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Canvid Changelog

Stay up-to-date with the latest features, improvements and bug fixes

2.0.1

July 28, 2025

This update primarily focuses on fixes made since the 2.0.0 update.

Features

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where export speed was slower than intended
  • Fixed an issue where audio retakes would be louder than the original project audio
  • Fixed an issue where the camera could disappear when turning off Camera AI Background
  • Fixed an issue where the Generate transcript button could block the transcript

Improvements

2.0.0

July 21, 2025

Canvid 2.0 is finally here! Packed with highly requested roadmap features and brand new AI tools to speed up your workflow, including AI Audio Retakes (BETA) and Synthetic Webcam Generation (BETA). As these features are still in beta, we’ve documented a few known issues you can check out here.

Features

  • AI Audio Replacements – Made a mistake during your recording? Highlight the transcript, record or generate new audio, and Canvid will sync it with your webcam automatically.
  • Synthetic Webcam Generation – Forgot to record your webcam or just not camera ready? Create a synthetic webcam using footage from another project and AI will sync it to match.
  • Show Hotkeys – Let viewers see which hotkey combinations you pressed during your recording.
  • Click Effects – Add a ripple click animation to make your clicks more noticeable, no zoom needed.
  • Copy Transcript – Copy your transcript as plain text or as an SRT file to use wherever you like.
  • Audio Waveform Preview – See the audio waveform directly on the timeline for easier editing, navigation, and alignment.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where an error would occur upon selection of words from the transcript
  • Fixed an issue where logging out wouldn't completely clear the logged in state

Improvements

1.9.8

July 9, 2025

The final release before 2.0! A lot of this release is finalizing preparations for the upcoming 2.0 but still includes some nice new improvements, fixes and features.

Features

  • Local and Cloud Recordings – Added a new option in the File menu to quickly access both your local and cloud recordings.
  • Disable Notifications While Recording – Prevent interruptions by muting system notifications while recording.
  • Hover Scrubber on Timeline – A new ghost scrubber appears when hovering over the timeline, showing where the play-head will move if you click.

Fixes

  • Improved Cloud Upload Failures – Better handling of cases where uploading to the cloud or creating a share link fails.
  • Window Capture on Mac – Fixed a bug where Window Capture could fail with certain applications on macOS.
  • Zoom Calculation on Cropped Recordings – Resolved an issue where automatic zooms were not calculated correctly after cropping a screen recording.
  • Transcript Repetition Bug – Fixed a problem where transcripts could be missing words and include repeated phrases.
  • Zoom Disable Action – Corrected an issue where the disable zoom action did not always work as expected.

Improvements

  • Log Generation Flow – When generating logs, a modal now appears to confirm the process is running and blocks other actions. Once complete, you can open the folder containing the generated logs.
  • Export Resolution Info – If you select an export resolution higher than the original recording, an inline message now explains that you may see minimal benefit and a larger file size.
  • Smaller Install Size – Cleaned up the installer by removing unnecessary files to reduce overall size.

1.9.7

June 2, 2025

Features

  • Easily access your most recent projects from the file menu

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where recording would fail if we couldn't detect and active GPU
  • Fixed an issue where we would show an "Open Folder" button after using Quick Share
  • Fixed an issue which would show that GIF's have been uploaded to Cloud
  • Fixed a rare issue where Prepare Background AI could prevent a recording from starting
  • Fixed an issue where display and screen capture could be black on some NVIDIA-based laptops
  • Fixed an issue where some projects created on Mac wouldn't playback on Windows
  • Fixed an issue where using quick share would cause "Create Share Link" to turn on when doing a normal export
  • Fixed an issue where quick share wouldn't show the correct progress

Improvements

  • The app will now ask if you want to save on close after recording a new project
  • Improved cursor scaling relative to the original screen recording

1.9.6

May 20, 2025

Features

  • Introduces a new free trial option which gives you the ability to use quick share to export 3 times when creating an account

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where you can't open projects by double clicking the project file on Mac
  • Fixed a scenario where exports would use the incorrect project title
  • Fixed an issue where the preview would be blurry on 4K displays at 200% DPI

Improvements

  • Improved the wallpaper selection options and set updated the default background new projects when not using presets

1.9.3

May 12, 2025

Since the release of 1.9.2, we've been focusing on making the app as stable as possible while introducing small quality of life improvements as we gear up towards Canvid 2.0. Whilst a lot of these fixes have been pushed live without the need of an app update, I've included them in the patch notes for 1.9.3 so that it's easier to see what's changed.

