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iShowU Studio Changelog

What's new in iShowU Studio 2.3.14

Mar 1, 2024
  • Experimental: validate licenses in the background, to improve startup speed
  • Updated persistence code, to fix some deprecations (maintenance stuff)
  • Fixed problem installing/uninstalling audio driver on macOS 14.4+

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.13 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • Fixing issues running under macOS 11.x
  • Fixed up error dialog when unable to export (now it goes away properly)
  • Fixed up GIF generation failing
  • Changes to YouTube upload dialog (part of passing oAuth Consent requirements)

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.12 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • Fix UI for Sonoma
  • Added option to allow the recording window to be automatically reopened when all documents are closed. See General Preferences within the app.
  • Updated build chain (new xcode release)
  • Added 1920x1080 to the export options

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.11 (Feb 17, 2023)

  • Added option to generate m4v video files during export

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.10 (Jan 4, 2023)

  • Fixed bug where 2nd screens would sometimes be recorded with the wrong size.

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.9 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • Fixed race condition relating to audio devices (could result in hangs in the UI)

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.8 (Aug 26, 2022)

  • Updated Paddle SDK and purchase method

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.7 (Aug 5, 2022)

  • Fixed crash trying to set the timer in Monterey
  • Built with Monterey toolchain

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.6 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Fix for the recent crash during recording (regression) 2nd attempt.

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.5 (Aug 6, 2021)

  • Updated SWB Audio Capture driver to v14
  • Added 5s keyframing to the H264 encoder (makes for much smaller videos)
  • Added a video quality option to the share panel, so you can choose output/compression quality (H264 and JPEG only)

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.4 (Jun 20, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Entirely new build system (internal stuff)
  • Updated SWB Audio Capture driver to v13
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed some crashes occurring during install/uninstall of the SWB Audio Capture driver
  • Stability improvements when audio devices are added/removed

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.3 (Apr 13, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Added option to allow the app to save/restore the sample rate of the SWB Audio Capture device upon start. This makes it possible for the app to persist the last used rate of the device across OS reboots.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed issue where install of SWB Audio Capture wasn't being detected.
  • Fixed potential crash on reporting an error.

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.2 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Loggers now output to ~/Library/Logs/ folder, making debugging far easier
  • Reworked the app-audio code, hopefully more reliable installing/using it now
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug with SWB Audio that could cause a crash.
  • Don't disable the sharing button if YouTube categories cannot be loaded. Seems category is optional now.
  • Fix Studio2 not allowing SWB Audio Install when showing main window
  • Fix various stop/abort/retake not working during insert of new recording
  • Fix some bugs with activation / trial usage
  • Fixed some issues when running on Big Sur (wasn't prompting for permissions correctly)
  • Fixed some threading bugs

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.1 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Native M1 version of the app! Yay!
  • Native M1 version of SWB Audio Driver - apps will request to upgrade automatically
  • Huge speed improvement in rendering, for M1. It's faster than my 2020 iMac (Radeon 5700 Pro). Impressive.
  • Updated some shortcuts changed (they conflicted with some default system ones) and have been reset
  • Made a code change that'll allow 3rd party camera plugins to load / be used
  • Huge improvement to UI speed for larger projects. Audio waveforms are now generated at various detail levels; making the UI more responsive.
  • Greatly sped up the load/save times for projects.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed some issues when running on Big Sur
  • Fixed up shortcuts editing in prefs; now they display correctly in dark/light mode
  • Fixed up a regression where drag handles were showing as white squares
  • Fixed regression where keypresses were not rendering
  • Fixed incorrect "export as range" behaviour, where audio was being exported incorrectly.
  • Fixed some UI/threading bugs

New in iShowU Studio 2.3.0 (Oct 12, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • New: movable/resizable on screen camera (see initial settings window)
  • License system upgraded (Paddle v4)
  • Improved error handling around mic/app audio setup.
  • Updated the YouTube icon.
  • Fixes:
  • Recording now works on BigSur.
  • Fixed incorrect menus and/or missing screen on startup of the app
  • Fixed inability to move segments around the timeline on Big Sur.

