Reel Studio 0.1.3

Reel Studio 0.1.3

Reel Studio is now on getreelstudio.com. The installers are no longer attached to
GitHub releases. Already bought? Get 0.1.3 at getreelstudio.com/update.html
(or use the link in your download email). The code stays open source (MIT) in this repo, and anyone can
build it themselves.

No account, no telemetry. Everything runs on your computer; your videos are never uploaded.

What's new

• Connect Claude / Connect ChatGPT. One button per AI. If the app isn't on your computer yet, Reel Studio installs
  the official one, then opens its own sign-in in your browser. Reel Studio never sees that sign-in. Claude needs a
  paid plan (Pro or Max); ChatGPT works with free plans too, within their limits.
• "Sign in with ChatGPT" inside Reel Studio is gone. If you used it, you are signed out once after updating:
  click Connect ChatGPT and your edits run through your own Codex app instead.
• Use your own AI server (advanced). Point the AI editor at an OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible server of your own.
• Flip a mirrored take. Edit it myself has "Flip picture (it's mirrored)", and the AI flips a take when on-screen
  text reads backwards.
• Update check asks getreelstudio.com once a day (GitHub only if the site can't be reached). Nothing about you or
  your videos is sent. Settings > "Check for updates" turns it off.

Fixes

• Windows: saving no longer fails when another program (antivirus, backup) briefly holds the project file.
• Windows: reel files in folders whose names differ only in capital letters now open and drag correctly.
• The final audio is padded to the video's length (no silent cut at the very end).
• "Lower case captions" in a note now reaches the AI instead of moving the captions down.
• Credits come back when a note's edit is rolled back.
• The Reel screen decodes each version's cover once (faster with many versions); long covers use less memory.
• The player's controls no longer get in the way of dragging the file out.
• The Windows title bar dims with the rest of the window while a dialog is open.

First open

• Windows: the installer is now signed. For the first weeks Windows may still show a blue "Windows protected your PC"
  box while the new signature builds reputation; it now names the publisher. Click More info, then Run anyway. Once.
• The first launch downloads the speech model (about 500 MB). Keep the window open until it finishes.

Licenses and source code (GPL)

Reel Studio is MIT. The installers bundle FFmpeg and FFprobe, which are GPL v3 programs (they link x264), built by
us from pinned sources (packaging/ffmpeg/). The same FFmpeg build as 0.1.2: its corresponding source code (FFmpeg,
x264, freetype, harfbuzz, fribidi, libass, zimg, zlib and the build scripts) is attached to the release
ffmpeg-7.1.1-rs2 and stays there
as long as these installers are offered. Full notices:
THIRD_PARTY.md.

Credits: the editing method follows the Minimum Viable Editing Strategy as described by Mino Lee.

Reel Studio 0.1.2 (preview)

Downloads have moved. The installers for Reel Studio are now at https://getreelstudio.com ($99 once or $20/month); they are no longer attached to this page. Already bought? Get the newest version at https://getreelstudio.com/update.html. Reel Studio is open source (MIT), so you can also build it yourself: see the README. The source code of the bundled FFmpeg and its libraries is in the ffmpeg-7.1.1-rs2 release.

Reel Studio 0.1.2 (preview)

Turn a raw talking-head video into a finished, postable Reel. Drop in your takes, retakes and fumbles included.
Reel Studio picks your best take of every line, cuts the pauses, adds captions, puts your own song under your
voice, adds b-roll and a cover, and writes the post caption. Then tell it what to change in plain English.

Free and open source (MIT). No account, no telemetry. Everything runs on your computer; your videos are never
uploaded. If you connect an AI (your own Claude Code app, your own ChatGPT plan, or a Claude API key) it sees the
transcript text, the project settings, your notes, a few still frames and one small still of each picture or clip
you attach to a note, nothing else. It works without AI too.

