ClipCraft 1.0 beta 3

ClipCraft 1.0 beta 3

A fix release for beta 2: visible hand cursors only where they help, one Callout preset group, clearer shaped blur presets and smooth Free perspective corners.

Unsigned Windows x64 beta. Choose the MSI installer or portable ZIP below.

Fixes

• Open and closed hand cursors appear only on rotation handles and the middle curve node of a line or arrow, and stay visible while you drag; moving and panning keep their usual cursors.

• Free perspective corners follow the pointer for the whole drag.

Presets

• One Callout preset group with three styles each for box, rounded, oval and cloud.

• Ellipse and Freehand blur and pixelate presets show a blurred circle and squiggle.

Known limitations

• Unsigned Windows 10/11 x64 beta. Old development project formats are unsupported; back up work before updating.

• Automatic detection and tracking of sensitive information does not guarantee complete coverage. Review every flagged range and the whole video before sharing. Focus and Magnify are emphasis, not privacy tools; blur and pixelation may leave information inferable.

• Framed crossfades involving rotation, transparency or different frames can preview less smoothly than they export.

• Scrolling capture is Region-only. By website fills in only when the window title names the site.

• Silent startup on some older Windows 11 laptops is still being investigated.

• PDF text is outlined, not searchable. No automatic updater.

Source commit: 926ef09

MSI: installs for the current user, with one ClipCraft shortcut and image/video project associations. Portable ZIP: extract all files and run ClipCraft.exe. No personal projects, recordings, settings or Library entries are included. Source archives are linked below. See docs/installing.md for storage locations.

ClipCraft 1.0 Beta 2

ClipCraft 1.0 beta 2

A large update to the 1.0 beta: tracked video redaction with review, built-in illustrated Help, keyframes, GIF Studio, webcam picture-in-picture, filters and borders, Preferences, a clearer Library and a simpler ribbon.

Unsigned Windows x64 beta. Choose the MSI installer or portable ZIP below.

Privacy and review

• Video redactions follow moving and scrolling text, hold briefly when lost, and flag uncertain moments for review.
• Export video lists every tracked redaction that needs review; Show and Previous/Next step through flagged moments.
• Detection assists review only. Exported redactions remove the covered content; projects keep the originals.

Video

• Recorded cursor with adjustable smoothing, clicks, and zooms that can follow the cursor.
• Webcam picture-in-picture that starts with the first screen frame and skips pauses.
• Keyframes for position, size and color with Smooth, Linear and Hold; GIF Studio for short loops.
• Recording quality and size estimates, edit several clips and zooms at once, Alt+drag to copy a clip frame.
• New video from pictures, with each picture fading into the next; clip color, filters, borders and edges.

Image editing

• Ready-made shapes, oval and cloud callouts, and ellipse or freehand blur and pixelate, all as presets.
• Perspective for image objects, filters, color, borders and edges, crop ratios, Cut Out edges and a hard-edged Eraser.
• Snapping to objects, edges and an optional grid; color palettes; watermarks; SVG and EPS import.
• ClipCraft Blue is the first preset for every drawing tool; lines and arrows start at thickness 3.

Workspace

• Help window with illustrated, searchable articles; press F1 over any control.
• Formatting now holds what Advanced had; Preferences (Ctrl+Comma) replaces the Options page.
• A clearer Library: labeled sidebar with counts, folders, By app and By website, filter chips and pinning in Recent.
• Open and closed hand cursors, tooltips sized to their text, and faster editing on styled images.

Known limitations

• Unsigned Windows 10/11 x64 beta. Old development project formats are unsupported; back up work before updating.
• Automatic detection and tracking of sensitive information does not guarantee complete coverage. Review every flagged range and the whole video before sharing. Focus and Magnify are emphasis, not privacy tools; blur and pixelation may leave information inferable.
• Framed crossfades involving rotation, transparency or different frames can preview less smoothly than they export.
• Scrolling capture is Region-only. By website fills in only when the window title names the site.
• Silent startup on some older Windows 11 laptops is still being investigated.
• PDF text is outlined, not searchable. No automatic updater.

