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Kinomo for Mac
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Kinomo updates itself from inside the app. Stable versions reach everyone; to get each beta as soon as it ships, tick Settings › Updates › Receive beta versions.
Version 0.6.0-beta.7
Earlier betas
Beta0.6.0-beta.6 · Truca is now Kinomo
“Kino” for cinema, “mo” for motion. Only the name changes: the icon, the colours and everything the app does stay the same.
New
- The app is now called Kinomo. Download it from kinomo.app and install it in place of Truca. macOS treats it as a new app: it asks for its permissions again, and you sign in once more.
- Projects are now saved as .kino files, in the Documents › Kinomo folder. Projects made with Truca don’t open in Kinomo.
- AI agents connect to Kinomo under the name “kinomo”. Use “Connect an Agent” in Kinomo to set them up again. The remote connection is at kinomo.app/mcp.
- The website, the online console and the viewer for shared animations are now on kinomo.app. Old truca.app links take you to the same page on kinomo.app.
Beta0.6.0-beta.5 · Comments are back, and the top bar fits each view
A short corrective beta: you can comment on your scenes again, the top bar only shows the tools that make sense where you are, and export progress is easy to follow.
Improvements
- The top bar now adapts to each view. Assets no longer shows the format, the pointer / comment switch or playback. The Storyboard has no playback, and its format menu no longer offers “All formats”. In the Timeline, Play sits to the left of the pointer / comment switch.
- Keyboard shortcuts follow the same rule: Space, C and V do nothing in a view where their button isn’t shown.
- Playback started in the Timeline stops when you switch to another view.
- While an export runs, the export queue button shows a thick progress ring in the colour of the Export button. It covers the whole batch, and VoiceOver reads the percentage.
- Opening a scene by double-clicking it in the Storyboard is about twice as fast.
Fixes
- Clicking the preview in comment mode places a comment again, in the Timeline and in scenes. Since beta.4, Truca ran in a compatibility mode meant for older versions of macOS, which also made some other clicks fail. It now runs as a full app of your macOS version.
- The export progress ring no longer freezes while the export queue is open.
- Clearing finished exports no longer makes the progress go backwards.
- The Storyboard’s “Status” column is no longer cut off when the window is narrow.
- List headers in Assets and the Storyboard line up with their columns again when scroll bars are always shown.
Beta0.6.0-beta.4 · A tidier window, faster lists, and exports that clean up after themselves
This beta tidies the top bar and the timelines, makes list views much faster, and makes exports more dependable: clear messages in your language, a clean cancel, and a missing file named instead of a black shot.
Improvements
- The top bar now holds the page actions: Grid / List for Assets as for the Storyboard, and Import right next to them. The project name no longer appears twice.
- Assets and the Storyboard open much faster in List view. Lists behave like a Mac list: arrow keys, Return or double-click to open, the selection in your accent colour, a ring around the row you right-click.
- When the window is narrow, secondary list columns hide one by one, as in the Finder, so names always stay readable.
- A video or image missing from the project now shows in the app: a notice over the preview, a warning mark on the clip and in the scene list, and an explanation in the inspector.
- Export errors are now shown in the app’s language, and name the track or clip involved.
- Your agent can start an export and keep working: the export runs in the background, and the agent can check its progress or cancel it at any time.
- Your agent is told exactly which file is missing when the edit can’t load, and knows when the selection it reads is from a closed app.
- The agent’s scene check now also reads text that contains line breaks, bold or styled words.
- Your agent no longer slows down after the first half-minute of a session: it stays fast for as long as it works.
- Showing which agents are connected uses far less energy, and traces of agents that have quit are cleared away.
- Under the hood, Truca is now built with Swift 6.4 and the latest Apple developer tools. Nothing changes for you: macOS 14 or later is still all you need.
Fixes
- Timelines no longer leave an empty band under the tracks with the scroll bar floating in the middle; the tracks fill the panel down to the scroll bar.
- When the Timeline panel is shorter than its tracks, they now scroll vertically, and the scroll bar, chapter legend and zoom stay in view.
