0.1.5

Fixes for variant groups.

What's new

• The group chat is in time order. When several variants work at once, their messages and permission requests now appear in the order they arrive, each with its variant letter, instead of inside each variant's block. A permission request shows up at the bottom, where you are looking.
• No "Nothing generated yet" card while the variants work. The card with Generate kept appearing over the boards while the variants were generating their first version. It now shows only when nothing in the group is working, waiting or queued.

Downloads

• macOS: .dmg for Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x64), signed and notarized.
• Windows: .exe installer (unsigned: SmartScreen asks for "Run anyway" the first time).
• Linux: .AppImage.

Guide: https://aleloca.github.io/motion-studio/guide.html

0.1.4

Fixes for Windows.

What's new

• Video analysis works on Windows. Analysing a video in Assets failed on Windows with "a video analysis needs its frames folder inside the project": the check did not understand Windows paths. It does now.
• Permission rules on Windows. The rules that keep the agent away from protected project files, Motion Studio's settings folder and sensitive folders in your home are now written in the form Claude Code uses on Windows; before, they did not apply there. Linking the root of a drive or your home folder as a codebase is refused on Windows too.
• Clearer analysis errors. When an asset analysis fails for an internal reason, the panel shows a plain message instead of a technical one.

Downloads

• macOS: .dmg for Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x64), signed and notarized.
• Windows: .exe installer (unsigned: SmartScreen asks for "Run anyway" the first time).
• Linux: .AppImage.

Guide: https://aleloca.github.io/motion-studio/guide.html

0.1.3

A fix in the chat of a variant group.

What's new

• No "Generate" while the variants work. On a variant group whose variants were working or queued but had saved nothing yet, the chat showed "Generate" next to the send button, and pressing it would have restarted every variant from scratch. Now "Generate" appears only for a group that never started, the chat keeps a single send button, and the app itself refuses to restart the first generation of a variant that has already started.

Downloads

• macOS: .dmg for Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x64), signed and notarized.
• Windows: .exe installer (unsigned: SmartScreen asks for "Run anyway" the first time).
• Linux: .AppImage.

Guide: https://aleloca.github.io/motion-studio/guide.html

0.1.2

Two fixes from the first test of 0.1.1 on Windows.

What's new

• The workspace step suggests a real folder. The field starts on MotionStudio in your home folder (on Windows C:\Users\<name>\MotionStudio), and Continue works right away: Motion Studio creates the folder if it doesn't exist. "Choose folder…" is still there to pick another one. A workspace you already have is kept when you replay the setup.
• The brief box fits small screens. Its bottom row wraps instead of spilling out, and the character counter appears only near the limit.

Downloads

• macOS: .dmg for Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x64), signed and notarized.
• Windows: .exe installer (unsigned: SmartScreen asks for "Run anyway" the first time).
• Linux: .AppImage.

Guide: https://aleloca.github.io/motion-studio/guide.html

0.1.1

A first-run setup that someone who has never opened a terminal can finish.

What's new

• Install Claude Code from the app. If Claude Code is missing, one click runs Anthropic's official installer (after a confirmation that says what will run). The manual command, the right one for your system, stays under "Prefer to do it by hand?" with a Copy button.
• Sign in to Claude from the app. "Sign in to Claude" opens the browser and waits until you are signed in. The setup says plainly that Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) or a Console account, and that the Claude desktop app alone is not enough.
• Install FFmpeg from the app. FFmpeg 9.0.2 (GPL build: gyan.dev on Windows, ffmpeg.martin-riedl.de on macOS and Linux) is downloaded into Motion Studio's own folder, checked by SHA-256, with no admin rights. FFmpeg is only needed for video export: images work without it.
• A shorter first screen. Only what you need to start is shown; the technical checks are under "Technical details". On Windows the rows that do not apply there (agent sandbox, login-shell PATH) are gone, and Recheck finds programs you just installed without restarting the app.

Downloads

• macOS: .dmg for Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x64), signed and notarized.
• Windows: .exe installer (unsigned: SmartScreen asks for "Run anyway" the first time).
• Linux: .AppImage.

Guide: https://aleloca.github.io/motion-studio/guide.html

0.1.0

First public release of Motion Studio: a local, open-source app on top of Claude Code that turns a brief into motion graphics for every channel and format.

What it does

• Write a brief (by hand or with the agent), pick channels and formats, and the agent builds a dedicated composition for each format, with live preview.
• Teach it your brand from a website or a codebase: palette, fonts, logos, voice.
• Iterate in the chat (attach files from your computer or from Assets, talk to the agent while it works, stop or redirect it) or edit directly in the editor: timeline, layers, inspector, SVG colours.
• Variants: extra formats, ten languages with fit checks, store packs, up to five creative directions side by side.
• Identity sets: logo, favicon, app icon and social preview, checked at every size.
• Subtitles from local Whisper (bundled on macOS), with an editor and burn-in or sidecar export.
• Everything stays on your computer and is versioned with git; paid services (images, voice, music) only with your key and your confirmation.

Downloads

• macOS: .dmg for Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (x64), signed and notarized.
• Windows: .exe installer (unsigned: SmartScreen asks for "Run anyway" the first time).
• Linux: .AppImage.

Requires Claude Code, signed in. Guide: https://aleloca.github.io/motion-studio/guide.html