Changelog
What we've shipped. Auraframe is under active development — new versions ship frequently.
Premium frontend, animated hero, editor overlay
2026-05-28
Complete visual polish pass — animated editor hero, ambient lighting system, scroll-aware nav, and premium coming-soon overlay for the studio.
- Animated editor hero on homepage — timeline blocks, AI chips, and render badge
- Scroll-aware floating nav with strong backdrop blur and solid background
- Premium coming-soon overlay for studio access with floating timeline chips
- Pricing launch-safe treatment — founding rate reveal badges
- New footer pages: changelog, docs, tutorials, blog, community
- Showcase wording updated to sample workflow examples
- Cloud/4K features marked with correct launch-safe status
AI timeline generation wired end-to-end
2026-05-27
AI timeline generation is fully functional locally. Post to the API with a prompt, get back a validated editable timeline. Style packs, section validation, and test coverage added.
- POST /render-jobs/generate-timeline endpoint using OpenAI gpt-4o-mini
- 5 style packs: viral, cinematic, clean, energetic, minimal
- isValidItem() validation — rejects malformed items before they reach the timeline
- Full test suite for generate-timeline route (15 tests, no real API calls)
- AI-generated items apply directly to VisualTimeline with track mapping
- Error handling with user-facing messages per failure type
Professional NLE timeline editor
2026-05-22
Full multi-track timeline editor with drag/trim, inspector panel, razor and compact tools, and undo/redo. Auraframe now has a production-grade editing surface.
- Select (V), Compact (S), Razor (C) tools with keyboard shortcuts
- Drag-to-move and trim handles on all editable clips
- InspectorPanel — per-clip speed, opacity, color grade, caption style controls
- Snap-to-grid and minimum-duration enforcement
- Undo/redo stack with MAX_HISTORY limit
- Per-track color coding: video (blue), captions (emerald), audio (orange)
Remotion render pipeline — VP8/Vorbis WebM
2026-05-15
Render engine now uses VP8/Vorbis WebM normalization for Remotion's Chromium. Fallback profiles handle HEVC, mono audio, no-audio, and variable framerate inputs.
- Primary vp8-standard and fallback vp8-compat normalization profiles
- ffprobe-based media probe before normalization
- Handles iPhone HEVC, mono audio, and no-audio video inputs
- Structured RenderStageError with stage, message, and asset path
- Pre-check validates normalized output before rendering
Source upload and render job pipeline
2026-05-08
End-to-end render pipeline — upload source video, build a timeline patch, submit a render job, poll for progress, and download the output.
- Hono API with source, b-roll, and SFX upload endpoints
- In-memory job store with render progress polling
- Asset registry with clientAssetId ↔ renderAssetId mapping
- Timeline patch schema with additions, modifications, and section controls
- 720p preview and full-resolution export paths