What's new

• Use your own Claude. Every installer now offers "Use Claude (your Claude Code app)". What the AI sees is
  unchanged; whose account runs it changes: with this choice the edit runs on your own Claude plan and its usage
  limits, through Anthropic's own Claude Code app that you signed in to. Reel Studio never sees that sign-in: if
  the app is not signed in yet, Reel Studio opens a window where you sign in inside Anthropic's app. No Claude
  Code app yet? Reel Studio shows you where to get it; it needs a paid Claude plan (Pro or Max). Nothing switches
  to it on its own: you choose it with one click.
• Pictures and clips on your notes. Paste, drop or attach a picture, GIF or short clip (up to 1 minute) in
  the notes box and say where it goes, for example "put this over my face when I say 'the ick'". The editor puts
  it on those words. If you don't say when, it asks. Up to 4 files per note; pictures up to 25 MB, clips and
  GIFs up to 200 MB. Clips play without sound for now. The AI now also sees one small still of each file you
  attach (plus its name, size and length); the file itself stays on your computer.
• One installer per system. There is a single download for Windows and a single one for Mac.
• Fix: a clip moved onto more words now stays up for all of them. Before, it could keep its old, shorter
  length and vanish early.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11, 64-bit	Reel-Studio-Setup-0.1.2-x64.exe
macOS 14+, Apple silicon	Reel-Studio-0.1.2-arm64.dmg

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt. Install guides: Windows,
Mac.

Already on 0.1.0 or 0.1.1? Download and install 0.1.2 over it. Your videos, Library and settings stay.

First open

• Windows: SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC" because the Windows installer isn't signed yet. Click
  More info, then Run anyway. Once.
• The first launch downloads the speech model (about 500 MB). Keep the window open until it finishes.

Known limits

• Apple silicon Macs only (no Intel Mac build). Updates are a note, not automatic: you download the new version.
• English only.
• No NVIDIA GPU pack is included: transcription runs on the CPU (a few times faster than real time).
• Clips you attach to a note play without their sound.
• iPhone HEIC photos: HEIC support comes from the LGPL pi-heif library (it decodes HEVC, a patent-encumbered
  codec). HEVC video from iPhones is decoded by FFmpeg. Laws and patent licensing for these codecs vary by
  country; you are responsible for your own use.

Licenses and source code (GPL)

Reel Studio is MIT. The installers bundle FFmpeg and FFprobe, which are GPL v3 programs (they link x264). We
build them ourselves, on both platforms, from pinned sources (packaging/ffmpeg/). Reel Studio runs them as separate
programs. As GPL v3 section 6(d) requires, the corresponding source code is attached to this release: the FFmpeg,
x264, freetype, harfbuzz, fribidi, libass, zimg and zlib source archives, reel-studio-ffmpeg-recipe-* (the build
scripts) plus README.txt and SHA256SUMS.txt in the assets below. It stays here as long as the installers do. Full notices:
THIRD_PARTY.md.

Credits: the editing method follows the Minimum Viable Editing Strategy as described by Mino Lee.

Reel Studio 0.1.1 (preview)

Downloads have moved. The installers for Reel Studio are now at https://getreelstudio.com ($99 once or $20/month); they are no longer attached to this page. Already bought? Get the newest version at https://getreelstudio.com/update.html. Reel Studio is open source (MIT), so you can also build it yourself: see the README. The source code of the bundled FFmpeg and its libraries is in the ffmpeg-7.1.1-rs2 release.

Reel Studio 0.1.1 (preview)

Turn a raw talking-head video into a finished, postable Reel. Drop in your takes, retakes and fumbles included.
Reel Studio picks your best take of every line, cuts the pauses, adds captions, puts your own song under your
voice, adds b-roll and a cover, and writes the post caption. Then tell it what to change in plain English.

Free and open source (MIT). No account, no telemetry. Everything runs on your
computer; your videos are never uploaded. If you connect an AI (your own ChatGPT plan, or a Claude API key) it sees
the transcript text, the project settings, your notes and a few still frames, nothing else. It works without AI too.

What's new

• The Mac app is signed and notarized by Apple. It opens with a double-click, no more "Open Anyway".
• Send to my phone on school Wi-Fi. School, work and hotel Wi-Fi often stop your phone from reaching your
  computer. If your phone hasn't opened the link after 20 seconds, Reel Studio says so and shows the other ways,
  best first: AirDrop on a Mac, then iCloud Drive or Google Drive, then email.
• Update notes. Once a day Reel Studio checks whether a newer version is out and, if so, shows a small note with
  a Download button. Nothing is downloaded or installed for you. Turn it off in Settings with "Check for updates".
• Pictures of the things you talk about. Name an app or a website and Reel Studio can show its real screen.
  Shows and films get their title art; artworks come from their own Wikipedia article.
• Fewer split screens on close-ups, cleaner covers, and a proofreading pass on the captions.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11, 64-bit	Reel-Studio-Setup-0.1.1-x64.exe
macOS 14+, Apple silicon	Reel-Studio-0.1.1-arm64.dmg

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt. Install guides: Windows,
Mac.

Already on 0.1.0? Download and install 0.1.1 over it.

