February 24th, 2026
AfterCut just got better. After receiving a lot of positive feedback, feature requests, and bug reports, a new release is ready for you.
Let’s deep dive into the changes.
Better motion blur
Now, when transitioning between zoom levels, you could see some slight motion blur, which should make the video feel more alive. That also applies to the transition of the camera when following the cursor, and the cursor itself.
Undo, redo
I know that was kind of dumb to not implement this since the first early version, but it is what it is, I guess. Good news is - it's finally there. Undo your crops, zooms, and pretty much any setting with Ctrl+Z or by hitting a button
Projects view
See all your projects with previews on a separate screen in AfterCut. Way better than a small, tiny list of projects in the action bar. You can also clean up your recordings and delete projects on that page
New UI for recording control
Smaller, more refined, and responsive recording control. Dismiss your recording if you need another shot, or jump straight to the editor and get it ready for export.
Oh, the cursor
At 2.3x, 3x zoom, the cursor could look just awful, pixelated, and not the way anyone would expect. Now it's looking crisp and shiny.
Speed control
You can now speed up or slow down parts of the video
Smaller filesize
Video recording of your screen now takes way less disk space, while still preserving the quality.
Camera shape
New, square shape for the camera
Cloud sharing via link
This is an experimental feature that will probably be changed in the future, or potentially will be fully removed.
As you know, AfterCut is meant to be a one-time purchase app, and it will remain like this. This link-sharing feature is aimed at testing the need for such functionality, and with potential migration to your own storage, like Google Drive or Dropbox.
Since this PoC was easier to implement than digging through Dropbox or Google Drive API, it currently relies on my servers and incurs some extra costs until it is replaced with users' own storage for such exports. Please, do not abuse it hard, lol.
Example link is here: https://with.aftercut.studio/s/e99e43268801
Unpleasant section. Bugs
I read every email, every message on Reddit, and fixed a bunch of things.
Creepy quality for certain export configurations. A good quality recording looks worse after the export. This is now fixed. Let me know if you have any issues with that still.
Laggy preview on the timeline. That was caused by a non-optimized preview setting. Currently, you can configure between the efficient mode of displaying and full retina resolution. It's honestly hard to notice with the naked eye, but your PC could definitely feel that.
Extremely large files were sometimes produced by Studio-type export. It was replaced with a proper codec, and now files are much smaller.
February 16th, 2026
Not long after the previous change log was published, a new version of AfterCut is ready.
This version is mostly focused on stabilization and smaller improvements of stability and overall user experience.
Better camera control
Ability to turn your camera off after the recording in the camera settings.
Universal build for ARM and Intel
A new universal DMG is available for download on the website, supporting Apple Silicon and Intel.
New onboarding
You can now try an app, record a video, and edit it in the timeline. No license key required until the export stage.
Better auto updates
No need for manual checking for the updates anymore. Recording overlay will notify you when the new version is published, so you will stay up to date with the new features.
Bug fixes
Better window highlighting when capturing an external screen
App crashes after license key validation.
February 15th, 2026
New
Metal-Accelerated Rendering
Compositor now uses Metal shaders for GPU-accelerated frame rendering, replacing the previous CoreImage-only pipeline, significantly faster exports, and smoother playback
Cursor Rendering
Fluid cursor path smoothing for buttery cursor animations during playback and export
Better default cursor enlargement settings
Optimized the cursor rendering pipeline with motion blur
Overhauled Zoom & Pan System
New spring-based zoom engine with slight motion blur for natural, cinematic camera movements
Smarter zoom section generation — improved click clustering for more accurate auto-zoom targets
Fixed zoom jumps and zoom-in distortion artifacts
Camera enlargement
The camera can now automatically enlarge when the video is zoomed out. Can be disabled in settings
Video Editing Improvements
Cursor pan movements and zoom sections now correctly account for video cuts/segments
Transcription timeline properly syncs with video cuts
Fixed timeline playhead positioning
Waypoint dragging now works correctly in the compositor
Export & Recording
Improved bitrate defaults for higher quality output at reasonable file sizes
Better camera and screen recording managers
UI & Stability
Fixed a crash when closing the editor window
Improved export overlay, editor sidebar, and settings panels
Better camera preview and recording panel controls
Auto-updater was fixed
Previously, when you checked for the updates, you could not auto-update the app due to missconfiguration in the Sparkle framework. Starting version v1.0.8, in-app updates should work and install new builds.