  • Added French, Spanish, Czech, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Russian localizations

New in Screenium 2.0 Beta 10 (Feb 9, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug that could lead to crashes when playing videos that were cut before
  • When splitting videos that are not yet done extracting thumbnails for the preview or have not even yet started, both parts get the thumbnails once they have been generated. This is also true for audio tracks
  • Playback performance improved in editor
  • Thumbnail generation is now paused when playing
  • Smaller bug fixes

New in Screenium 2.0 Beta 9 (Feb 7, 2012)

  • When adding images, they are now added at their pixel size as opposed to their size in screen DPI
  • Fixed a bug that occurred when adding filters to images that were not at screen DPI
  • Filters that possibly enlarge images drastically (Zoom Blur, e.g.) now look a lot better
  • Audio filters that have factory presets now expose them via a pop up menu next to their names in the property inspector
  • Smaller fixes

New in Screenium 2.0 Beta 8 (Feb 3, 2012)

  • Context menu entries in the sequencer now refer to the time of the playhead, not the time of the click
  • Fixed a bug that when entering invalid values in the inspector for mouse area/fixed area, a dialog would appear that could not be closed using the mouse
  • Repaired the "Rename" function in the media browser

New in Screenium 2.0 Beta 7 (Feb 3, 2012)

  • Smaller memory footprint
  • Fixed a bug that occurred when trying to split a clip that would create one clip with a very short duration
  • Fixed a bug that the playhead would sometimes not jump to the last frame when clicking the "Go to end" button in the sequencer
  • Fixes a behaviour that could lead to the last step of an animation not showing in the resulting movie when exporting
  • Smaller bug fixes

New in Screenium 1.5.1 (Feb 3, 2012)

  • Fixes a bug that lead to the record timer not accepting shorter time periods
  • Fixes a very rare crash that could could be encountered when the visualization of mouse clicks was enabled
  • Fixed a bug that could show movies as "containing errors" even though they did not (movies containing chapter marks often were concerned)
  • Fixed a bug that could movies to be "in use" when deleting them in Finder and then trying to empty the trash

New in Screenium 1.5 (Jun 9, 2011)

  • Greatly improved tool to select the record area
  • Improved handling of external audio interfaces with more than two channels

New in Screenium 1.4.1 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • Fixed an issue that could slow down the system after several recordings due to a high load on the window server process
  • Fixed an issue that could lead to jumping mouse recordings
  • Fixed export settings for YouTube and iPhone
  • Fixes an issue that could lead to empty files when exporting with the "Prepare for internet streaming" option enabled
  • Other minor fixes

New in Screenium 1.3.3 (Sep 8, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that limited screen capture to 25 fps
  • Mouse Area recording improvements
  • Lock screen follow improvements
  • New Turkish localization
  • Updated user guide
  • Small bug fixes

New in Screenium 1.3.2 (May 26, 2010)

  • New Feature: Add Quicktime Chapter marks while recording
  • Screenium now handles resolution changes during capture correctly when recording full screen
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to hangs when removing an external display that was being recorded
  • Fixed an extremely rare bug that could lead to desktop track not being recorded or empty tracks when recording an external display
  • Improved synchronicity between tracks
  • Resolved issues involving Exposé
  • Drastically improved memory handling
  • Bigger performance enhancements
  • Reduced resource usage
  • Lots of bug fixes and stability enhancements

New in Screenium 1.3.1 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • Solved problem with rare cases of black border on right side of recorded video and video split horizontally
  • Improved recording performance
  • Improvements to the user interface
  • Russian localization
  • Czech localization
  • Further improvements

New in Screenium 1.3 (Feb 3, 2010)

  • Vastly improved recording of system audio.
  • Further speed and stability improvements.

New in Screenium 1.2.4 (Nov 6, 2009)

  • Crash in Snow Leopard with intel GMA-chipsets, when starting the capture session.
  • Screenium Audio System Sound capture didn't work reliably under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Mouse click visualization didn't work properly after resuming a paused capture session.
  • General stability improvements for Snow Leopard users.

