Screentell Changelog

Follow the product improvements that make recording, editing, exporting, and day-to-day workflow smoother in Screentell.

August 22, 2026
ExportPerformanceOPFSReliabilityUX

OPFS Streaming for Large Exports & Celebration Feedback

Engineered a memory-efficient export pipeline using browser-native OPFS (Origin Private File System) chunk streaming to prevent crashes during long and 4K video exports. Plus, enjoy celebratory confetti and a streamlined download experience.

New

  • Added OPFS Chunk Streaming: large video and 4K 60FPS exports now stream directly to browser-native private storage, eliminating memory spikes and browser crashes.
  • Added celebratory confetti animations and an interactive Export Success modal with instant file details and one-click re-downloads.

Improved

  • Fixed camera stream stalling during video export when camera track is toggled mid-recording.
  • Added automatic seamless fallback to in-memory streaming sink on legacy browsers without OPFS writable support.
July 23, 2026
EditorScenesTimelineRipple EditUX

Scenes & Sections with Smart Timeline Controls

Divide your screen recording into professional slides or sections with custom backgrounds and text. Features adjustable durations with automatic ripple shifts across all tracks and overlap-free edit panels.

New

  • Added Scenes & Sections: split your timeline with custom slide dividers featuring background colors and text elements.
  • Added adjustable scene durations: changing a scene's duration automatically ripples/shifts all subsequent clips, stickers, and animations to preserve alignment.
  • Added smart timeline validation: attempts to place stickers, zoom actions, or camera keyframes inside a Scene time range are blocked with warning alerts.

Improved

  • Implemented mutually exclusive edit panel visibility to prevent QuickScenePanel and QuickEditPanel from overlapping.
  • Refined scene playhead tracking: selecting a scene seeks to its center, and edit panels are kept hidden during active playback to prevent visual distraction.
July 1, 2026
EditorStickersExportQualityAudio

Inline Text Editing, Content Masking, and Export Upgrades

Double-click any text or shape sticker to edit text inline, or use the new Mask sticker to blur or pixelate sensitive content. Plus, enjoy cleaner microphone recordings and boosted export quality.

New

  • Added inline text editing on the Canvas: double-click any text or shape sticker to edit text directly.
  • Added solid color background fill option for shape stickers with quick style toggle.
  • Added Mask stickers: easily blur or pixelate sensitive areas of your screen with custom shapes and intensity controls.

Improved

  • Enabled native microphone noise and echo suppression for cleaner voice recordings.
  • Boosted video export quality by doubling the bitrate preset targets (up to 20 Mbps for 1080p and 53 Mbps for 4K).
  • Reorganized and simplified the QuickEditPanel options for text and shape stickers.
May 13, 2026
EditorCropExport

Crop videos to an exact aspect ratio

Crop Screen now includes locked aspect-ratio presets, so exports can be prepared for standard formats like 16:9 before rendering.

New

  • Added Free, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, and 9:16 presets inside Crop Screen.
  • Choosing a preset creates a centered crop frame that keeps the selected ratio while you resize it.

Improved

  • Moved the aspect-ratio switcher into the bottom crop controls so it stays available without covering the video preview.
May 1, 2026
PerformanceReliability

Faster and more reliable app delivery

Screentell now uses a more static, globally distributed delivery path, improving reliability across the app, docs, and recording entry points.

Improved

  • Optimized static rendering for localized pages so key routes can be served faster through the Cloudflare-backed deployment.
  • Static pages, documentation, blog content, and recording entry points now benefit from a more globally distributed and stable serving path.
April 4, 2026
RecordingUX

Record your screen, your camera, or both

Recording setup is now more flexible, with clearer entry points for screen-only, camera-only, and picture-in-picture workflows.

New

  • You can now start a recording in three modes: Screen only, Camera only, or Screen + camera.
  • Camera-only recordings now open in the editor as a normal primary video, so they work with the same editing tools and export flow as screen recordings.

Improved

  • Recording setup is cleaner, with the main action shown directly inside the preview area instead of repeating the same prompt in multiple places.
  • Screen-only recordings can keep microphone audio on its own editable track in the timeline.
April 4, 2026
EditorTimelinePerformance

Longer edits are easier to work with

The editor now handles longer recordings with a more practical timeline view, clearer time formatting, and a lighter startup path.

Improved

  • Long recordings now open in a timeline view that prioritizes editability instead of squeezing everything into an unusably small scale.
  • Timeline time displays now use normal clock formatting, so longer recordings are easier to read at a glance.
  • Editor startup work has been reduced by deferring or trimming heavy background tasks like waveform generation and paused-state redraws.

Fixed

  • Timeline previews are more reliable for newly recorded and recovered videos, including longer WebM-based recordings.
April 2, 2026
RecordingReliability

Long recordings are more resilient

Screen recordings now hold up better over long sessions, and unfinished captures are more likely to be recovered after a browser crash or forced close.

Improved

  • Long recordings now save progressively during capture instead of depending only on one large in-memory result at the end.
  • If the browser closes unexpectedly, the recorder can now try to recover the unfinished capture the next time you return to the recording page.
  • Deleting a project now also cleans up its stored recording assets more reliably.
April 2, 2026
EditorPerformanceMotion

Faster timeline previews and more reliable 3D motion

The editor now opens recent recordings more reliably, builds timeline previews with a faster media pipeline, and keeps rounded corners consistent in 3D motion scenes.

Improved

  • Timeline thumbnails are now generated with a media-processing pipeline that is more reliable for newly recorded and recovered videos.
  • Recent recordings are normalized before opening in the editor, which improves seeking, preview quality, and timeline coverage.
  • 3D motion previews now preserve rounded corners more consistently instead of dropping them during perspective transforms.

Fixed

  • The editor can now continue opening more projects even when an optional camera layer asset is unavailable.
March 31, 2026
RecordingUX

Picture-in-picture recording controls

Keep your recording preview and stop control visible while you move between tabs and windows.

New

  • Supported browsers can now open a floating recording preview so you can keep the capture in view while working elsewhere.

Improved

  • Stopping a recording is easier because the preview and timer stay close to where you are already looking.
March 31, 2026
EditorOnboarding

Quick Tour for the editor

New users can learn the editing workspace faster, especially the Motion and Sticker tracks that usually take the most time to discover.

New

  • Added a guided Quick Tour that highlights the core editing areas without getting in the way of normal work.
  • The walkthrough gives extra attention to Motion and Sticker tracks so advanced edits feel easier to approach.
March 31, 2026
RecordingEditorUX

A smoother recording and editing workflow

The handoff between recording, previewing, and editing now feels clearer and more consistent across the product.

Improved

  • Recording setup and preview states are easier to understand before you commit to capture.
  • Editor controls have been reorganized so common actions are quicker to find and easier to learn.
March 22, 2026
EditorMotion

Better motion guidance for advanced edits

Advanced motion work is easier to understand with clearer guidance around 3D motion and track-based editing.

Improved

  • Motion controls and guidance now make camera-style movement easier to explore with more confidence.
February 22, 2026
EditorTemplates

Reusable editing templates

Save time by applying a prepared layout, camera, and motion setup instead of rebuilding the same edit style from scratch.

New

  • Added reusable templates for common editing setups and repeatable presentation styles.
  • Templates make it faster to start polished videos with a consistent visual structure.

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