We have a lot of features and improvements we want to add that have been voted for heavily through our roadmap which we'll also be addressing over the next while.

Features

  • Enabled pre-generation for Camera AI Background on Mac

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the cursor would stop moving if the Windows UAC prompt showed during recording
  • Fixed an issue where the timeline was zoomed in and couldn't be zoomed out
  • Fixed an issue where the overall project duration was showing 00:00 beneath the preview
  • Fixed an issue where Camera AI Background couldn't be regenerated
  • Fixed an issue where Camera AI Background wasn't updated after being regenerated
  • Fixed an issue where Camera AI Background mask generation could be out of sync
  • Fixed an issue where padding wasn't updated properly when using auto aspect ratio
  • Fixed an issue where the editor could have performance issues on 4K displays with 100% DPI
  • Fixed an issue where Japanese characters weren't being displayed correctly
  • Fixed an issue where system sound couldn't be enabled on Mac in some scenarios
  • Fixed an issue where opening older projects would show a prompt to save unsaved changes without changes being made
  • Fixed an issue where specific microphones would only record and playback through a single channel (Force to mono for microphone)
  • Fixed an issue where projects recording on Mac would have issues playing back on Windows
  • Fixed an issue where the temporary project directory would be eagerly cleaned in some scenarios
  • Fixed an issue where pausing often during a recording could prevent the recording from completing
  • Fixed an issue where the scrubber on the timeline could stop before the end of the timeline

Improvements

  • Improved the smoothness of zooms in some scenarios
  • The quality of the preview player in the editor has been improved for certain display DPI's
  • Updated and improved the cut from transcript selection adjustment dialog
  • Newly recorded projects will now use the display or window title as the default name
  • Using "Save Project As" will now use the projects name
  • Added button to view the project in the file browser after saving a project

1.9.2

April 15, 2025

Features

  • Resize windows before you start recording for the ultimate consistency
  • Use Ctrl + Shfit + C in the editor to take a screenshot of the preview to the clipboard

Fixes

  • Auto aspect ratio now maintains even padding around the entire video
  • Improved the initial preview quality/resolution to match the size of the preview
  • Improved robustness of the crop dialog and also fixed various bugs

Improvements

  • Fixed an issue where Camera AI Background couldn't be enabled
  • Fixed an issue where gradients were showing as solid colors
  • Fixed an issue where mouse position could be wrong when using display capture with different DPI's
  • Fixed an issue where recording could fail due to unexpected display values

1.9.1

March 31, 2025

Features

Fixes

  • Fixed a critical issue where the webcam could become stretched and distorted

Improvements

  • Simplified and improved the Quick Share settings UI
  • Reduced project size by adjusting unnecessarily large webcam bitrate

1.9.0

March 27, 2025

Features

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the mouse/cursor could be delayed when using window capture
  • Fixed an issue where mouse events weren't tracking properly if your machine went to sleep before you started recording
  • Fixed an issue where the "Open Folder" button after exporting wouldn't open the folder when using custom titles/file names
  • Fixed an issue where you couldn't close the app if you discarded changes when choosing new project from an existing project
  • Fixed an issue where changing gradient presets didn't update the color values
  • Fixed an issue where all camera settings wouldn't show if removal was active before turning off Camera AI Background
  • Fixed an issue where you couldn't add zooms at the start of the timeline
  • Fixed an issue where the timeline scrubber would seek to the start when cutting a clip

Improvements

  • Refactored recording process to make it more robust and fix microphone and webcam sync issues that could occur
  • The crop dialog will now select the handle when resizing to allow fine tuning using the keyboard
  • Quick Share will now clean up the locally created file and is for cloud uploads only
  • Right-to-left (RTL) languages should now show correctly when using captions

1.8.1

March 7, 2025

Features

Fixes

  • Fixed a critical issue where you couldn't record a new project if you had launched the app from an existing project file

Improvements