Source commit: dc4ce86

MSI: installs for the current user, with one ClipCraft shortcut and image/video project associations. Portable ZIP: extract all files and run ClipCraft.exe. No personal projects, recordings, settings or Library entries are included. See docs/installing.md for storage locations.

Release validation

Built locally from the audited public source with a static runtime and generic compiler paths. The exact source passed the publication audit, formatting, 1132 Rust tests and strict Clippy; the MSI and portable ZIP contain identical application files; the packaged CLI reopens and re-renders a project exactly. Downloads include SHA256 checksums, build metadata and an SPDX dependency inventory. This is a locally built, unsigned beta.

The exact MSI and portable ZIP on this release passed fresh Windows installation, repair, uninstall and user-data preservation checks, and the release commit passed Windows CI and the dependency advisory scan.

ClipCraft 1.0 Beta 1

ClipCraft 1.0 beta

Capture, annotate and explain in one local Windows workspace: editable image guides, multitrack video, narration and live audio effects.

Unsigned Windows x64 beta. Choose the MSI installer or portable ZIP below.

Image capture and editing

• Region, window, fullscreen, Region-only manual/automatic scrolling, and editable Step by Step guides.

• Rich text, Lines, shapes/callouts, Icons, Steps, Penlighter, Obfuscate, crop and editable frames.

• Multipage Page Setup, reusable templates/presets, OCR and local Library organization.

• Focus windows combine outside blur/darken while retaining editable geometry and upper annotations.

Video and narration

• Screen/window video with microphone and system audio, optional webcam narration and linked clips.

• Multiple media/annotation tracks, trim/split/link, fades, motion presets, editable Zoom/Focus and frame styling.

• Per-clip/per-track EQ, compression, clarity, de-essing, leveling and limiting with local Analyze Voice suggestions.

Beta finishing repairs

• Focus movement reuses its underlying image instead of rebuilding the full canvas.

• Reduced-resolution framed crossfades no longer suppress the whole preview; upper annotations remain visible.

• Focus appears in video Insert; capture tray toggles remain open, including Open ClipCraft after capture.

• Fresh Libraries default to 1,000 items / 16 GB. Clean MSI/ZIP packages include no personal projects or settings.

Known limitations

• Unsigned Windows 10/11 x64 beta. Old development project formats are unsupported; back up work before updating.

• Framed crossfades involving rotation, transparency, different frames or fit-mode can still preview less smoothly. Export uses the full-resolution compositor.

• Video redactions do not automatically track moving information. Inspect every frame; editable projects retain original content and must not be shared as sanitized documents. Focus is not a privacy tool; blur/pixelation may leave information inferable.

• Scrolling capture is Region-only; exclude fixed headers/footers. Automatic cursor choreography and tracked video redaction are deferred.

• Complex effects and high-resolution webcam previews can be slower on some systems. Device/driver behavior varies.

• PDF text is outlined, not searchable. No automatic updater. MSI extraction/table validation is checked; clean-machine installation across Windows configurations remains a review limitation.

Source commit: 181e8c3

MSI: installs for the current user, with one ClipCraft shortcut and image/video project associations. Portable ZIP: extract all files and run ClipCraft.exe. No personal projects, recordings, settings or Library entries are included. Source archives are linked below. See docs/installing.md for storage locations.

Release validation

The exact MSI and portable payload passed fresh Windows installation, repair, uninstall, and user-data preservation checks. The app also passed 878 Rust tests, formatting/Clippy, image/PDF comparisons, fresh-profile initialization, and public source/package privacy audits.

The MSI and portable ZIP contain identical application files. Downloads include SHA256 checksums, source/build metadata and an SPDX dependency inventory. This is a locally built, unsigned beta; the Windows runner validates the installer rather than building or signing the application.