Changelog

What's new in Vidra.

Updates, improvements, and quiet wins.

0.0.11Feb 9, 2026

Layouts, Cleanup, and Background Sync

Major Features

Layouts — New layout presets to jumpstart your edits with common compositions.
Auto-Cleanup — Remove silence from recordings with transcript-based take selection.
Domain — We have a new home at usecardboard.com
Background Sync — Projects automatically back up to the cloud without interrupting your workflow.

Improvements

Chat Input: Choose your canvas aspect ratio (16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 1:1) and select different AI models directly before you start editing.
Upload Recovery: Failed uploads automatically retry with exponential backoff.
GIF Support: Animated GIFs now play correctly on the timeline.
Storage Warnings: Proactive alerts when your browser storage is running low.
0.0.10Jan 30, 2026

New Timeline, Sound Effects, and Subscriptions

Major Features

Agent-First Dashboard — New home screen lets you start projects directly from a prompt.
Redesigned Timeline — Rebuilt timeline with smoother clip dragging and precise trimming.
Music and SFX — Browse and add music and SFX from a curated library.
Subscriptions — Removed the waitlist and added subscriptions with a free trial.

Improvements

Copy & Paste Clips: Cmd/Ctrl+C and Cmd/Ctrl+V now work on timeline clips.
Mute Shortcut: Press M to toggle mute on selected audio or video clips.
Unified Audio Cards: Music and SFX share a consistent behavior.
Effects Panel Polish: Cleaner layout with better codec detection feedback during import.
Native Text Copy: Text selection in the editor now uses native copy behavior.
0.0.9Jan 21, 2026

Stacked Captions, Product Demos, and Large File Support

Major Features

Stacked Captions — New caption animation that reveals text line-by-line.
Product Demos — Enhanced support for creating product demos.
Large File Support — Edit videos up to 5GB.

Improvements

UI Refresh: Polished panels for backgrounds, properties, export, and media.
Smarter Search: Upgraded embeddings for better semantic media search.
Missing Media Relink: Reconnect files that moved since your last session.
HEIC/HEIF Support: Import iPhone photos directly without conversion.
Crop Controls: Crop clips with preset aspect ratios on the canvas.
Featured Fonts: Satoshi, Clash Display, Gambarino, and Playfair Display.
Export Frame: Save the current preview frame as an image.
Fullscreen Preview: Press F to toggle fullscreen mode.
Duplicate Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+D duplicates selected items instantly.
Captions Scroll: Panel follows playhead but pauses when you scroll.
Export Reliability: Timeout guards and fallbacks prevent stalling.
0.0.8Jan 10, 2026

Voice Cloning, Sentence Search, Voice Cleanup, Ripple Delete, and Timeline Enhancements

Major Features

Voice Library — Browse hundreds of voices, filter by gender, age, accent, and language.
Voice Cloning — Clone any voice by uploading or recording a sample.
Search — Find media by writing vague sentences, not just words or filenames.
Inline Suggestions — The agent now offers clickable suggestions during conversations.
Ripple Delete — Delete clips and automatically close the gaps left behind.
Voice Cleanup — Automatically remove filler words and pauses from voice overs.
Transcription Languages — Support for 10+ languages with auto-detection.

Improvements

Track Management: Mute, lock, and manage gaps directly from track menus.
Keyframe Transforms: Adjust position, scale, and rotation with keyframes on canvas.
AI Text Styling: The agent can now style captions and text elements.
Prompt Suggestions: Quick-start prompts appear when the chat is empty.
HDR Video Support: Import and work with HDR footage.
Browser Compatibility: Improved browser support for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
Unsaved Changes Warning: A warning appears when leaving the project without saving.
0.0.7Dec 31, 2025

Voiceover, Spatial Awareness, Canvas Navigation, and Sample Projects

Major Features

Voiceover Generation — Create professional voiceovers with different voices.
Token Usage Indicator — See AI token consumption in chat input for cost transparency.
Preview Controls — Pan, zoom, align, and rotate with guides and snapping.
Sample Projects — Get started fast with new explainer and montage templates, ready to use.
Spatial Intelligence — The agent now understands what’s happening inside your frame and places captions and overlays where they won’t block the subject.

Improvements

Waveform Virtualization: Faster, more efficient handling of long audio tracks.
Caption Presets: Style captions with new golden-serif and minimal-modern preset options.
Timeline Zoom: Zoom now anchors around the playhead position for better navigation.
Volume System: Simplified volume control from decibels to intuitive percentage (0-200%).
Multi-Item Operations: Improved drag and move behavior.
Timeline UI: Hide trim handles and clip names for narrow timeline items to reduce clutter.
0.0.6Dec 21, 2025

Keyframe Animations, Playback Speed, Background Styling, and Remote Projects

Major Features

Keyframe Animations — Animate timeline items with keyframe-based animations.
Playback Speed — Create slow-motion or time-lapse effects.
Backgrounds — Add background (gradient, color, and macOS wallpapers) to your video.
Settings Tab — New settings panel for configuring application preferences and options.
Remote Project Management — Cloud-based project storage and media uploads for collaboration and backup.

