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Offspring 0.5.3

I'm back with some updates, and this is a big one — a refreshed app with a cleaner window, presets that auto-save, and proper speed controls for GIFs. If you're coming from 0.4.3, this release also rolls up everything from the unpublished 0.5.x line, including full macOS support. I still have to test some of the MacOS support so please feel free to reach out if something is not working.

New in 0.5.3

A cleaner window. Swapped the main/settings toggle for a Tools and Presets toggle. This should give more space for presets and clearly differentiates the two 'features' of offspring. The windows native bar has also been made custom for the app, which looks nicer imo. Drag anywhere on the bar to move the window, double-click it to maximize.

Presets save themselves. The "Save and Sync" button is gone. Edits are saved automatically a moment after you stop typing, and the right-click menu entries sync up quietly in the background. Closing the app flushes anything pending — you can't lose an edit anymore.

GIF speed. GIF presets now show frame timing both ways — FPS and milliseconds per frame — as one linked value, with a warning when you enter the range most players refuse to play fast (GIFs can't reliably go under 20 ms per frame). And there's a new Playback speed dropdown (0.5×–8×): pick 2× and the same motion plays in half the time by dropping frames, which should also make the gif smaller, duh.

Settings, reorganized. Settings moved to a proper home in the sidebar. New toggle to mirror presets into the Windows Send to menu. "Reset to defaults" now lives inside Settings. Every popup in the app now uses the same quiet in-app dialog instead of jarring OS message boxes.

Design polish throughout. New icon set shared across my apps, snappier and more consistent animations, and a long list of small copy and layout fixes.

Also new since 0.4.3 (from the unpublished 0.5.x releases)

  • macOS support — Offspring runs on Mac (universal binary, signed and notarized). Right-click files in Finder → Services → Offspring. Includes a first-launch guide for enabling the Services entry, FFmpeg auto-download for Mac, and in-app updates via .dmg.
  • ProRes output — presets can now encode ProRes (.mov), proxy through 4444 XQ, with automatic alpha handling.
  • Modify tool: speed & more — the Modify dialog gained speed change with drop/blend/motion-compensated interpolation options.
  • Sturdier Windows 11 right-click menu — if the modern (top-level) menu package can't register, the classic menu keeps working; a repair button in Settings re-registers it without admin rights.
  • FFmpeg updates — Offspring can now replace its managed FFmpeg copy (older bundled builds couldn't decode some AV1 files; Settings will flag this and offer a one-click update).

Install notes: Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run ("Windows protected your PC") — click More info → Run anyway. We sign releases with minisign rather than an Authenticode certificate; the in-app updater verifies every download's signature before installing.

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