- A cancelled export no longer leaves a half-written file behind, and no longer replaces the file from a previous export with the same name.
- Cancelling during the audio mix now stops the export instead of letting it finish.
- An export with a missing video no longer closes the app.
Beta0.6.0-beta.3 · A steadier app, and clearer answers for your agent
This beta is about reliability: the app no longer quits while you browse a project, stays responsive while an agent works, and tells your agent exactly what happened when something goes wrong.
Improvements
- The whole app now runs under Swift 6’s strict concurrency checks, which catch a whole class of rare crashes before they can reach you.
- The glowing border shown while an agent works no longer slows the app down.
- When a long render times out, your agent’s next request answers right away instead of waiting behind it.
- Your agent gets a clear message for each situation: a request that took too long, a project that changed, no project open.
- Large previews sent to a remote agent arrive one at a time, so they are never too big to deliver.
- Export reports now say which audio tracks were included, and stop early, naming the track, if an audio file is missing.
- The agent’s scene check now spots text cut off by a smaller container.
Fixes
- The app no longer quits when you switch between tabs while Assets or the Storyboard is shown as a list.
- The All formats view no longer leaves some previews empty after you open a scene or switch projects.
- The app no longer quits on first launch if it can’t yet open the project folder.
- A new project opened by an agent is kept, even before the agent writes to it.
- The eye button hides a layer in the preview, and the unused Options button is gone.
- ⌘Z brings back a comment even after its deletion was sent.
- An agent request still running on a previous project no longer closes the session of the project you just opened.
- Problems that the app recovers from on its own are now reported to us, without interrupting you.
Beta0.6.0-beta.2 · Comments, timeline and formats you can trust
This beta fixes what testers reported in the first 0.6.0 build: comments, the timeline, the All formats view, cloud sign-in and onboarding.
New
- You can now delete a comment, and bring it back with ⌘Z.
- Double-click a project’s tab to rename it.
Improvements
- The All formats view loads reliably, scrolls smoothly and no longer slides under the right panel.
- Pinching and scrolling the timeline is more precise, with each gesture locked to one direction.
- Follow the agent now also switches between the Storyboard, Assets and Timeline tabs.
- Scene and project thumbnails are saved, so they appear right away when you reopen a project.
- Onboarding clearly confirms your sign-in, your agent and remote access, and adapts to longer text.
- The agent’s logo now shows in the access list and in the permission window.
Fixes
- Resolved comments no longer show their markers outside the All filter, and Comment mode has its own pointer.
- Your cloud sign-in status stays consistent, and autosave handles an expired session.
- A new project closed without changes is no longer kept, and an agent always names a project first.
- The agent’s checks stay accurate during a camera zoom.
- The project name now sits to the right of the Grid / List button, and agent actions are labeled correctly in French.
- Deleting a comment no longer rebuilds every thumbnail, and a malformed scene ID can no longer write outside the project.
0.5.0
Stable
0.5.0 · Transitions, smart audio, closer agent
Your scenes now flow together with real transitions, music locks to the beat and dips under the voice, and your agent works more closely with you, even driving the app remotely.
New
- Transitions between scenes (fade, iris, slide, zoom) now render in the preview, the export, and shared links instead of hard cuts.
- Audio analysis suggests markers on a song's beats, bars, and builds or a voice's pauses, and lowers the music under the voice.
- The art direction is now worked out in conversation with your agent, then saved in a VIDEO.md file you can edit, at the top of the Assets view.
- Your agent can drive the app remotely and create and open projects, with your permission and a visible indicator.
- "Connect an agent" teaches it how Truca works: it can review the whole animation and see what you've changed.
- The Home screen supports nested folders and selecting several projects at once.
- Your agent can make the camera follow clicks in every format and apply ready-made motion recipes.
Improvements
- The timeline gets smooth zoom, chapters, volume control, and adjustable track height.
- Your whole team can now see the backup history in the Truca cloud.
