KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot v0.3.7

BetterShot v0.3.7

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What's New

Added

• Screen recording: Record your screen as MP4 video with ScreenCaptureKit. Includes a floating status bar with timer, pause/resume, stop, and discard controls. Access via the new "Record" button in the menu bar or ⌘⇧2
• Restart recording: New restart button in the recording status bar — cancels the current recording and immediately starts a new one
• Recording pill redesign: Minimal icon-only controls (pause, stop, restart, discard) with solid dark background, proper SwiftUI observation for live timer updates, and auto-sized panel
• Video editor with effects: Full video editor with padding, corner radius, shadow, and background picker (solid colors, gradients, macOS wallpapers, custom images) — matching the image editor's inspector sidebar. Trim timeline with thumbnail strip, transport controls, and export with effects baked in
• Recording settings tab: Dedicated settings panel for recording preferences — FPS (24/30/60), show cursor, capture audio, and open editor after recording toggles
• Record Screen keyboard shortcut (⌘⇧2): Configurable global hotkey for screen recording, shown in Capture settings alongside screenshot shortcuts
• Separate History and Videos tabs: Screenshots and recordings are now in separate tabs in Settings. History shows only screenshots, Videos shows only recordings — each with their own clear button and appropriate actions
• Preview panel for recordings: After stopping a recording, the floating preview overlay appears (same as screenshots). Click it to open the video editor
• Drag-to-app from preview: Dragging from the floating preview card now provides the actual file URL, enabling drop into apps like Figma, Slack, and Finder
• App appearance setting: Choose between System, Light, and Dark mode in Settings > General > Appearance
• Recent menu with sub-menus: Single "Recent" button in the menu bar with nested "Screenshots" and "Recordings" sub-menus
• Image crop: Crop screenshots in the editor with draggable corner and edge handles, dark mask overlay, and rule-of-thirds grid
• Video crop: Crop recordings in the video editor with the same overlay UX, baked into the exported MP4
• MP4 recording and export: Screen recording now records directly as MP4 instead of MOV
• Changelog page: Dedicated /changelog page on the landing site, auto-generated from CHANGELOG.md

Fixed

• Race condition: BundledBackgrounds.ImageCache: Added NSLock to the image cache dictionary — concurrent access from multiple threads could crash
• Race condition: ShortcutService.cachedShortcuts: Protected the static shortcut cache with NSLock
• Race condition: RecordingSession.appendVideoSample: Moved writer.startSession outside the lock to avoid calling AVAssetWriter while holding the lock
• Race condition: ScreenRecordingManager stop/cancel: Added .stopping state guard so concurrent stop calls can't both proceed
• Memory leak: RecordingStatusBarController: Panel was never set to nil on dismiss
• Memory leak: PreviewOverlay: Panel was never released on dismiss
• Memory leak: VideoEditorModel.generateThumbnails: Changed to [weak self] to prevent retaining the model after window close
• Recording timer stuck at 00:00: Fixed SwiftUI observation by using @State instead of let for ScreenRecordingManager.shared
• Recording pill invisible/clipped: Panel now uses hostingView.fittingSize for exact sizing
• Recording saved to wrong location: Raw video now stays in the user's save directory after stopping
• Filename collision on rapid capture: Appends a UUID suffix when a file with the same timestamp already exists
• Orphaned files on delete: deleteRecord now cleans up beautified files and base images
• Windows open on wrong screen: All windows now open on the same screen where the menu bar icon was clicked
• Recording pill visible in recordings: Fixed by setting sharingType = .none on the panel
• Export deletes files from save directory: Exported file now stays in the save directory
• Annotation export positioning: Annotations now render at the correct position in exported images
• Annotations mispositioned with crop: Annotations are now remapped to cropped-image coordinate space
• Duplicate file on Desktop: Raw source image now stored internally in Application Support
• Video export missing background: Fixed by setting instruction background to clear
• Video editor not loading default effects: Now loads defaults from AppPreferences.defaultBeautifierConfig
• Video trim handles: Fixed coordinate space bug with drag gestures
• Recording dimensions in history: Videos tab now shows correct pixel dimensions

Removed

• Auto-export with effects on recording stop: Recordings are saved as raw video immediately; effects only applied on explicit export

Changed

• Recording pill UI: Icon-only buttons, solid dark background, forced dark color scheme, hover-only highlights
• Version bumped to 0.3.7 (build 10)

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