Releases

New features, improvements, and fixes in Rotato for Mac.

  1. Download Rotato 138

    Fixes and improvements

    • iPhone 14 Pro is here, go play on the dynamic island
    Improvements
    • Rotato now remembers shadow intensity across shadow styles
    • The toolbar got a makeover with a logical grouping of the actions
    • Rotato now remembers which sidebar tab you used last
    • Collapsing and expanding the sidebar is now smoothly animated, and it smartly adapts to the available space on the screen
    • Improved overall stability througout the app
    • The Rotato.app bundle and templates are now slightly smaller, you may experience this as "wow, that mockup downloaded fast" or no reaction at all, which is the whole point.
    • The default placeholders are now consistent across all mockups
    Fixes
    • Fixed a bug where email activation wouldn't activate Rotato in some cases
  2. Download Rotato 137

    Fixes and improvements

    It's the saving-and-opening release! If you don't use templates, you can skip this version. If you do, you'll like it!

    Improvements
    • macOS standardized documents saving. Rotato will no longer go and save edits on its own, but wait until you're ready and click save, as is standard on macOS.
    • Templates in the Splash screen now look a lot nicer in dark mode.
    • Templates in the Splash screen now all have a fixed height and it looks so much nicer.
  3. Download Rotato 136

    Fixes and improvements

    • You can now export JPG image sequences in addition to PNG image sequences. Use the dropdown in the Render dialog. This is good news if you're exporting sequences for use on the web.
    • You can now adjust the compression factor when exporting a JPG image sequence
    Improvements
    • PNG Sequence is now called Image Sequence
    • Image sequence rendering now counts its frames from 0 instead of 1
    • Image sequence rendering now pads its counter to 4 digits, e.g. 0001
    • Image sequence rendering now defaults to extra high quality
    • Image sequence rendering now outputs web-friendly filenames without spaces and upper-case characters
    Fixes
    • Performance improvements and bug fixes
  4. Download Rotato 135

    Fixes and improvements

    Bug fixes and other small improvements.

    Fixes
    • Fixed a bug where shadow intensity would not be saved correctly on specific mockups
    • Fixed a bug where the help link in the Export area would not open anything
    • Fixed a few rare crashes in the timeline area
  5. Download Rotato 134

    Fixes and improvements

    • Added support for macOS Ventura (13.0 beta)
    • Tested with the most recent beta version in July 2022. Apple may still change Ventura leading up to the official release in Fall, so if you experience any weirdness while on the macOS beta, let us know and we'll try and get fixes in ASAP.
    Improvements
    • Significantly improved rendering quality when rendering an image with transparent background
    • App Store folks, When you render an image without transparent background, Rotato now removes all alpha information from the image so App Store Connect will accept it every time.
    • Reduced PNG filesize for image renders without transparency by 15-20%
  6. Download Rotato 133

    Fixes and improvements

    This release also includes the changes from 132, which moves Rotato to macOS 10.15 and newer. If you're on 10.14 and want to continue using Rotato, grab version 131 below, or simply skip this update.

    • Rotato now requires macOS 10.15 or newer. This means performance improvements.
    Improvements
    • The splash screen now supports dark mode in all views
    • Exporting to HEVC, HEVC With Alpha and ProRes now default to .mov containers
    Fixes
    • Fixed a bug where a small set of users upgrading from 131 would not be able to import in some cases
    • Fixed a bug where clicking a keyframe could crash if using an image with certain models, including iPhone 13 Pro Max
    • Fixed a bug where the Rotato tag would appear on multi-device mockups for some users whose licenses expired after their introduction
    • Fixed a bug where scrolling the splash screen would crash for some users on Big Sur
    • Fixed a bug where the splash screen would have an empty scene right in the middle of everything
  7. Download Rotato 131

    Fixes and improvements

    Transparent videos and Samsung S9 improvements.

    Fixes
    • Improved workaround for a known macOS 12.3 bug that can cause M1 Pro/Max hardware video acceleration to stall while rendering HEVC with Alpha Transparency
    • Fixed a bug that would shrink the screen contents on the Samsung S9 mockup in some cases.
    • Misc bug fixes and optimizations
  8. Download Rotato 130

    Fixes and improvements

    A new maintenance release is here, especially for those on M1 Max and Pro Macs. Bug fixes and performance!

    Improvements
    • Improved contrasts in macOS Light Appearance in splash, timeline and inspector input fields
    Fixes
    • Added workaround for a bug recently discovered in macOS 12.3+ where M1 Max and M1 Pro users would not be able to export movies with transparent background using HEVC With Alpha
    • Fixed a bug where the two new M1 Macbook Mockups would not load for some users
    • Fixed a bug in "Toss-Up" where Rotato would rotate individual phone mockups, causing them to overlap
    • Fixed bug where clicking a keyframe would reset a previously set artboard explosion levitation
    • Fixed bug where a PNG sequence would not be saved in the right folder for some users
  9. Download Rotato 129

    Fixes and improvements

    • New scene: Apple Macbook Air M1
    Fixes
    • Fixed a bug where the Rotato tag would appear for some users with valid licenses, on some of the latest scenes
  10. Download Rotato 128

    Fixes and improvements

    • Screenshots now automatically resize to fit the display you drag them to. If you drag in a long screenshot, you'll see a "Scrolling" slider in the right hand side bar. This is similar to scrolling on a real device. And you can animate it.
    • New scene: Infinity pool screen
    • New scene: Generic phone with thin bezel
    • New scene: iPhone 13 Mini
    • New scene: iPhone Pro Max without the notch
    • New scene: iPhone Pro no notch and no bezel
    • New scene: Generic tablet
    • New scene: Infinity tablet
    • New scene: iPad Mini 6
    • New scene: Apple Watch Series 7 45mm
    • New scene: Galaxy Note20 Ultra
    • New scene: OnePlus 9 Pro
    Improvements
    • Launching Rotato is now up to 4 times faster, under 1 second on modern Macs
    • Improved general performance and stability
    Fixes
    • Fixed a bug where dragged in screen videos could skip frames if very large
    • Fixed a bug where the mockup would be ever so slightly transparent for some users when exporting a snapshot with transparent background
    • Fixed a bug where screen recordings recorded on an iOS device in landscape mode would not be rotated appropriately when dragged into a landscape-capable mockup in Rotato