New in iShowU Studio 2.2.3 (May 20, 2020)

  • Improved error handling around mic/app audio setup.
  • Updated the YouTube icon.

New in iShowU Studio 2.2.2 (Apr 6, 2020)

  • Adding more error handling around mic audio setup/playthrough
  • Fixed problem where capture guide colours were not being saved in prefs
  • Reversed border colour wells in preferences to match object property ordering

New in iShowU Studio 2.2.1 (Mar 27, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • New SWB Audio Driver (for application audio) - woohoo!
  • Reworked the crop sizes to be more sensible, and added vertical equivalents
  • Added option to mute recording of the microphone (default shortcut Control-Option-Command-M)
  • Made volume change detection much better. Now you can up/down the volume either from system prefs or using CMD-VolUp/Down, and it works with any 2ch output device
  • Removed support for Soundflower 2ch entirely. Support still exists for old iShowU Audio Capture KEXT, which is now deprecated and will be removed in a future version
  • Replaced the old audio daemon with a new user based daemon (its installed as part of the new audio driver). This assists the app in being a good citizen
  • Fixes:
  • Added some checks/validation around recording settings
  • Fixed bug where app wouldn't prompt for camera/mic access properly
  • Fixed a bug where the app audio monitor wasn't starting up
  • Fixed bug where when enabling app-audio capture, volume would be set to zero
  • Fixed bug with incorrect output audio device sometimes being selected when turning on app-audio

New in iShowU Studio 2.2.0 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Ready for Catalina.
  • App is now notarized.
  • Fixed bug where sometimes iShowU would not record on some systems with odd numbered horizontal resolutions.
  • Much faster prompt for screen access (if not enabled in System Preferences).
  • Light mode comes to Studio 2. Use Studio2 in dark/light/auto mode as you'd like. New beautiful UI and coloring.
  • Lots of re-work on the codebase. Faster operation.
  • Redone menu bar, now flat/modern, with a more pleasing feel.
  • Far more subtle UI colouring now. Emphasis colors follow the System Preferences 'accent color'.
  • All context UI's given more visual space (better feel).
  • Changed default shortcut for retake-recording (made it cmd-shift-option-R), so it's less likely to conflict with existing/other apps.
  • Reworked icons and UI, easier to look at all round.
  • Improved UI speed.
  • Various (many!) bugs fixed & internal improvements.
  • Greatly increased logging output when recording fails, to aid in debugging.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.7 (Nov 20, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Replaced the YouTube API (the old one is to be turned off soon). You'll need to re-authenticate, feedback welcome.
  • A number of stability improvements.
  • Fixed the timeline bar not showing on some versions of macOS.
  • Fixed up a problem with transitions.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.6 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • Fixes to work with Mojave.
  • Better prompting/dialog when the app doesn't have permission to record audio or camera.
  • Added buttons to take the user directly to the relevant privacy panels in System Prefs.
  • Stability improvements (lots of race conditions fixed).
  • Access descriptions for camera / audio added, so it's more clear why access is being requested.
  • Updated Paddle licensing SDK to 3.0.39

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.5 (Oct 3, 2018)

  • Fixed a problem dragging segments from the properties panel on the right hand side.
  • Added markers to both the timeline and to segments. These act as snap points.
  • The feedback messages had gone on holiday. They are back, well rested, and ready to do their jobs again.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.5 Build 529 Beta (Aug 28, 2018)

  • The feedback messages had gone on holiday. They are back, well rested, and ready to do their jobs again.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.5 Build 521 Beta (Aug 18, 2018)

  • Fixed a problem dragging segments from the properties panel on the right hand side.
  • Added markers to both the timeline and to segments. These act as snap points.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.4 Build 508 (Aug 15, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed a problem dragging segments from the properties panel on the right hand side.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.3 Build 496 (Jun 10, 2018)

  • Added a 'Quick ripple delete'. This does the same as the existing ripple delete, except doesn't prompt.
  • Double click transitions to add to the selected segment.
  • Right click context menu on tracks to add transitions between, at the front and at the end of segments.
  • You can now enable periodic saving of movies (default, every 60s).
  • Added option (in general preferences) to beep during countdown.
  • Modified 'sleep prevention'. iShowU now also requests that both the system and display don&t sleep (while waiting to record, or while recording)

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.2 Build 482 (Feb 14, 2018)

  • Drastically improved UI render performance by optimizing the waveform display.

