shrink 0.3.0

shrink 0.3.0: Tab got its old job back

Tab used to jump between highlights, which was rude, because Tab already had a job: moving between buttons. Highlights have their own keys now and Tab is back at work. Character development.

• Q/E jump between highlights (Q back, E forward), so your left hand never has to leave the keyboard.
• Clicking a highlight puts the playhead exactly where you clicked — originally a bug, now a feature with paperwork.
• Tab moves between buttons again and shows you where you are (sorry, keyboard people).
• ⚙ Settings exist now: where clips get saved (ask / next to the recording / one folder forever), clipboard on or off, and what every clip starts with. No more picking the same folder 40 times a day.
• Clips open faster: the video shows up right away, thumbnails catch up a moment later.
• Buttons got dark text, because white on orange looked cool and read terribly.
• Labels say what they do ("Original quality", "Shrink to size", "Audio 1"), and "Track1" has been retired with honors.
• Errors come as one plain sentence, with the scary part tucked behind a Details button.

Found something broken? It's a feature until you open an issue. 🫡

shrink 0.2.1

shrink 0.2.1: it has a face now

shrink shipped with a placeholder logo, like showing up to school in pajamas. Now it has main character energy: a chunky s. with an orange dot.

• New logo in your taskbar, Start menu and installer.
• The name inside the app uses the same font now, so everything matches.

That's it. That's the update.

shrink 0.2.0

shrink 0.2.0: you can grab the playhead now

In 0.1.0 the playhead was a 2-pixel line and grabbing it was a skill check. Most people failed. I failed. Skill issue (mine). Fixed.

• The playhead has a big knob now, and you can grab it from a bit to the side too.
• Drag along the time bar to scrub.
• Hover over the timeline to see the exact time before you click.
• Mouse wheel skips 1 second (Shift: 5).
• Click a highlight or press Tab to jump to its start. Space plays it and keeps going after the end.
• Every clip opens in Original mode now. Shrink mode stopped showing up uninvited.
• Size fixes keep your frame rate: resolution drops first (down to 720p), frame rate only after that. Frames are sacred.
• Space and the arrow keys work while exporting.

Found something broken? It's a feature until you open an issue. 🫡

shrink 0.1.0

shrink 0.1.0: it exists now

Getting one clip ready used to take two apps: one to cut it, one to make it small enough to send. Sometimes a third, because the second one was being weird. That's a lot of apps for 20 seconds of gameplay, fr. So I made one app that does both. It's called shrink. It shrinks. Naming is hard.

• Mark highlights on the timeline (drag, or press I and O). Each one becomes its own file.
• Original: cuts without re-encoding. Instant, no quality lost.
• Shrink: pick a size, get the best quality that fits. Never goes over. I tested this more than I'd like to admit.
• Size too small to look good? It warns you and offers a fix. It won't judge you. Much.
• Uses your graphics card if it can, your CPU if it has to.
• Finished files land in your clipboard. Paste them straight into your group chat.
• Right-click a video → Show more options → Open in shrink.
• Updates itself, so you only download it once.

Installing: download shrink_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe below. Windows will say "Windows protected your PC" because I can't afford a code-signing certificate yet. Click More info → Run anyway. The code is all here if you want to check.

Bugs or ideas → open an issue. Response time: eventually™.