Fixes and improvements
Fixed a bug that would cause a dragged in image to be pixelated and compressed for some users. With this release you can enjoy zooming again!
Releases
New features, improvements, and fixes in Rotato for Mac.
Fixes and improvements
Fixes and improvements
6 new multi-device scenes
- You now have 6 new scenes that contain a phone and a laptop in various configurations
- New bundle: The Laptop and Phone Bunde with 12 ready-to-render animations, now available on www.rotato.xyz/bundles
Fixes
- Fixed a bug where keyframes would not discover that the camera was moved if you used a specific keyboard shortcut
- Fixed a bug where users with a specific GPU would see a flicker on the XDR and MBP16 displays
Fixes and improvements
Templates improvements, and a small bug fix
Fixes and improvements
Templates!
- You can now save any Rotato document as a template. This is great when you're doing many similar movies.
- Template Library: Rotato keeps the templates you open in its library. You can view the library in the welcome screen (Big Sur), and in the File Menu
- Template bundles can now be installed in one click (re-download if you already bought a pack)
- See more here: https://www.rotato.xyz/learn/templates
Improvements
- Slightly cooler animation when you resize the welcome window while viewing the scene selector
Fixes
- Fixed a bug that would crash Rotato if you opened a file with an audio file, and that audio file has since ben moved, and you then clicked cancel in the dialog that asked where it was
Fixes and improvements
- You can now choose rendering mode in the render dialog (movie, png seq., lottie)
Improvements
- Rotato now opens a welcome screen on launch that lets you choose recent projects and quickly choose a scene for new projects
- Advanced settings in the render dialog are now visible by default
Fixes
- In the web templates bundle, the .rotato project for "Elegant Lightness" was mistankenly switched with "Cinematic Darkness" in a recent update. Re-download from your confirmation email to get the right file.
- In some cases, Rotato was a little too good at remembering your last rendering settings, even when you asked for different ones in the Share menu
Fixes and improvements
Lots of goodies for keyboard lovers
- Added keyboard navigation to the top menu. This means you can easily see what the keyboard shortcuts are — and also make your own shortcuts in System Preferences > Keyboard
- You can now also rotate the camera's z angle with the keyboard
- You can now use the keys 1-9 to go quickly to preset positions
Improvements
- Space now starts and stops your current animation
- To grab the scene, press and hold G while you move your mouse
- You no longer have to click the canvas area to use the arrow keys to move the camera
- You can now make a keyframe from anywhere with the K button
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where some users couldn't deactive their license and use it on their new computer
- Fixed an issue where a few users would see the red tag after activating a license
- Fixed an issue where Rotato would tell you that a license was disabled when using Rotato under a specific networking condition
Fixes and improvements
Same changes as Rotato 116, released the same day.
Fixes and improvements
- Rotato now asks you to move to the Applications folder for better performance.
Fixes
- Fixed a bug with artboard explosions on the XDR monitor and the Macbook 16 models
- Adjusted licensing UI and fixed minor issues
- Fixed a bug that would crash Rotato after entering a license for a small set of users
- Fixed a bug where dragged-in videos would stutter when rendering large videos
Fixes and improvements
- You can now use your own reflection environments. See the tutorial for more.
Fixes
- Fixed a problem where Rotato would forget an entered license for some users
Fixes and improvements
- Export videos optimized for Youtube, Vimeo and other social media
- Export higher quality and smaller files with the HEVC format (H265)
- Export videos with transparent background
- Open or reveal rendered movies right from the rendering completed dialog
- Compatibility: Import 50+ image formats and 93+ audio/video formats
- Imported images are now embedded in saved Rotato files
- Big Sur design language: New toolbar. and new app icon
- You can now search for a scene or device
- Universal binary: Optimized for M1 and future Apple Silicon machines
- You can now import from the toolbar, in addition to dragging
Improvements
- Rendering speed increased 10-15 times (on both M1 and Intel)
- That’s right, you just read that: ten to fifteen times faster rendering
- Colored backgrounds in renders now match the preview
- Memory-optimization so you use other apps while rendering
- You can now render movies of any length, at the new high speed
- Better motion blur
- Improved UI flow in the Device Recorder
- Switching to Clay mode now also removes screen reflections
- To export a PNG sequence or Lottie animation, use the toolbar Export button
Fixes
- Fixed a bug where selecting two keyframes would duplicate one onto another
- Fixed a bug in Big Sur where certain letters in a label would not appear on the scene
- Fixed a bug that would not sometimes release memory when canceling a rendering
- Fixed a bug where dragging in a landscape image would crash Rotato on Apple M1
- Fixed a bug where the XDR monitor’s screen would be glitchy for some users using Intel GPUs
- Fixed a bug where opening a Rotato file would sometimes also open a blank document
- Fixed a bug where the iPad device would not rotate when dragging in a landscape image
Fixes and improvements
Getting device size information
- You can now click the small 'i' info icon next to the scene name and see the screen sizes for all devices in the scene
- The popup also contains a copy button that will copy the screen resolution to your clipboard
- The popup also contains an image button that will open a screen template image you can use in Sketch, Figma, XD, etc.
Controlling laptop lid opening
- You can now change laptop lid opening without creating a keyframe
- Changing laptop lid opening is now a simple slider
Other
- You can now export movies and images in super wide screen cinema format
Fixes
- Fixed a bug that would crash Rotato when Rotato couldn't find the video upon opening a saved file, and clicking Cancel in the prompt to point out its new location
- Fixed a bug that would crash Rotato if a dragged in screen recording has a duration of 0
Fixes and improvements
Fixes
- Fixed a bug that would crash Rotato upon opening an auto-saved document from an earlier version