New in iShowU Studio 2.1.0 Build 439 (Sep 27, 2017)

  • Changes
  • Audio Driver updated for High Sierra user approved Kernel Extension Loading.
  • Added better documentation links for iShowU Audio Driver.
  • High Sierra improvements/bug fixes.

New in iShowU Studio 2.0.5 Build 374 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed incorrect Vimeo2 oAuth URL.

New in iShowU Studio 2.0.4 Build 369 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed up the broken aspect ratio when choosing non-full screen areas.

New in iShowU Studio 2.0.3 Build 361 (Jun 9, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • New feature: Full screen recordings will now auto scale (down or up) to whatever the screensize is, in realtime.
  • Replaced the Vimeo API, due to changes at Vimeo.

New in iShowU Studio 2.0.2 Build 339 (Jan 11, 2017)

  • Fixed a problem where iOS recording would not work (gave an error 'cannot find named input')

New in iShowU Studio 2.0.1 Build 328 (Dec 24, 2016)

  • Fixes:
  • Modified the way camera frames are managed, to fix issues with non 16:9 frame formats

New in iShowU Studio 2.0.0 Build 326 (Dec 24, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Much better select recording area interface
  • Added transitions
  • You can move objects in the scene using arrow keys
  • Added ability to align and distribute objects
  • Added easier shortcuts to toggle between scrubbing and split mode
  • Added shortcut keys to start and stop playback, as well as just play current selection
  • Added shortcut to duplicate segments
  • Added shortcuts to raise and lower volume of a segment
  • Added shortcuts to goto previous/next edit
  • Added shortcut to enable/disable snapping (can be temporarily enabled/disabled with CTRL)
  • Added ability to zoom out further than duration of the project
  • Added shortcuts for zooming in/out and resetting zoom
  • Added default style for shape, text, and media segments (in preferences)
  • Added more options for export size
  • Added ProRes export
  • Added ability to copy a segment by dragging and holding down ALT
  • Added cap/join style for shape segments
  • Added ability to select all segments in a track
  • Added exporting a selected range of a project
  • Added exporting to animated GIF
  • Move properties, project info, and media into collapsible tab view
  • Remove default layout of timeline overlapping scene
  • Double-clicking on a segment in the timeline now opens the properties panel
  • Removed all the dialogs at the beginning and now just show the recording settings window
  • Accessibility warning now shown in the recording settings window
  • Re-organised menus with new shortcuts for greater ease of use
  • All segments are shown with a larger height in the timeline
  • Timeline height can now be changed by dragging the divider
  • Segments in the timeline look flatter now
  • Segments can now be dragged above or below existing segments
  • Updated shortcuts help window to contain many more shortcuts
  • Arrow keys behave differently if the scene or timeline has focus, so added shortcuts to focus scene/timeline
  • Improved right-click behaviour
  • Automatically scroll to a segment when it is moved up or down
  • Added ability to undo changing crop area
  • Improved cut animations
  • Make scaling a lot more sensible
  • Timer settings now shows as a sheet instead of a separate window
  • Changed snapping modifier key to CTRL
  • Added ability to delete individual unused media items
  • Improved visualisation of crop area
  • Freeze frame now works at the end of a segment
  • Removed gestures (existing gesture segments will still work)
  • Changed shortcut for new empty project
  • Renamed "Split Into Parts" to "Detach Audio"
  • Made segment colours more consistent
  • Made "Select All of Type" more intuitive
  • Tweaked UI of sharing window
  • Made split mode more consistent; clicking in the timeline now splits across all tracks
  • Made move up/down/front/back much more sensible