- The entire interface is translated into English and Spanish, and the app consistently says "animation."
- The connected agent now shows its own logo instead of a generic badge.
Fixes
- The app no longer freezes while pages load.
- The inspector is no longer cut off when an animation block is selected.
- Updates are no longer installed without your consent: closing the update window or pressing Esc now cancels.
- Revoking access now takes effect immediately.
- Backups of deleted projects are now erased from the Truca cloud.
- The agent no longer crashes when filling in a storyboard card that already has content.
0.5.0 betas
Beta0.5.0-beta.4 · Set your direction in conversation
This beta changes how you set your animation's direction: you work it out with your agent in the conversation, and it's kept in a document you can review and edit anytime.
New
- Your agent now proposes the art direction in your conversation, and you approve it there, instead of on a Storyboard card.
- The direction is saved in a VIDEO.md file at the top of the Assets view. It opens in the editor and you can edit it freely.
- Your agent can now make the camera follow clicks in every format, apply ready-made motion recipes (card cascade, message, click, panel, giant title, quick exit) and delete a scene.
- A remotely connected agent now has the same Truca know-how as a local one.
Improvements
- When you edit the direction document yourself, your agent notices and takes your changes into account.
- Projects from earlier betas have their direction converted automatically when you open them.
- The connected agent's logo now appears instead of a generic dot.
Fixes
- The inspector no longer gets cut off when an animation block is selected.
Beta0.5.0-beta.3 · Your agent now knows Truca
Your agent now works the Truca way: it proposes an art direction for your approval before building and designs every scene for every format. You can install it in one click from the app.
New
- The “Connect an agent” window installs Truca know-how in your agent and offers an update when your copy is out of date.
- Your agent now follows the Truca method: art direction, motion, transitions, on-screen interfaces, and rules that keep your animation from feeling like a slideshow.
Improvements
- The agent presents the Direction card and waits for your approval before building any scenes.
- The agent designs each scene for every format at once, with a message that still reads with the sound off.
- The agent uses audio analysis to time the animation to the beats, bars, and build-ups in the music and to phrases in the voiceover.
Fixes
- Adding to a storyboard card brief that’s already filled in no longer drops the connection to the agent.
Beta0.5.0-beta.2 · Music, voice, and automatic markers
Truca now listens to your soundtrack: markers that land on the beat and on the voice, and music that steps back when someone speaks. Plus a Direction card in the storyboard and a smoother timeline.
New
- Truca analyzes your music and voice tracks, then suggests markers on beats, bars, builds, pauses, and sentence starts. Accept or dismiss each one.
- Music automatically dips under the voice, identically in the preview, the export, and the viewer. Depth, attack, and release are adjustable.
- The storyboard now has a Direction card, with style images to set the tone of your animation.
- Your whole team can now see a project’s backup history in the Truca cloud.
- The agent sees what you’ve changed since it last worked on the project and takes it into account.
- The agent can create and open a project remotely.
Improvements
- The timeline feels better to use: smooth zooming, chapters, volume control, and adjustable track height.
- The remote-control indicator now names the agent and the app it runs in (for example “Grok Bot via Cursor”) and stays visible while it works.
Fixes
- Revoking access now takes effect immediately.
- The app now uses the word “animation” consistently, and the Spanish interface has been corrected.
Beta0.5.0-beta.1 · Transitions, finally rendered
Your cuts come to life: fades, irises, slides and zooms now actually play between scenes. The home screen is easier to organize, and your agent can now review your whole animation.
New
- Fades, irises, slides and zooms between scenes now render in the preview, the export and the viewer. They are no longer hard cuts.
- Pick a transition's easing curve right next to its duration, with the same motions you use for your animations.
- The home screen supports nested folders and selecting several projects at once.
- The agent can review your whole animation and give you overall feedback on it.
Improvements
- Transitions don't change the length of your animation: they sit on either side of the cut.
- The transition badge in the timeline now matches exactly what gets rendered.
- Share links now carry each scene's transition, so the viewer plays it too.
