# Release Notes

# 2023

New Features:

Rename project by clicking on title: previously, the only way to rename a project was from the project browser. Now, you can double click on the title of any project within the editor to rename it. (Reminder: after you've renamed it, you can also set the project thumbnail by right clicking on any frame in the preview and select "Set Project Image")
Tooltips: hover over any tool to see a tooltip with the name of the tool and the shortcut used to activate it. We will be adding more descriptive tooltips throughout the app.

Fixes & Improvements:

Improved a/v sync: new updates to the media pipeline ensure the a/v sync stays locked and does not drift apart as much over time. These updates may result in audio dropouts after initially starting playback, but will resume normally after a couple of seconds. We are continuing to work on improvements in this area.
Improved thumbnail & waveform generation: improvements to the generation of thumbnails should make sure they are available sooner after processing, and load more quickly in the timeline.
Improved undo/redo support: increased support for undo/redo operations across the application.
Fixed timeline lock/unlock button in timeline picker: click on the lock button on the right side of a timeline in the timeline picker to lock and unlock the timeline.

Introducing: Timeline Packages — an escape hatch that allows you generate and download your sequence timeline & assets to open in DaVinci Resolve (or any other app that supports OTIO)
Improvement: continued efforts in porting all of our media engine to GPU acceleration
Improvement: Navigation & auto-scrolling in the timeline
Improvement: Email notifications for comment activity
New: a fancy way to preview library items in list view by hovering over them

New Features:
- When snapping is enabled in the timeline, the skimmer will now snap to clip edges as you hover near them, making it easier to line up edits with the blade tool or trim to a specific frame.
- In addition to snapping to edit points, you can also navigate the playhead to next and previous edit points by using the up and down arrow keys when in the timeline.
Improvements:
- A major refactor of the technology that syncs the preview stream with the project state has been completed, resulting in much more reliable previews without needing to refresh the project.

New Features:
- Use ranges to pre-trim library clips you're previewing before adding them to the timeline.
- OH YEAH oopsie daisy we totally never made relase notes about commenting but there's a lot of cool stuff to unpack there that you should check out.
- You can delete media from your library now! great for cleaning up you library, or removing clips that are not currently supported thanks to our new "unsupported file type" feature.
- In timeline management, you can now lock timelines to prevent accidental changes, as well as duplicate timelines to work on a new copy of something you don't want to mess up.
Improvements:
- General speed and stability improvements in the timeline
- Improvements to make project/preview desyncs less frequent
- Better responsiveness for the preview stream to pick back up when coming back to the tab after leaving open in the background
- Increased cloud CPU specs to make playback snappier
- Improved speed that the library database updates when organizing assets and folders in the library

That's all for now, ttyl :)

Improvements:
- Added drag handles to commenting bubbles to be able ot adjust the timing of the comment when in comment ediing mode.
- Bug fixes & cleanup for commenting.
- Bug fixes for undo/redo.
New features:
- Unsupported file type format added to show in the UI when an uploaded cilp cannot be used by Sequence at this time.