  • Don't automatically delete media; this is now done manually from the Media tab
  • Disable a bunch of actions for empty projects
  • Removed ripple delete for individual segments as this was buggy; you can still ripple delete a range
  • Fixes:
  • Resolved many issues for retina displays
  • Main recording settings window is much less jumpy
  • Fixed windows jumping about when dragging by the titlebar
  • Fixed position of segment being incorrect while dragging and scrolling
  • Fixed shadows not displaying correctly
  • Fixed other minor graphical issues
  • Fixed deleted segments sometimes not being removed properly
  • Fixed bug with segment properties
  • Fixed bug where copying a screencast segment didn't show the keypresses
  • Fixed time-related issues
  • Fixed mouse properties being shown for camera segment
  • Fixed bugs with segment position when dragging multiple segments
  • Fixed undo not working for some segment properties
  • Fixed newly added audio sometimes not playing
  • Fixed empty undo events being created when nothing had changed
  • Fixed playhead not jumping to beginning when play is pressed and playhead is at the end
  • Fixed undoing and redoing sometimes hiding keypresses
  • Fixed paste sometimes positioning segments incorrectly
  • Fixed dragging multiple segments sometimes positioning segments incorrectly
  • Fixed undoing/redoing while loading media files corrupting the project
  • Fixed redoing sometimes not putting segments in the correct place
  • Fixed adding new media clearing previous undo actions
  • Fixed creating new project with media having incorrect size
  • Fixed frames sometimes showing incorrectly (frame flashing)
  • Fixed properties not being updated after splitting a screencast segment into parts
  • Fixed playhead moving when dragging the end of a segment
  • Fixed visualisation range changing when dragging the end of a segment
  • Fixed timeline scrolling even when segment wasn't being extended
  • Fixed playhead not growing in height with timeline
  • Fixed videos not scrubbing properly when being resized or trimmed
  • Fixed undo not working for object properties after undoing/redoing
  • Fixed handling of empty values for object properties
  • Fixed keyboard navigation not working in the sharing window
  • Fixed cancelling publishing not working
  • Fixed publication history not being stored properly
  • Fixed bug where saving the document too quickly could cause a crash
  • Fixed an obscure bug that would occasionally cause crashes
  • Fixed background being drawn outside of circle segments
  • Fixed timer window truncating the time
  • Fixed picture segments not being able to be dragged to the left
  • Fixed snapping in the scene snapping to invisible items
  • Fixed bugs with shadows not drawing properly
  • Fixed timer not working properly in some locales
  • Fixed memory leaks

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.6 Build 1053 (Oct 27, 2016)

  • Fix up the incorrect switch button placement on the settings panel

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.5 Build 1049 Beta (Oct 21, 2016)

  • Fixed track scroller not being clickable when running on Sierra.

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.4 Build 1046 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • Fixed possible crash issue with Sierra.

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.3 Build 1027 Beta (Aug 19, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Don't move playhead when dragging edge of segment
  • Fixes:
  • Fix date parser not working in some locales
  • Fix longstanding bug (selection.shadowOffset)

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.2 Build 1015 Beta (Aug 4, 2016)

  • Fixed possible crash when generating error messages.

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.1 Build 1008 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • "Scale recording by" option will now accurately reflect the recording size based on your selected area and the scale you choose.

