The editor now gives you much finer control over the canvas and timeline. You can zoom and pan the preview and timeline, resize text and captions right on the canvas, and edit or delete a selected element without leaving it. This release also adds an animated Stickers library, lets you remove any solid background color instead of only green, and keeps bulk downloads running while you work elsewhere. It also fixes Brand Template captions, bulk scheduling and project-creation failures.
Pan and Zoom the Preview and Timeline
- A new zoom control in the preview lets you zoom in, zoom out, return to Fit, or lock the view.
- Hold Ctrl/⌘ while scrolling to zoom around the pointer, so the part you're working on stays in focus. Scroll or drag to pan across a zoomed preview. The editor grid moves with the canvas.
- Locking the canvas turns off both gesture and button zoom until you unlock it.
- Zoom the timeline from 1× to 30× with Ctrl/⌘ + scroll or a trackpad pinch, centered on your pointer. The ruler adjusts its detail as you zoom.
- A horizontal scrollbar makes long, zoomed timelines easier to move through with a mouse, and Reset returns to a fitted view.
Resize and Position Text and Captions
- Text and caption boxes can now be resized directly on the canvas. Text wraps to the width you choose and the box height adjusts to fit.
- Arrow keys move the selected element by 1 pixel; Shift + Arrow moves it by 10 pixels.
- Focus a resize or crop handle and use Ctrl/⌘ + Arrow for precise keyboard adjustments. Add Shift for larger steps.
- Holding a movement or resize key creates one undo step instead of one for every repeated keypress.
Edit Directly from the Canvas
- Selecting an element now shows Edit and Delete controls on the canvas.
- Edit opens the right settings panel for that element, including Brand Kit asset settings.
- Delete works the same way as the timeline controls. In Brand Templates, removing an intro, outro, background, or logo also restores the surrounding layout correctly.
Animated Stickers
The new Stickers panel is available in the desktop and mobile editor on paid plans.
- Browse or search a library of 411 animated emoji stickers and add one at the playhead.
- Adjust each sticker's looping, playback speed, and opacity.
- Add entrance and exit animations. They stay aligned when you trim the sticker.
- Selecting a sticker on the timeline opens its settings and moves the playhead there, like other timeline elements.
Remove Any Solid Background Color
Background removal is no longer limited to green screens.
- Choose the color to remove with a swatch, a hex value, or an eyedropper that samples the current video or image frame.
- Blue screens and other colored backdrops now work, as well as green.
- White, gray, and black backgrounds are matched by brightness for a cleaner result.
- Existing projects keep their green-screen settings unless you choose another color.
Downloads That Continue While You Work
Bulk downloads now keep running after you close the download dialog or go to another page in Reap. A floating progress card follows you around the app. Drag it out of the way or minimize it to a compact progress ring, and click it to return to the project being downloaded.
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Improvements
- Timeline height is now kept only for the current editing session. Opening another project starts with a height that fits its rows, instead of carrying over a layout from a previous clip.
- The Create Project menu now lists every available project tool on desktop and mobile.
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Fixes
- The Brand Template editor no longer crashes when the preview appears before a custom template font has loaded.
- Applying a Brand Template made for a different orientation no longer pushes the caption box outside the frame. Captions stay visible and keep the template's rotation and scale.
- The default bulk-scheduling start time is now set when you open the dialog.
- When scheduling is rejected, you now see the specific reason instead of a generic error.