Fixes
- In the viewer, scenes now look just like they do in the export, without being altered by the page's styles.
- Backups of deleted projects are now removed from the Truca cloud, and anti-abuse counters are anonymized.
Earlier betas
Beta0.4.1-beta.1 · A clearer, better translated interface
This beta brings the entire interface to English and Spanish, makes the wording consistent across the app, and fixes a freeze when pages load.
Improvements
- The interface is now fully translated into English and Spanish, including the storyboard, inspector, assets, editing, timeline, and animation editor.
- The app now consistently says “animation” everywhere, from export and sharing to the home screen and connecting an agent.
Fixes
- The app no longer freezes when pages load.
- Automatic installation has been fixed.
0.4.0
Stable
0.4.0 · Agents, cloud, and scene tabs
Truca 0.4.0 is lighter to install. You can connect your agent in a few clicks, and your projects back up to the cloud automatically. You can also open scenes in tabs and drop media straight onto the timeline.
New
- The app is much lighter. The export engine downloads in the background on first launch, with a new welcome screen for signing in and the “Discover Truca” sample animation.
- Connect your agent in a few clicks from the app, then watch its edits live with its avatar and Follow mode.
- Open your scenes in tabs, switch between them from the keyboard, and turn on Comment mode from the toolbar.
- A new Media tab lists your photos, videos, and sounds. Drag them onto the timeline or drop them in from the Finder.
- Your projects back up to the cloud automatically. An indicator shows sync status, and you can go back to an earlier backup.
- Work with your team from Home. Switch spaces, create projects in a team, and rename, duplicate, or move a project from its card.
Improvements
- Edits no longer freeze the app while saving, and zooming and scrolling the timeline are much smoother.
- The Share and Export windows have been redesigned. Advanced options are tucked away, and Export is now the main button in the toolbar.
- The timeline now spans the full width of the window, below the preview and the inspector.
- Truca has a new black-and-chrome look, with its final icon, cleaner tabs, and a simpler sidebar.
- A new window shows updates and their release notes, offers beta versions, and spots new versions within minutes.
- Your agent can set one style for the whole animation, organize scenes into chapters, and set up reusable springs.
Fixes
- Moving a project to the Trash no longer freezes the app.
- The Account and Updates tabs in Settings can be clicked again.
- Audio tracks with a missing file are now flagged instead of going silent with no explanation.
- Cloud storage now shows the correct size: 1 GB instead of 1.07 GB.
- In dark mode, selections stay readable, and the playhead stays bright red and follows its handle.
- The app no longer crashes when opening certain scenes, and imported media now shows up in shared links.
0.4.0 betas
Beta0.4.0-beta.18 · Faster update detection
Truca now spots a new version within minutes, so you get new features and fixes sooner.
Improvements
- The app now checks for updates every hour instead of once a day, even if you had kept the daily setting.
- When you switch back to Truca, it quietly checks for a new version in the background, at most once every 10 minutes.
Beta0.4.0-beta.17 · Laying groundwork for remote agents
Beta0.4.0-beta.16 · A roomier timeline for editing
The timeline now spans the full width of the window, giving you more room to edit your films. The playhead also follows your mouse precisely.
Improvements
- In both the editor and the scene editor, the timeline now spans the full width below the preview and the inspector, whose content now scrolls.
- When the inspector is hidden, the preview takes the full width. Timeline height is still adjustable and remembered for each view.
Fixes
- The playhead line now follows the handle while you drag it, instead of staying put and then jumping out of place.
Beta0.4.0-beta.15 · A more complete home screen
This beta shows your avatar and Truca cloud status right on the home screen. It also fixes the size of the Export button in the toolbar.
New
- The home screen now shows your avatar and Truca cloud status, just like the rest of the app.
Fixes
- The Export button is now the same size as the other items in the toolbar.
Beta0.4.0-beta.14 · A cleaner interface
Beta0.4.0-beta.13 · Error reports to help fix bugs
Truca can now report crashes and errors to us so we can fix them sooner. You stay in control: a new setting lets you turn reporting off at any time.