New in iShowU Studio 1.7.0 Build 1003 (Jun 7, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Various improvements to Studio's "select area" window, with regard to window performance and feel
  • Implemented "Ripple Delete". This can be based on a arbitrary range, or the current selection.
  • Lots of fixes for undo! Much nicer editing behaviour now.
  • Show recording settings window when changing spaces
  • Fixes:
  • Fix deleted segments sometimes being shown in the scene, even after they were deleted.
  • Fixed crash when undoing the creation of a segment
  • Fix segments sometimes being on wrong tracks when undoing ripple delete
  • Fix some shortcuts not working

New in iShowU Studio 1.6.2 Build 997 Beta (Apr 27, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added shortcut toggle for the inspector.
  • Fixes:
  • Closing the inspector no longer stops playback.
  • Fixes possible crash when creating a new project from an existing movie file.
  • Fixed issue where encoding could fail sometimes. Now it's far more resilient.

New in iShowU Studio 1.6.1 Build 991 (Mar 29, 2016)

  • Fixed up a long standing resource leak, which could manifest as the app crashing during really long recordings.

New in iShowU Studio 1.6.0 Build 981 (Mar 9, 2016)

  • Registration now via Paddle. All existing users will be sent new keys. Existing installs continue to work.

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.9 Build 980 (Mar 4, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Show the countdown timer on all spaces
  • Shadow opacity now takes into account opacity of source segment
  • Allow camera / picture segments to be flipped vertically and horizontally
  • Mouse animations are now much cleaner
  • Close recording settings window when ESC is pressed
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed data corruption when saving projects under El Capitan
  • Fixed possible problem where countdown might not work if a certain font isn't installed
  • Don't allow a document to be close mid-save
  • Stop Studio using 100% CPU while the accessibility window is showing

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.9 Build 980 Beta (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Show the countdown timer on all spaces
  • Shadow opacity now takes into account opacity of source segment
  • Allow camera / picture segments to be flipped vertically and horizontally
  • Mouse animations are now much cleaner
  • Close recording settings window when ESC is pressed
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed data corruption when saving projects under El Capitan
  • Fixed possible problem where countdown might not work if a certain font isn't installed
  • Don't allow a document to be close mid-save
  • Stop Studio using 100% CPU while the accessibility window is showing

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.8 Build 892 (Dec 22, 2015)

  • Fixes:
  • Really fixed the black frame problem, found the real underlying cause. Huzzah!
  • Fixed case where it was possible to drop frames during recording incorrectly.
  • Fixed weird issues when creating projects directly from movie files (i.e: open movie file using Studio from Finder).

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.7 Build 873 (Nov 17, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Good news! In getting CamTwist3 working, there is now much better audio & video synchronization during recording!
  • Fixed up switching cameras, the preview shown during settings now updates correctly as devices are changed.
  • Now works with CamTwist (I tested using CamTwist 3, non-YUV).
  • Yosemite: Mic and App Audio now available for iOS recordings.
  • Advanced Capture Options: There's now an advanced panel that exposes some new options that helps in high load/stress situations. These are designed to address issues where audio samples cannot be a) written immediately, or b) are missed entirely. iShowU Studio now has the ability to queue frames internally (a), and also make up for lost time if samples are not delivered at all (b). This means sound now stays in sync, no matter what.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed up an issue where the mouse cursor was inaccurate if the screencast footage was cut, and it's start point moved backwards in time.
  • Fixed issue where a project with no sound wouldn't encode properly on El Cap.
  • Fixed issue where text wasn't resizing when changes were made via the font panel.
  • Fixed issue where iOS recordings would not have audio tracks sometimes.
  • Fixed issue where some projects would not complete encoding, but would instead hang 3/4 the way through at 'Compositing...'
  • Found and fixed the issue causing the App to show up as unsigned / from an unidentified developer. Yay.
  • Fixed problem where scheduled recordings wouldn't work if the start time was in the past.

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.4 Build 789 (Jul 22, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed incorrect encoding orientation.
  • Fixed regression of 1.5.3 where could not NOT record mic audio.
  • Fixed visuals disappearing after changing the project canvas size.
  • This is 1.5.3 with important fixes (1.5.3 will not be released).
  • Fixes:
  • Additional memory leak and crash fixes over 1.5.3.

