What's New in AfterCut Studio v1.0.8

This is the first release after the launch.

Written By Vladyslav Len

Last updated 25 days ago

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.