New
- New "Send error reports" setting in Settings › Privacy: turn it on or off, and the change takes effect right away.
Improvements
- Crashes, freezes, and errors during export, autosave, or sharing are now reported to us so we can fix them sooner.
- Error reports protect your privacy: file paths, email addresses, names, and IP addresses are removed before anything is sent.
Beta0.4.0-beta.11 · Smoother welcome and crash reports
This beta makes getting started with Truca nicer, with a redesigned, smoother welcome screen. You can also choose to send crash reports automatically so we can fix problems faster.
New
- Truca can now send anonymous crash and error reports, with no file paths or email addresses, so we can fix problems faster.
- A new "Send error reports" setting in Settings › Privacy turns these reports on or off, and your choice applies right away.
- The welcome screen now opens in a portrait window, and the sign-in card slides up into view.
Improvements
- The gem on the welcome screen spins much more smoothly, at 60 frames per second, with four times as many distinct frames as before.
- Once the first launch is over, Truca frees the memory used by the welcome animation.
Beta0.4.0-beta.10 · Moving to Trash no longer freezes
This update fixes an annoying freeze on the home screen: you can move projects to the Trash again without the app locking up.
Fixes
- “Move to Trash…” no longer freezes the app, even when your projects folder is synced and slow to respond.
- If moving to the Trash takes a while, an alert lets you know your project is safe and the operation will finish on its own.
Beta0.4.0-beta.9 · A menu for every project
Manage your projects right from the home screen: right-click a card or use its “⋯” button to open, rename, duplicate, move, or tidy it away.
New
- Project cards on the home screen now have a menu, available by right-clicking or through the “⋯” button that appears on hover.
- Rename a project right on its card, or duplicate it in one click.
- Move a project to your personal space or to a team, with the current space checked.
- Show a project in Finder, or remove a project stored outside the projects folder from your recents.
- Move a project to the Mac Trash after confirming; its copy in the Truca cloud is kept.
Beta0.4.0-beta.8 · A clearer Home to get started
Home now guides you even when it's empty, and new projects created from a team land right in that team. Update to get started faster.
New
- When Home is empty, a polished screen explains why and offers the right next steps, whether you're in your personal space, in a team, searching, or signed out.
Improvements
- A project created from a team now belongs to that team in the Truca cloud right away and stays visible in the current grid.
- The empty-screen animation pauses when offscreen and respects the Reduce Motion setting.
Beta0.4.0-beta.7 · Redesigned Share and Export
The Share and Export windows got a fresh look: the essentials up front, fine-tuning tucked away. Sharing or exporting your film is now clearer and faster.
Improvements
- In Share, your latest active link is shown front and center, with its full address and a “Copy Link” button.
- Creating a new link is simpler: pick the version, access, and audio, then set a password and expiration under “Advanced Options.”
- Your other links appear in easy-to-read rows showing version, date, access, audio, and actions.
- In Export, choose aspect ratio, resolution, and frame rate in one click, with a preview of the range and folder and a summary at the bottom.
- Codec, bitrate, export engine, and file name now live under “Advanced Options,” and each window has a single main button.
- The gem on the home screen is 10% larger.
Fixes
- The Share and Export windows are now fully translated into English and French.
- The cancel button label and the file size unit now display correctly.
Beta0.4.0-beta.6 · Settings tabs work again
This beta fixes the Settings tabs, which had stopped responding to clicks, and fully translates the Account tab into English.
Improvements
- The Account tab in Settings is now fully translated into English, and its section title uses the app's name.
Fixes
- In Settings, the Account and Updates tabs respond to clicks again, so you can switch between tabs.
Beta0.4.0-beta.5 · Polished home, export, and dark mode
This beta reorganizes the home screen around a space menu, puts export front and center, and makes dark mode easier to read in the storyboard and the edit.
New
- The home screen now offers a space menu in place of the “Recent Projects” list.
Improvements
- Export is now the main button in the toolbar, with Share moved to a secondary button.