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.3 Build 786 (Jul 22, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Compositing performance improved ~200% when scaling down the recorded footage.
  • Can now drag to select an area in any direction.
  • Selection area now draws much nicer on Retina displays.
  • The selection area is now constrained to the current screen.
  • Updated the default keypress visualization to be a cleaner white on black (without etching). Etching can still be chosen as an option.
  • Sanitized the audio layouts when recording. Studio will now record in AAC by default, even for devices with > 2ch. PCM is used only when there's no channel layout for AAC.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • Fixed possible crash bug during recording

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.2 Build 780 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • Fixed frame stepping problems (thanks Dave).
  • Fixed an issue whereby some projects would fail to load

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.1 Build 729 (May 4, 2015)

  • Fixed error where if encoding failed or received fro AVF it might get stuck and have a bad day. Now the errors are shown in the UI.
  • Fixed a possible crash bug during asset relocation.

New in iShowU Studio 1.5.0 Build 720 (May 4, 2015)

  • Changes - New feature! Soundflower has been replaced by the new iShowU Audio Capture driver.
  • Fixes - Fixed issue where pressing cancel twice (quickly) could cause a crash.

New in iShowU Studio 1.4.3 Build 702 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • New feature: Change the color & scale of the click animations. See the properties of each respective movie segment.
  • New feature: create a new project based from existing media (see File menu).
  • New feature: create a project by dropping a file into the iShowU Studio dock icon, or choosing "Open With..." from Finder.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug causing uploads to Vimeo to never complete.
  • Fixed a couple of crash issues. Yay.

New in iShowU Studio 1.4.1 Build 669 (Feb 24, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • If quitting the app when compositing/encoding/recording is taking place, the user is now prompted to confirm the action.
  • New option in preferences to let you control if iShowU Studio will show the recording dialog upon starting with no open/previous documents. The default behavior is that it will, but you can now disable this.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed various bugs with the intro panel and subscription to the newsletter.
  • We no longer show the green 'select an area' overlay during the intro.
  • Fixed error setting automatic save document path.

New in iShowU Studio 1.4.0 Build 654 (Feb 24, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Yosemite users can now record directly from any lightning connected iOS device!
  • Added '4k' encoding support for Yosemite users.
  • Fixes:
  • Performance Fix for Retina MBP users: Encoding is now much faster.
  • Enhanced handling of errors during recording.
  • Fixed a possible issue resulting in incorrect placement of the camera after a recording was stopped.

New in iShowU Studio 1.3.0 Build 634 (Jan 21, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Much nicer initial loading of projects (visually).
  • Projects now pre-load their media, resulting in cleaner and more performant scrubbing during editing.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed up the annoying 'black frames' appearing while scrubbing through media.

New in iShowU Studio 1.2.0 Build 628 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • New: Gestures tool. Allows you to place iOS gestures into the timeline.
  • New: Gesture Template tool. This allows you manage commonly used gestures.
  • New: iPhone/iPad Gesture Recorder app. This is a free app, available on the AppStore, that lets you directly record new gestures into iShowU Studio.
  • Navigation and drag handles in the scene are now Retina aware.
  • MenuBar now draws correctly for Yosemite in 'dark' mode.
  • Gesture recording can now be done during project playback! You can continue to edit (remove, move) gestures while in gesture record mode.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when removing observer
  • Fixed issue with prerolling. It's now much better.
  • Fixed a bug that was causing Studio to not see if the disk space was low. Now it'll stop recording before it runs out of disk space.
  • Fixed up the incorrect (white) header appearing at the top of the authentication window in Sharing.
  • The correct aspect ratio is now used on the camera.
  • The camera is now recorded at it's maximum resolution (before it was limited to 720p).

