Video Forge v0.5.0

Video Forge v0.5.0 adds brand-aware motion for real footage edits: logos, animated call flows, focused website captures, illustrated cursor clicks, workflow steps and a readable closing CTA.

Production improvements

• Six native, frame-driven overlay presets with editable timing, position, brand colors and local assets.
• Screenshot focus/crop and pointer coordinates use shared geometry. Captions stay above full-screen overlays.
• Prepared footage now supports entry/peak/exit preview frames; staged assets are deduplicated and renderer snapshots preserve the new modules.
• Conditional brand-edit guidance covers audience, claims and evidence, genuine product visuals, face/caption placement, mobile reading time, audio, asset credits and privacy.
• Reproducible comparison ZIP metadata completes deterministic packaging.

Verification and downloads

33 tests, runtime and renderer type checks, nine-skill/100-source validation, plus a native six-preset render fixture. Publication is gated on Linux/macOS CI, archive/resource validation and checksums. Existing project defaults remain compatible.

Download the Codex or Claude Code plugin ZIP, the Claude custom skill ZIP, standalone skill ZIP, or small ChatGPT planning companion. The source ZIP retains the original public demos. ChatGPT chat without a local runtime remains a planning/handoff path. Third-party branded footage is not redistributed in these archives.

Account upload/invocation, paid live providers and social audience results are recorded separately from implemented and tested local rendering. This release does not claim live product actions from animated screenshot pointers.