New in Screenium 1.2.3 (Sep 9, 2009)

  • Favorite Export settings are saved.
  • Unified window appearance.
  • No audio from speakers during capture under 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Screenium crashing if export is cancelled and started again right away.
  • Closed Screenium window is opened again on clicking the Dock icon.
  • Videos created using Screenium have standard permissions.

New in Screenium 1.2.2 (Aug 7, 2009)

  • Desktop and Desktop Icons can be hidden when recording.
  • Screensaver and Sleep can be suppressed while recording.
  • Localization bug fixed.

New in Screenium 1.2.1 (Jul 21, 2009)

  • NEW: In Mouse Area mode, the captured area can be switched between fixed position and following mouse movements.
  • Media Library is reloaded after changing the library's location
  • Movie files can be dragged and dropped into any folder and compatible application

New in Screenium 1.2.0 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Completely restructured, more intuitive user interface.
  • Improved area selection interface for Fixed Area and Mouse Area recording modes.
  • Level meters with peak level indicator for audio inputs.
  • Color and font for the HotText feature are now user-definable.
  • HotText captions fade in and out smoothly.
  • Mouse wheel can be visualized.
  • The selected area is now highlighted by a red frame during recording.
  • Improved Preferences Dialog.
  • Improved stability.

New in Screenium 1.2.0 Beta 1 (May 30, 2009)

  • Completely restructured user interface.
  • Improved area selection interface for Fixed Area and Mouse Area recording modes.
  • Level meters with peak level indicator for audio inputs.
  • Color and font for the HotKey feature are now user-definable.
  • The selected area is now highlighted by a red frame during recording.
  • Improved Preferences Dialog.
  • Improved stability.

New in Screenium 1.1.0 (Apr 5, 2009)

  • NEW: Dutch localization added.
  • NEW: configurable Mouse actions and visualization.
  • NEW: includes export option for iPhone and YouTube.
  • NEW: Dock Icon: Capturing indicator badge ('Record'/'Pause').
  • NEW: Dock Icon: 'Camera active' indicator badge.
  • Many improvements throughout Screenium's user interface.
  • Improved support for integrated and external Cameras.
  • Improved Media Library.
  • Much enhanced performance and quality.

New in Screenium 1.0.7 (Dec 8, 2008)

  • Improved audio and video synchronicity.
  • Improved detailed information view in the Media Library.
  • Minor fixes and further optimized performance.

New in Screenium 1.0.6 (Nov 21, 2008)

  • iSight: Screenium now allows for on-the-fly switching between multiple webcams connected via FireWire and USB; inegrated and external QuickTime-compatible cameras are supported.
  • iSight: pop-up button and menu display verbose camera names (this should work even if Apple's System Profiler only presents the camera as a generic USB device).
  • iSight: connect/disconnect cameras while Screenium is still running.
  • iSight: added 'Camera Search' to manually search for newly-connected cameras (only required if a camera does not automatically appear).
  • iSight: improved user interface for iSight configuration.
  • Improved Fixed Area selection.
  • Media Library: added contextual menu for 'Export'.
  • Media Library: movie files created with Screenium will automatically be named with an ISO date and time stamp.
  • Added French localization.
  • Added Italian localization.
  • Overall improved performance and stability; successfully fixed a few very rare and random issues.

New in Screenium 1.0.5 (Nov 10, 2008)

  • Added support for multiple USB and FireWire cameras which can be used alternatingly.
  • Updated iSight pane to accomodate for on-the-fly switching between multiple Picture-in-Picture video sources.
  • Added 'Export…' feature to contextual menu in the Media Library.
  • Screenium now generates file names in the form of ISO date and time stamps for easier and handling of movie files in the Media Library and Finder.

