ronak-create/FableCut v1.14.0

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Added

• Compositions (nested sequences). project.comps holds timelines of their
  own (size, length, tracks, clips); a comp clip places one, drawn like a
  picture of the comp's size so transform, masks, mattes, blend and grade apply
  to it as a whole, while the video and audio inside play and export as if on
  the timeline. Comps nest 4 deep. In the editor: comps in the bin's Project
  tab (drag to place, double-click to open), an open comp takes over the
  timeline with a breadcrumb and Esc to go back, Precompose in the clip
  menu, New composition in the Project tab menu, and a Composition section
  in the Inspector.
• Agents: addComp, updateComp, removeComp, precompose and inComp
  patch ops; comps are validated and listed in the compact view.
• Animation presets. 33 named animations (In, Out, At playhead, Loop) that
  key a clip relative to where it sits and how big it is: scale and opacity
  multiply, the rest add. Apply them from the Inspector's Motion section, and
  save a clip's own keyframes as a preset in library/presets/.
• Templates. Lower thirds (Bar, Underline, Boxes), logo animations (Ring
  reveal, Slam, Lines) and social layouts (9:16 story, 1:1 quote, 16:9 end
  card) in the bin's new Templates tab. Each placement is its own comp whose
  text, colour and logo fields are edited in the Inspector; changing its length
  keeps the exit at the end. Right-click a comp → Save as template keeps your
  own in library/templates/. A placeholder logo ships in
  library/elements/.
• Agents: applyPreset, addTemplate, setTemplate, savePreset and
  saveTemplate patch ops; GET/POST /api/presets and /api/templates;
  the compact view shows a placed template's fields.
• Hovering a comp clip on the timeline shows "Double-click to open" (and a
  tooltip naming the comp or template).
• Motion paths. Position keys (x and y keyed together) take bezier
  handles (pin / pout on the keys), so a clip travels along a curve, paced
  along the curve by its eases. The path shows on the monitor with a dot per
  frame; drag keys and handles to shape it. Smooth / Straight in the
  Inspector's Motion section, and Auto-orient turns the clip along the path.
• Motion blur. motionBlur (shutter angle) and motionBlurSamples average
  sub-frame samples of a moving clip, in preview and export alike; playback
  uses as many samples as the frame time allows.
• Text on a path. A title's textPath (a line, arc, circle, wave, any
  shape outline or a pen path) carries the text, each letter turned with it;
  further lines run on parallel curves below. pathOffset (keyframable)
  slides it along, and every text animation plays along the path.
• Agents: setMotionPath and setTextPath patch ops; the new props are
  validated and shown in the compact view.
• Shape layers. A new clip kind, shape, draws vector items in
  props.shapes: rectangles (with rounded corners), ellipses, polygons, stars,
  lines and bezier paths (open or closed), nested in groups. Each has a fill and
  a stroke (width, caps, joins, dashes) and trim paths (trimStart, trimEnd,
  trimOffset) for draw-ons; the layer's own trim props trim every path at once.
  Every item value keys on its own, colours and path outlines included. In the
  editor: a Shapes tab in the bin (or the Pen) and a Shape layer section, with items moved,
  turned, resized and point-edited on the monitor.
• Null objects and parenting. kind: "null" is an invisible clip that
  carries a transform. Any visual clip can take a parent and then moves,
  turns and scales with it, through chains of parents. Choosing a parent keeps
  the clip where it is; right-click → Parent to a new null groups clips.
• Anchor point. anchorX / anchorY on every visual clip set the point
  position places and rotation and scale turn around. ✥ Move drags it on
  the monitor while the picture stays put.
• Agents: setShape, removeShape and setParent patch ops; props.shapes
  and parent are validated on addClip / updateClip; the compact view
  lists shapes and parents. A motion-graphics skill covers the recipes.

Changed

• The Keyboard shortcuts dialog is grouped into sections (Playback, Editing,
  IN / OUT and markers, Bin and compositions, Masks, …) and has a filter box.

Fixed

• Exports of clips with slow-motion speed ramps (or very busy frames: grades,
  masks, blur) no longer fail with "presented frame timeout". A seek that lands
  inside the source frame already on screen is accepted, and later tries wait
  longer before giving up.