Adding Your Audio and Opening the Editor

When you open the app, the first step is getting your tracks into the system. You can upload your audio file by clicking the ‘Add new file’ button, or you can just select one or multiple audio files from your computer and drag them directly into the window.

Once your files show up in the app, look at the list on the right-hand side. Next to the audio file you want to work on, click the small “pen” icon. This opens up the editing panel where you handle all the visual settings for that specific track.

Customizing the Look

Inside the editor, start by giving the project a title. Next, you will want to add a primary image to serve as the visual focus. The app supports a few different formats for this, so you can use anything from a static PNG or JP(E)G to an animated GIF if you want some motion.

After adding the image, you can select a video style to determine how the background behaves. You can choose between a Blurred style, a solid color background, or a fill image style.

To get the framing right, adjust the video style by dragging the slider to increase the image size until you are satisfied with the layout. If you opted for a solid color background select the specific color you want using the color picker right below the slider. Once everything looks right, click save.

Rendering the Videos

If you have multiple tracks, you can repeat the editing process for each one in your list. When you are ready to export, go to the top menu, click the ‘Tools’ dragdown, and click ‘Render’.

This will automatically render all videos added to your list one after the other. Because the app processes everything locally, the final videos will be put directly inside your local Videos > BeatShare folder as soon as the render finishes, ready to upload to YouTube and other platforms.

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This update expands media support, refines the user interface, and addresses several critical bugs to ensure a smoother rendering and editing experience.

Features and UI Enhancements

• GIF Support: Users can now select GIF files as the primary image format.
• Vertical aspect ratio: Users can now select between vertical and horizontal video.
• Updated Labeling: The title has been changed to “Edit video” for better clarity.
• Visual Adjustments: Updated the background color for a more consistent interface.

Bug Fixes

• Image Framing: Resolved an issue where resizing would ignore aspect ratios and cause images to expand beyond their frames.
• Container Overflow: Fixed a bug causing images to overflow their containers.
• Placeholder Logic: Fixed an issue where changing video styles would cause the primary image to revert to the default placeholder.
• Input Validation: Resolved a system crash caused by the entry of illegal characters.
• Progress Tracking: Fixed a UI bug where the render progress bar would stop before reaching the end of its container.

Stability and Performance

• FFmpeg Stability: Resolved a crash occurring during instant rendering.
• System Reliability: Implemented general internal updates and expanded test coverage.

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Navigation is now faster and more fluid, complemented by “Toast” notifications for instant feedback and a move toward native file browsing for a more integrated feel.

On the technical side, rendering is both smarter and more transparent, featuring accurate real-time progress bars, a “skip” function for previously rendered files, and full support for new visual styles like Blurred, Fill, and Solid.

Finally, a major “under-the-hood” cleanup has stabilized the app, successfully resolving several critical bugs including app freezes, Chinese character text errors, and crashes related to file selection.

• Fresh New Sidebar: We’ve given the sidebar a complete makeover to make the app feel more modern and easier to navigate (#38).
• New Settings Menu: A brand-new look for the Settings page makes it simpler to manage your preferences (#46).
• Smarter Notifications: Added “Toast” popups that give you instant confirmation when you complete an action (#78).
• Better Video Editing: We’ve polished the video editing screen for a cleaner, more intuitive experience (#5).
• Smooth Transitions: Moving between different pages in the app is now faster and more fluid (#34).
• Real-time Progress: The progress bar now accurately shows exactly how far along your video rendering is (#32).
• No More Double Rendering: The app now remembers if a video has already been rendered, saving you time by skipping unnecessary work (#110).
• New Visual Styles: Fully implemented rendering support for Blurred, Fill, and Solid styles (#20, #21, #112, #24, #108).
• Native File Browsing: Instead of a generic picker, the app now opens your computer’s native File Explorer for a more natural feel (#95).
• Saved Preferences: Fixed a bug where your chosen colors wouldn’t stay saved when editing videos (#23).
• No More Freezing: Fixed an issue where the app would sometimes “hang” or freeze while applying a blurred style (#53).
• Text Fixes: Resolved a strange bug where right-clicking in text boxes would sometimes show Chinese characters (#99).
• Crash Prevention: The app no longer crashes if you close the file window without picking a file (#48).
  • Fixed a bug that occasionally blocked videos from starting the rendering process (#97).
• General Performance: Performed a massive “under-the-hood” cleanup to make the app more stable and easier for us to update in the future (#104, #26, #39).

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