New in Screenium 1.0.4 (Oct 28, 2008)

  • Media Library: "Audio" is now activated by default in the "Export…" dialogue.
  • We fixed a bug which could lead to extended wait or hang at the end of a recording.
  • Resolved an issue with system audio being unavailable after a recording session.
  • Minor improvements to Screenium's user interface.

New in Screenium 1.0.3 (Oct 17, 2008)

  • Fixed a potential collision of hotkeys with normal keyboard input during recording.
  • Improved visibility of selection overlay for the capture area on extremely bright or dark backgrounds.
  • Added menu items for direct feedback and support requests.

New in Screenium 1.0.2 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • 'Visualize Mouse Clicks' no longer requires simultaneous visibility of the mouse pointer.
  • Audio volume can be adjusted during an active recording session.
  • The mouse cursor will now be recorded correctly on PPC-equipped Macs.
  • Fixed a bug in the 'Timer' section - the duration can now be chosen freely.
  • Minor optimizations.

New in Screenium 1.0.1 (Oct 7, 2008)

  • Improved localizations for overlay screens and movie information in Screenium's Media Library.
  • Improved Single Window selection.
  • Intuitive contrast preview for selection overlays.
  • Multiselecting movies in the Library now works correctly.
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Screenium 1.0 (Oct 1, 2008)

  • Added German localization.
  • Now with User Guide (printable PDF document, available via the Screenium's 'Help' menu).
  • Minor bugfixes.

New in Screenium 1.0 RC 1 (Sep 10, 2008)

  • Mouse Cursor Capturing improved to also support special events/modes.
  • New feature: 'Safe Movie Capturing' now prevents the horizontaly mirrored movies in some applications which do not fully support the QuickTime feature set.
  • Fixed a potential crash bug which occured when stopping audio recording and changing the audio device simultaneously.
  • HotText now sports an improved UI for easier handling.

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 13 (Aug 22, 2008)

  • Much improved sychronicity Audio and Video tracks.
  • Further enhanced performance and stability.
  • Fine-tuned user interface and workflow.
  • Some bugfixes and additional optimizations.

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 12 (Jul 29, 2008)

  • Media Library: layout and thumbnail preview have been improved
  • Media Library: renaming of movie files much more comfortable
  • Hotkey handling much improved throughout Screenium's UI
  • HotText: duplicate assignment of hotkeys to HotTexts is now impossible
  • HotText: much better creation and editing of HotTexts and their hotkeys
  • HotText: magnetic positioning guides for HotTexts

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 11 (Jul 21, 2008)

  • Timer settings are now fully keyboard-controllable
  • improved Selection Brightness control
  • audio settings and audio recording improved
  • fixed a bug leading to audio output becoming temporarily unavailable
  • improved Media Library handling
  • many GUI optimizations and minor performance tweaks
  • overall improved stability

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 10 (Jul 10, 2008)

  • overall much improved performance and stability
  • improved sytem audio recording
  • improved video and iSight PiP recording
  • overall much improved GUI and usability
  • many new tooltips for on-the-fly help
  • improved hotkey handling
  • Media Library: thumbnail preview, double-click to open in QuickTime Player
  • Media Library: added and enhanced movie information displayed in library view
  • Media Library: multiselect, rename, delete
  • Media Library: improved usability and better Export workflow
  • QuickTime Export: workaround for import bug in iMovie

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 9 (May 21, 2008)

  • Crash bug fixed in the media library
  • Longer movies (for example, 30 minutes and longer) are now recorded reliable
  • Movie infos are now displayed in the media library

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 8 (Apr 30, 2008)

  • New Media Library showing your recorded movies
  • New user interface for iSight and Hot Text preferences
  • Window recording fixes
  • Compress after capture is now available through the Media Library
  • Fixes for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger user interface
  • Increased performance while recording

New in Screenium 1.0 Beta 7 (Mar 15, 2008)

  • Completely redesigned user interface
  • New iSight capturing option as an overlay in the recorded movie
  • Many other fixes and improvements