Improvements

Audio Volume Control: Manage audio levels and mute functionality.
Director Agent: Redesigned AI agent with improved tool execution and workflows.
Text Drag-and-Drop: Drag text directly onto the canvas and timeline.
Import Hotkey: Import media files with a hotkey.
Performance Optimizations: Canvas pooling and shadow/blur caching.
Export Performance: Faster, more reliable exports.
Audio/Video Separation: Separate audio from video items on the timeline.
Memory Management: Fixed memory leaks and improved compositor pooling.
Text Reconstruction: Improved text media item reconstruction.
Aspect Ratio Handling: Consistent aspect ratio calculations and proper content fitting.
0.0.5Dec 14, 2025

AI Vision, Music Library, Crop, Text, and Background Exports

Major Features

AI-Powered Video Understanding — Director can see your content better. Get intelligent suggestions based on what’s actually in your footage — scenes, actions, text, and more.
Music Library — Browse and add royalty-free tracks by genre and mood to your timeline.
Crop Tool — Precisely crop videos and images directly on canvas.
LUT Preview on Hover — Instantly preview color grades before applying.
Captions from Director — Ask the AI to generate and place captions automatically on your timeline.

Improvements

Background Exports: Exports now continue at full speed even when the browser tab is in the background.
Smarter Ingestion: Revamped media processing with progress tracking, audio chimes on completion, and parallel transcription.
Waitlist Flow: New users hit a waitlist with a clean sign-up experience.
Text Properties: Added letter spacing, line height, and other style options.
Audio Prefetch: Music tracks preload on hover for instant playback.
Timeline Polish: Cleaner colors, fixed playhead jank, and smoother clip interactions.
Better Search: Find footage by describing more abstract concepts — Director can search your media using natural language.
Key Bindings: Use key bindings such as Option, Option + Shift, while resizing/cropping etc.
0.0.4Dec 2, 2025

Transcription, Agent Overhaul, Canvas Editing, and Professional Exports

Major Features

Transcription — Automatic transcription for video and audio files with searchable text and timestamped captions.
Agent Overhaul — Redesigned Director chat with new tools, multi-model support (Bedrock, Vertex AI), improved messages, and a model picker.
Canvas-Based Editing — Direct manipulation of timeline items on the canvas—drag, scale, and position clips visually with real-time preview.
Effects Panel — Unified effects panel with transitions moved from timeline to effects, supporting both audio and video transitions.
Multi-Selection — Select multiple timeline items at once using drag selection or CMD+Click for batch operations.
Premiere Pro XML Export — Export projects to Adobe Premiere Pro XML format for seamless workflow integration.

Improvements

Smoother Playback: Audio now preloads before playback for gapless, stutter-free audio.
Fast Previews: Frames load faster and seek smoothly when hovering over the timeline.
Responsive Timeline: Improved scrubbing and item placement with collision handling.
Media Feedback: Notifications when media files finish processing.
Visual Polish: Updated selection colors and styling for better clarity and consistency.
0.0.3Nov 19, 2025

Transitions, Text Elements, Shot-Level Search, and Timeline Enhancements

Major Features

Transitions — Add fade, scale, and fly transitions between clips.
Text Elements — Add styled text overlays and presets with typography controls.
Shot-Level Semantic Search — Find video moments with natural language and get timestamped thumbnails.
Theming — New color system with dark theme, and landing page.
Hotkeys — Keyboard shortcuts for common timeline actions (space, arrows, delete, etc.).
Chat Panel — New chat panel called “Director” with persistent conversations and easy switching.

Improvements

Timeline Undo/Redo: Undo or redo any timeline change.
Media Ingestion Pipeline: Automatic background shot detection, embedding generation, and thumbnail processing.
Track Management: Rename, move and delete tracks.
Video Source Cleanup: Renderer now prunes stale video sources for improved memory management.
0.0.2Nov 13, 2025

Hardware-Accelerated Renderer, Enhanced Timeline, and Chat Improvements

Major Features

Timeline & Layers — Improved scrubbing, snapping, and clip accuracy, with a new multi-layer system. Added visual guidelines and per-clip audio waveforms for easier alignment.
Hardware-accelerated renderer — Added a custom WebGL2 + WebCodecs pipeline that shifts video processing from the CPU to the GPU, enabling smoother playback, more accurate previews, faster layer compositing, and higher-quality exports.
Video Understanding — Faster, more accurate analysis in the browser.
Chat — Added support for having multiple tabs and clear history.
Properties Panel — New properties sidebar for fine-grained clip control. Adjust position, scale, rotation, opacity, blend mode, and audio levels for each item directly on the timeline.

Improvements

Preview: Enhanced playback smoothness; HEIC file uploads are now prevented.
Auth: Optimized redirects for users logging in via app.cardboard.sh.
Waveforms: Audio waveforms now generate faster and display with higher fidelity.
Portrait video: Strengthened support for the 9:16 format and dynamic aspect ratio toggling.
0.0.1Nov 8, 2025

Initial release

Features

Media management — Import images, music, and videos. Manage your videos inside projects. Use semantic search to find clips quickly.
Timeline editing — Drag-and-drop video clips on the timeline, with multi-track support, clip splitting, scrubbing, and zoom controls for detailed and efficient edits.
Real-time preview — Instantly see your edits as you work. You can pick standard aspect ratios like 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1.
Exports and aspect ratios — Export projects in various formats, including XML.
Workspace customization & shortcuts — Adjust the workspace with resizable panels and use keyboard shortcuts for faster editing.
AI chat editing — Use chat commands for quick video edits.