New in iShowU Studio 1.1.0 Build 492 (Jul 16, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added a recording timer.
  • A completely new properties dialog with collapsible sections and better layout.
  • Custom fonts - the properties panel now has controls for changing the font type, size and alignment.
  • Project cropping. You can change crop sizes via the Project Info panel.
  • Improved audio/video sync during playback.
  • Lockable tracks. You can lock tracks from edits (right click a track to lock/unlock).
  • Audio overdrive! Boost audio volume up to 10x.
  • Much better (more precise) font layout.
  • Freeze-frame only selected objects.
  • Better sizing of objects within the scene (the UI elements now keep their intended size).
  • Better handling of the progress dialog when saving. Also added further logging here to diagnose why some people see continuous saves.
  • Tidied up the context OK/Cancel buttons for Freeze Frame, Region Cut and Crop so that they are a) consisten, b) far more visible and c) have a default.
  • Updates manual (just redownload it using the Help menu item)
  • Fixes:
  • [rc1] If a segment has a duration less than 1/30th of a second, it is expanded to 1/30th of a second (so it is visible on the timeline)
  • A number of stability improvements.
  • Fixed export bug causing some encodes to come out at the wrong size (stretched).
  • Fixed up Crop so that you cannot hit the crop button twice and confuse the UI.
  • Fixed issue where specific new project/prefs settings/storage location could cause a crash when sharing the new project.
  • Fixed crash when closing the introduction panel via the red close button.
  • App now correctly checks write permissions for temporary and final paths, and reports on write failure instead of crashing.
  • Corrected a spelling mistake in the Sharing panel (apparently 'Category' isn't spelt with two g's :-)
  • Fix bug with screen indicator showing if you open/close preferences in the middle of recording.
  • Displays are woken 60s before recording starts, presuming the system itself isn't asleep.

New in iShowU Studio 1.0.2 Build 331 Beta (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added a recording timer. This timer can be used to start a recording in the near future (today or the next day) and end it after amount of time (up to 24 hours).
  • Changed the main settings dialog to be clearer, with collapsing camera views when the camera is disabled. Cleaned up layout in general.
  • You can now show and hide the mouse cursor, yehaa! (works only with v1.0.2+ recorded media, doesn't work on older projects).
  • Updated the manual.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed issue where sometimes a project could become corrupted with the message 'could not resolve segment [long number here]'.
  • Fixed a problem creating audio mixes that could result in a crash.
  • Fixed a couple of minor issues that could cause problems with recording.
  • Fixed issues where scheduler would be available when adding additional media to a project.
  • Fixed bug where app-audio playthru wouldn't occur for scheduled recordings.

New in iShowU Studio 1.0.1 Build 300 Beta (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Tidied up the context OK/Cancel buttons for Freeze Frame, Region Cut and Crop so that they are a) consisten, b) far more visible and c) have a default.
  • Feedback/Progress dialog is now shown when saving the initial assets after finishing recording.
  • Current "ui mode" (scrub, region cut, crop etc) is now reset to scrubbing when documents are reopened.
  • Better handling of the progress dialog when saving. Also added further logging here to diagnose why some people see continuous saves.
  • Media is now pre-rolled before playback, resulting in far better audio/video sync.
  • Problems during share are now reported as errors rather than crashing the app.
  • Path based prefs are now stored as bookmarks, so the underlying volume can be renamed/moved between restarts and Studio won't throw a fit.
  • When resizing video or picture based media (screencasts, added pictures, the camera, etc), aspect ratio is now locked by default. Use SHIFT to free-scale the object.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed up Crop so that you cannot hit the crop button twice and confuse the UI.
  • Fixed issue where specific new project/prefs settings/storage location could cause a crash when sharing the new project.
  • Fixed crash when closing the introduction panel via the red close button.
  • App now correctly checks write permissions for temporary and final paths, and reports on write failure instead of crashing.
  • Corrected a spelling mistake in the Sharing panel (apparently 'Category' isn't spelt with two g's :-)
  • Fix bug with screen indicator showing if you open/close preferences in the middle of recording.

New in iShowU Studio 1.0.0 Build 286 (Mar 27, 2014)

  • Added an introduction dialog
  • CMD-Shift-1 wasn't usable as a shortcut when app was in the foreground
  • Fixed Untitled documents disappearing when closing 2nd time.