First open

• Windows: SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC" because the Windows installer isn't signed yet. Click
  More info, then Run anyway. Once.
• The first launch downloads the speech model (about 500 MB). Keep the window open until it finishes.

Known limits

• Apple silicon Macs only (no Intel Mac build). Updates are a note, not automatic: you download the new version.
• English only.
• No NVIDIA GPU pack is included: transcription runs on the CPU (a few times faster than real time).
• iPhone HEIC photos: HEIC support comes from the LGPL pi-heif library (it decodes HEVC, a patent-encumbered
  codec). HEVC video from iPhones is decoded by FFmpeg. Laws and patent licensing for these codecs vary by
  country; you are responsible for your own use.

Licenses and source code (GPL)

Reel Studio is MIT. The installers bundle FFmpeg and FFprobe, which are GPL v3 programs (they link x264). We
build them ourselves, on both platforms, from pinned sources (packaging/ffmpeg/). Reel Studio runs them as separate
programs. As GPL v3 section 6(d) requires, the corresponding source code is attached to this release: the FFmpeg,
x264, freetype, harfbuzz, fribidi, libass, zimg and zlib source archives, reel-studio-ffmpeg-recipe-* (the build
scripts) plus README.txt and SHA256SUMS.txt in the assets below. It stays here as long as the installers do. Full notices:
THIRD_PARTY.md.

Credits: the editing method follows the Minimum Viable Editing Strategy as described by Mino Lee.

Reel Studio 0.1.0 (preview)

Downloads have moved. The installers for Reel Studio are now at https://getreelstudio.com ($99 once or $20/month); they are no longer attached to this page. Already bought? Get the newest version at https://getreelstudio.com/update.html. Reel Studio is open source (MIT), so you can also build it yourself: see the README. The source code of the bundled FFmpeg and its libraries is in the ffmpeg-7.1.1-rs2 release.

Reel Studio 0.1.0 (preview)

Turn a raw talking-head video into a finished, postable Reel. Drop in your takes, retakes and fumbles included.
Reel Studio picks your best take of every line, cuts the pauses, adds captions, puts your own song under your
voice, adds b-roll and a cover, and writes the post caption. Then tell it what to change in plain English.

Free and open source (MIT). No account, no telemetry. Everything runs on your computer; your videos are never
uploaded. If you connect an AI (your own ChatGPT plan, or a Claude API key) it sees the transcript text, the
project settings, your notes and a few still frames, nothing else. It works without AI too.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11, 64-bit	Reel-Studio-Setup-0.1.0-x64.exe
macOS 14+, Apple silicon	Reel-Studio-0.1.0-arm64.dmg

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt. Install guides: Windows,
Mac.

First open: your computer will warn you (this is a preview)

• Windows: SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC" because this is a new publisher without a paid
  certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway. Once.
• macOS: this build is not notarized by Apple yet. The first time, macOS says it "can't be opened". Click
  Done, then System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to "Reel Studio"
  and enter your password. Once.
• The first launch downloads the speech model (about 500 MB). Keep the window open until it finishes.

Known limits

• Apple silicon Macs only (no Intel Mac build). No automatic updates: download a newer release the same way.
• No NVIDIA GPU pack is included: transcription runs on the CPU (a few times faster than real time).
• iPhone HEIC photos: HEIC support comes from the LGPL pi-heif library (it decodes HEVC, a patent-encumbered
  codec). HEVC video from iPhones is decoded by FFmpeg. Laws and patent licensing for these codecs vary by
  country; you are responsible for your own use.

Licenses and source code (GPL)

Reel Studio is MIT. The installers bundle FFmpeg and FFprobe, which are GPL v3 programs (they link x264). We
build them ourselves, on both platforms, from pinned sources (packaging/ffmpeg/). Reel Studio runs them as separate
programs. As GPL v3 section 6(d) requires, the corresponding source code is attached to this release: the FFmpeg,
x264, freetype, harfbuzz, fribidi, libass, zimg and zlib source archives, reel-studio-ffmpeg-recipe-* (the build
scripts) plus README.txt and SHA256SUMS.txt in the assets below. It stays here as long as the installers do. Full notices:
THIRD_PARTY.md.

Credits: the editing method follows the Minimum Viable Editing Strategy as described by Mino Lee.

FFmpeg 7.1.1 (rs2), as bundled in Reel Studio

Our own build of FFmpeg 7.1.1 for Windows x64 and macOS arm64 (packaging/ffmpeg/). GPL v3: the complete corresponding source is attached.