- The storyboard list now sits in a rounded panel, like the sidebar and inspector, with its footer built in.
Fixes
- In dark mode, the selected item in the storyboard and edit sidebars is readable again.
Beta0.4.0-beta.4 · A clearer, more reliable timeline
This beta makes the timeline easier to read: audio tracks with a missing file are now flagged, and the playhead is easy to spot at a glance. The home screen looks sharper too.
Fixes
- Audio tracks whose file is missing or unreadable are now flagged in the timeline with a warning and the reason, instead of silently playing nothing.
- A flagged audio track plays again as soon as its file is back in place, the next time you hit play.
- The timeline playhead is now a steady bright red, so it no longer blends in with comment markers.
- On the home screen, the crystal now has soft, blended edges, with no more square around it.
Beta0.4.0-beta.3 · A lighter app, a fresh welcome
Truca is now a much smaller download and greets you with a brand-new welcome screen to sign in and get everything ready on first launch.
New
- A new welcome screen lets you sign in or create your account without leaving the app.
- First launch now walks you through each step, from signing in to the agent to getting the export engine ready.
Improvements
- The app now takes up 24 MB instead of 362 MB, and the installer is just 8 MB.
- The export engine downloads in the background on first launch, then updates quietly on its own.
- If the export engine download gets interrupted, it picks up where it left off and is verified before it installs.
- The welcome screen features a crystal gem that follows your cursor and stays dark even in Light mode.
- The gem symbol now appears in the header of the viewer and the console.
Fixes
- The logo in Truca emails now stays readable when your email app is in dark mode.
Beta0.4.0-beta.2 · A sleek new black-and-chrome look
Truca has a fresh new look: a new icon, a more polished install screen, and a cleaner black-and-chrome interface in both light and dark mode.
New
- Truca now has its final app icon: a faceted gem on a deep black background.
- A new black-and-chrome install screen guides you when you install Truca.
Improvements
- The interface now goes black and chrome: main buttons, tabs, selections, and the playhead use an ink color instead of blue.
- In the edit, each chapter gets its own color from a set of eight, with text that stays easy to read.
Beta0.4.0-beta.1 · Agents, tabs, and the cloud
Connect your agent in a few clicks, open your scenes in tabs, and let Truca back up your projects to the cloud. Editing in the Timeline is much smoother, too.
New
- Connect your agent from the “Connect an agent” sheet, test the connection, and set up your project: name, frame rate, location, and formats.
- Open your scenes in tabs next to their project, and turn on Comment mode from the toolbar, with a badge for unread comments.
- The new Media tab in the Timeline lists your photos, videos, and sounds: drag them onto the timeline, even straight from the Finder.
- Your projects back up automatically to the Truca cloud, with restore points, conflict alerts, and sync status right in the tab bar.
- Work as a team: invite members, share your projects, and manage accounts, links, and storage from the web console.
- Truca checks for updates and installs them from a dedicated window, and you can opt in to beta versions.
Improvements
- The Timeline is smoother: zooming and scrolling no longer stutter, and your edits no longer freeze the interface.
- Redesigned tab bar and toolbar: cleaner tabs, and Export (⇧⌘E) now sits with project settings and versions.
- An animated gem in your tabs shows where your agent is and when it’s working, and the Follow frame spells out what it’s doing.
- The app and the share-link viewer are now available in English and French.
- Your agent can define styles shared across the whole film, organize shots into chapters, and place sounds on tracks.
- The new “Discover Truca” sample film shows off text, masks, camera moves, and multiple aspect ratios.
Fixes
- The app no longer crashes when opening a scene that contains duplicate layers.
- Once installed, the app opens on Home instead of crashing, and keeps your projects in your Documents folder.
- Imported media is now uploaded with shared projects and shows up in the viewer.
- Some shared films that wouldn’t open in the viewer now open again.
- Signing in to your account and the “Forgot password” page now work properly, with clear error messages.
- The “Check for Updates…” menu item works reliably, and Settings reopens on the last tab you viewed.