Changelog
Below is a list of every change ever made to SongRender.
If you have a feature request, bug report or just a general question or comment, get in touch at [email protected].
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- New
- Right click in the layers panel to rename and delete layers.
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- Fixed
- Video preview no longer erroneously shows a watermark for premium videos.
- Rendering no longer fails if the audio is too long.
- Credit requirements are now based on trimmed audio duration rather than full audio duration.
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- Improved
- Subscriptions now allow videos up to 60 minutes in length.
- Removed
- Free videos are now limited to 5 minutes.
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- Removed
- Free videos are now limited to 720p.
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- New
- Added text layers.
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- New
- Added progress bar layers.
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- Fixed
- No longer unable to play untrimmed audio files.
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- Fixed
- Expiration date is now correct for watermarked videos.
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- New
- Projects can have multiple waveforms.
- Projects can have extra images in addition to the background.
- Waveforms and images can have outlines in addition to fills.
- The editor's left panel now lists all the layers in a project. The properties inspector has been moved to the right.
- The editor now has a toolbar that lists common actions and keyboard shortcuts.
- There is now a low cut filter in addition to the high cut filter.
- Improved
- Waveform mirroring has been replaced with Align, a slider that gives much finer-grained control over waveform direction.
- The Area waveform style has been removed, since it can be recreated using the Line style. Zig Zag is now its own distinct style.
- Waveforms can be filled with an image in addition to a solid color.
- Stretching a circular waveform now displays an ellipse, rather than bounding to the smallest side.
- When dragging a layer, the position and size values now round to the nearest integer.
- The canvas centers itself in the viewport when changing platforms.
- Fixed
- Waveforms for 32 bit .wav files now display correctly.
- Removed
- Background images can no longer be set to pulsate.
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- Removed
- The files list has been removed from the dashboard.
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- New
- Editor now shows a list of currently uploading files.
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- Improved
- Press space to play and pause your project.
- Fixed
- Line waveforms now have correct thickness when zoomed in.
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- Improved
- Files are now uploaded directly to a project without going through the file picker.
- Fixed
- Area visualizer spacing is at least one pixel.
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- Fixed
- Render credits are automatically added when PayPal subscription renews.
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- New
- Renders now show a progress bar indicating when they'll finish.
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- Improved
- Performance improvements in editor.
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- New
- The waveform now snaps to align with the canvas.
- Fixed
- WebP images no longer error when rendering.
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- New
- You can now upload m4a files.
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- New
- Buy renders with with PayPal.
- Fixed
- Renders count in sidebar excludes renders you've already used.
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- New
- Real light theme, with light toolbar.
- Added sidebar and Renders page to dashboard.
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- New
- Added Instagram Stories canvas size.
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- New
- Added the ability to change a video's start and end time.
- Added in–app support chat.
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- Fixed
- Can no longer delete an unwatermarked render to get another free one. Sorry!
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- Fixed
- Zoom level in toolbar updates when zooming with mouse.
- Display selected file in file picker.
- Editor adapts correctly when resizing window.
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- New
- You can now remove watermarks from videos after they're rendered.
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- New
- Added a preview modal for finished renders.
- You can now delete renders.
- Renders can now be saved directly to Dropbox.
- Fixed
- Fixed a crash when trying to render a missing file.
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- New
- You can subscribe to SongRender monthly for a lower price on renders!
- Improved
- Redesigned project welcome.
- Fixed
- The file picker is now paginated if you have more files than will fit on one page.
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- New
- The toolbar now has a badge when renders are finished and ready to download.
- You now get an email notification when a video finishes rendering.
- You can turn off the email notification in your settings.
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- New
- Display tour when opening editor for the first time.
- Fixed
- Prevent uploading non–audio files in onboarding.
- Display error message in file picker when uploading unsupported files.
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- Improved
- Warn about unused watermark–free videos when deleting account.
- Fixed
- Deleting a project no longer makes its rendered videos inaccessible.
- Having a saved card no longer prevents accounts from being deleted.
- Fixed background sizing.
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- Fixed
- The editor timeline is no longer cut off in Safari.
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- New
- You can now use circular waveforms!
- Fixed
- Too–long project names are properly truncated.
- Prevent rendering projects without audio.
- Audio now stops playing when exiting a project.
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- New
- Buy multiple videos at once for a discount.
- Fixed
- Backgrounds now work better at certain aspect ratios.
- Dropdown menu items are now clickable in Google Chrome.
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- Improved
- Various visual tweaks, including a new typeface: Effra!
- Fixed
- Fixed bug in which certain mp3 files wouldn't import.
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- New
- There's now a light theme! You can switch themes in your account settings.
- Added the ability to delete your account.
- Added a "download" option for file context menus.
- Improved
- You can now upload mp3 files.
- Credit cards are now saved, so you don't have to reenter them every time you render a video.
- You can update or remove your credit card from your account page.
- Fixed
- Files page actually shows up now.
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- Fixed
- Downloads in Google Chrome now have the correct filename.
- Projects view no longer shows below account settings.
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- New
- Added an onboarding window when you open a project with no song yet.
- Added a link to email support to the toolbar.
- Added the ability to test out SongRender without signing up for an account.
- Improved
- Creating a project now immediately redirects to the editor.
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- New
- You can now sign up for an account!
- Videos are saved into your account, and you can go back and edit them later.
- Upload files and reuse them across different videos.
- See and download any video you've rendered (watermarked videos limited to seven days).
- Added the ability to pan and zoom with your mouse in the video editor.
- You can now undo and redo changes you make to your video.
- Improved
- Dragging and dropping in the video editor is about a zillion times faster.
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- Improved
- Improved performance when dragging and resizing waveform.
- Prevent importing songs long enough to crash the renderer.
- Fixed
- Made layers list scroll independently of video preview.
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- Improved
- The welcome modal can now be dismissed without uploading a song or choosing dimensions.
- Songs can now be changed after importing.
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- New
- Export emails now link to a download page instead of the video file.
- Videos can be saved directly to Dropbox from the download page.
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- Fixed
- Fixed an issue causing exports to fail in certain cases.
- Fixed an issue allowing CSRF attacks.
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- New
- Export videos with a small watermark for free.
- Input promo codes for a discount.
- Improved
- Added a warning when closing the window while a song is uploading.
- Improved playback performance while zoomed out.
- Fixed
- Fixed an issue preventing exports in Safari.
- Fixed an issue causing exports to fail the first time an email address was used.
- Corrected dimensions for Instagram.
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- New
- Introducing SongRender!