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3.0.2

2026-08-22
New
  • The keypose, Constants, curve, and modulation editors now have a pin button beside Close (or press K). Pinned, the default, an editor stays open until you close it. Unpinned, a click anywhere outside it closes it. The choice is remembered
Improved
  • The editors and the layers panel now have a denser backing across the whole panel, header included, so their controls stay readable over bright footage
  • An open keypose editor now lets you briefly scrub elsewhere before returning to its keypose, without snapping the playhead back during playback
  • The Advanced timeline now previews what a modifier click will do: hold Cmd over a gap for the copy cursor to insert a keypose there, or Option over a keypose for the not-allowed cursor to delete it
  • Layer and category headers on the Advanced timeline now collapse only from a click on their name or chevron, so a click on the header's empty space no longer folds the group by accident
Fixed
  • Fixed the L key popping up the accent menu instead of typing while an editor panel was open, including in the Kai prompt
  • Fixed the keypose, Constants, curve, and modulation editors reopening away from where you left them
  • Fixed the keypose and Constants editors reopening at their natural height instead of the height you had resized them to
  • Fixed on-screen-control cursors being replaced by the arrow in editor previews
  • Fixed a lane with no keyposes drawing as an empty row on the Advanced timeline instead of showing its dashed grey placeholder line
  • Fixed the ring highlighting the keypose an open editor is editing staying visible over the ruler and labels after that keypose was scrolled or zoomed out of view

3.0.1

2026-08-06
Fixed
  • Fixed licence activation sometimes not being recognised by rendered or exported output

3.0.0

2026-08-05
New
  • Expressions: drive any property from a formula instead of a value or keyframes. Right-click a property label and choose Add Expression
  • Live preview: play or scrub the timeline with a keypose or Constants editor open and its preview follows the playhead, then snaps back to the frame you're editing
  • The keypose and Constants editors can now be moved and resized, and remember their position and size the next time you open them
  • Lock individual timeline gaps to a fixed duration: right-click a gap and choose Lock, and it keeps its timing when the clip is resized while unlocked gaps absorb the change
  • Trial and licensing - Canvas can now be tried before buying: unlicensed, everything works but rendered output carries a watermark
  • Activating is one time: click Trial in the inspector, paste the license key from your Payhip receipt, and the watermark is gone - no subscription, no re-activation
Improved
  • The timeline ruler is always available now, even before anything is animated, so you can scrub the playhead straight from the inspector (and preview it in an open editor) without leaving it
  • The keypose or interval you're editing now highlights in the timeline, and the Constants button lights up while its panel is open, so it's always clear what the editor is controlling
  • The keypose, Constants, and interval editors now open in one consistent spot beside the inspector instead of jumping around as you move between them, and each has a close button
  • The curve and modulation editors now lay out like the Keypose and Constants editors
  • Press Escape to close an open editor (keypose, Constants, or interval) instead of reaching for its close button, and a search box inside an editor now releases focus on Escape, Return, or a click away, so the Spacebar keeps controlling playback
Fixed
  • Fixed Final Cut crashing when Canvas was applied by double-clicking it in the Effects browser
  • Keyframeless plugins now group together under one Keyframeless category in Motion instead of each getting its own
  • Fixed an on-screen control in an editor's preview sometimes sticking to the cursor when a keypose editor was open over the Constants panel: the drag could stop responding partway through, and the undo that followed could crash Final Cut
  • Fixed the inspector using a whole CPU core while simply sitting open, which made the interface sluggish
  • Fixed the layers panel occasionally not appearing beside an editor the first time one was opened after launching Final Cut, where it took closing and reopening the editor to bring it back
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a keypose editor from the Constants panel
  • The inspector's option menus (on-screen controls, parameter order, and so on) now close when you click anywhere off them
  • Fixed hidden on-screen controls not reappearing when holding Option in Motion
  • Fixed the inspector preview occasionally rendering blurry with an oversized on-screen control
  • Fixed a crash when pressing Escape while renaming a layer in the layers list
  • Fixed renaming a layer: typing now registers reliably, Enter confirms, Escape cancels, and clicking away commits the new name
  • Fixed a keypose dot on the motion path occasionally missing from the inspector preview when the current frame sat between or past the keyposes
  • Fixed a potential rendering failure with dashed and draw-on strokes

2.0.1

2026-07-08
Fixed
  • Fixed the keypose editor's on-screen controls freezing after switching to another keypose
  • Fixed time lock not retiming the keypose graph after trimming or resizing a clip

2.0.0

2026-07-07
New
  • Rebuilt on the new Keyframeless timing engine - animate any property with keyposes across Basic and Advanced views, with no keyframes to manage
  • Centerline tracing
  • Movable toolbar
  • AI integration
  • Presets
  • Interactive guides, including the animated arrow guide
Improved
  • Much faster drawing, selection, and mini-canvas preview for large, complex paths
  • Proper 3D depth ordering when layers overlap
Fixed
  • Pinch-to-zoom now works even when the popover isn't focused
  • Backspace no longer deletes the layer instead of a character while renaming
  • Marker width now hides correctly when set to None
  • Anchors are now preferred over curve handles when both sit under the cursor
Changelog begins at 2.0.0.