Changelog
Every release, and what was in it
ReScreen 0.2.0 is the current build, for macOS 13 Ventura or later on Apple Silicon and Intel. Each entry below describes what the application does after that release, not what we hoped it would do.
0.2.0 — A sharper look, and your own camera in the settings
The whole app moves to the ReScreen violet on white, with small corners, fewer icons and settings that keep every switch on the right of its label. The Camera settings now show you, not a drawing, behind each background.
- Look and feel
- One brand colour throughout, flat white surfaces, small corners on every card, control and swatch, and the same header on every sheet. Section icons are gone so the words carry the page.
- Record
- Camera, microphone, system audio and Smart Zoom sit in rows with the label on the left and the switch or menu on the right, whatever the window width.
- Camera settings
- Once ReScreen may use your camera, the Original, Removed, Blurred and Color tiles show your real camera behind each background, so you choose by looking at yourself.
- Colours
- Every colour field offers the same four swatches, the current colour and its hex value, in the camera, cursor and canvas settings alike.
- Sign in and plans
- The welcome screen opens with a photograph and a plain pitch; plans are three cards with what each is for and what it includes.
0.1.0 — The first release
The whole application, in one build: capture, automatic zoom, a timeline editor and export, all running on your Mac. Universal for Apple Silicon and Intel.
- Recording
- Capture a display, a window, an application or a region you draw, at the resolution the screen really has. Countdown, pause and resume, and desktop icons excluded while you record.
- Camera and audio
- Camera, microphone and system audio captured as independent tracks, with input metering and a preview before you start. External devices and Continuity Camera are offered alongside the built-in ones.
- Smart Zoom
- Clicks, drags and scrolls recorded as events and turned into editable zoom blocks when the take opens. Seven easing modes, configurable phase timings, framing that steers around the camera and stays inside the source.
- Editor
- Split, trim, ripple-delete and set per-section speed on a timeline that opens the moment you stop. Independent audio levels and fades, a high-pass filter, a noise gate, voice levelling, and undo and redo across every edit.
- Canvas
- Landscape, portrait, square and custom canvases with solid, gradient, blurred or imported backgrounds, screen padding, corner radius, border and shadow. Vertical social presets fill the canvas and follow the interaction the recording is about.
- Cursor
- Adjustable cursor size, movement smoothing, idle fade and click effects in a colour you choose, drawn from the real system cursor wherever macOS exposes it.
- Export
- MP4 or MOV, H.264 or HEVC, up to 4K at 30 or 60 FPS. The finished file is published only after the render succeeds, so a failed export never overwrites a good one.
- Reliability
- Recordings are written in recoverable pieces as you go, so a crash or a power loss costs you the last moments rather than the take. An interrupted project is offered back to you the next time the app opens.
- Ready-to-play file
- An ordinary .mp4 is written beside every finished recording without a second encode, so a take can be watched or sent before you have edited anything.
- Privacy
- Capture, editing and export all run on your Mac. Projects are ordinary folders in a location you choose, and no recording is uploaded anywhere.
How to read this changelog
This is the app changelog for ReScreen: every release, dated, newest first, so the most recent software updates are at the top, with what the application does after each one rather than what we hoped it would do. If you maintain software yourself, the entries double as an example of release notes written for users rather than for the team. How to write release notes, with examples and a template explains the structure, and how to record a software demo shows how to put a recording of the change next to the note.
What each entry on this page tells you
Every release has a version, a date, a one-line headline and a list of changes grouped by the part of the app they touch: recording, camera and audio, Smart Zoom, the editor, canvas, cursor and export. If you are deciding whether to update, read the headline and the areas you use. If you are deciding whether to buy, the dates show how often the application is maintained, and the download page always offers the newest build.
Record the next one properly
Install it, hit ⌥⌘R, and watch a take that would normally cost you an evening in a timeline come out finished.
macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon and Intel