Releases

What's New

A Focused Recording Workspace

The workspace has been refreshed so controls stay put, and Session, Course, Teleprompter, Settings, and diagnostics now share one visual system.

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Creative Camera Borders

Composite layers can now be framed the way streamers frame their cameras in OBS. Borders render inside Lumary's single-pass Metal compositor, so they add no extra render passes, textures, or memory while recording.

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Per-Stream Capture Quality (Screen and Camera)

A screen and a moving camera image compress very differently, so a single bitrate rarely fits both. In Advanced capture quality, you can now configure the screen and camera streams independently.

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Preview Before Recording

Lumary now lets you turn off live source previews even when you are not recording.

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Capture Quality Profiles

Capture quality is now set before recording from a dedicated Capture Quality section in the source sidebar.

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Accurate Screen Recording Color

Screen recordings no longer look washed out. Lumary now captures the display in its native Display P3 color space and lets VideoToolbox perform a proper Display P3 → Rec.709 conversion at encode time, instead of mistagging sRGB-encoded pixels as Rec.709.

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Redesigned Source Setup

The recording sidebar has been reorganized around the workflow users follow before recording: choose screen sources, choose camera sources, choose audio sources, then adjust advanced options only when needed.

Camera & Audio Diagnostics

• Camera Info Sheet — Every camera now has an info button showing full diagnostics: device details, transport type, USB speed detection, cable bottleneck warnings, and a complete format catalog with bandwidth feasibility indicators
• Audio Info Sheet — Microphones get the same diagnostics treatment: channel layout, transport type, native format details, latency breakdown with quality badges, and supported sample rates
• Clipboard Export — One-click "Copy Report" button exports the full diagnostics summary as plain text

Session Package Architecture

Native 4K Camera Recording

• Full-Resolution Capture — Cameras now record at their full native resolution instead of being capped at 1080p
• Per-Camera FPS Respected — Frame rate selection is honored during recording — 4K cameras that support 4K at 30fps no longer fall back to 1080p at 60fps
• macOS Format Lock — Fixed a macOS-specific issue where AVCaptureSession silently overrode the device's configured format back to 1920x1080

Camera Resolution & FPS Picker

High-FPS Multi-Source Recording

• Stable 60fps Multi-Source — Standard mode now records display + window/app sources much more reliably at 60 fps, with reduced encoder backpressure stalls
• Higher-Priority Video Writing — Video writing uses higher-priority scheduling and non-blocking readiness retry behavior
• Optimized Capture Routing — Screen capture routing avoids extra work on the hot path, reducing recording overhead
• Better Default Bitrates — Default H.264 / HEVC screen capture bitrates are better tuned for screen content instead of camera-style footage

New Features

• Shapes Library (17 Types) — 17 shape types organized by category: Basic (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle, Diamond), Arrows (Arrow, Double Arrow), Flowchart (Process, Decision, Terminator, Parallelogram, Document), Callouts (Callout, Thought Bubble), and Symbols (Star, Heart, Checkmark)
• Arrow-to-Shape Connections — Arrows snap to shapes and stay connected when shapes move or resize. Manually bent arrows preserve their bends. Reconnect by dragging endpoints to different shapes
• Elbow Arrows — Excalidraw-style right-angle arrows with A* pathfinding, obstacle avoidance, heading-aware routing, multiple bends, draggable segments, fixed segments, smooth corners, and live re-routing
• Shape Fill — Three fill modes for all shapes: None (outline only), Semi (30% opacity fill), and Solid. Separate fill color picker for independent stroke and fill colors
• Expanded Color Palette — 11 colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Teal, Blue, Purple, Pink, White, Gray, and Black. Available for both stroke and fill colors in a compact 6-column grid popover

New Features

• Screen Annotation — Draw directly on your screen during recordings. 9 tools: Pen, Highlighter, Arrow, Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, Text, Eraser, and Laser Pointer (fades after 2s). Floating toolbar with keyboard shortcuts, 5-color palette, line width slider, undo/redo, and a record overlay toggle. Whiteboard mode (press W) gives you a clean canvas with 4 background patterns (Blank, Dots, Grid, Lines). Works across multiple displays and during active recordings via ScreenCaptureKit
• Cursor Highlight — A visual highlight follows your cursor during recordings and presentations. 4 shapes: Ring, Filled, Squircle, and Rhombus. Click animations for left click (scale) and right click (flash). Customizable size, color, opacity, and border width in Settings > Presentation
• Spotlight — A dim overlay covers the screen with a bright circular cutout following your cursor to focus viewer attention. Adjustable size, dim intensity, edge softness, and follow speed (Instant or Smooth). Works across multiple displays
• Menu Bar Status Item — New menu bar icon with recording state indicators (idle, recording, paused, countdown) and elapsed time. Dropdown menu for Start/Pause/Resume/Stop Recording, Show Lumary, and Quit
• Teleprompter Hotkeys — New global hotkeys for Play/Pause, Reset to Top, Speed Up, and Speed Down (configurable in Settings > Shortcuts)

New Features

• On-Device Whisper Transcription — Transcription now powered by OpenAI Whisper running entirely on-device via Apple Neural Engine, replacing Apple Speech for dramatically better accuracy. Choose from 4 model sizes (Tiny ~75 MB, Base ~150 MB, Small ~500 MB, Large v3 ~3 GB), download on demand from Settings, and switch or delete models with one click. 26 languages with auto-detect, real-time download progress with cancel support, and auto-transcribe after recording with live progress in the session list. No audio data ever leaves your Mac
• Window-Level Capture — The "Apps" capture mode now shows individual windows instead of whole apps. Select specific windows to record — pick two Chrome windows and each gets its own output file. Windows listed from all Dock-visible apps across all displays, with a refresh button and hover-to-highlight preview
• Multi-Source Standard Mode — Standard mode now supports recording multiple sources simultaneously, previously only available in composite mode
• Camera + Microphone Pairing — Pair a camera with a specific microphone to combine video and audio into a single file. Useful for external cameras with dedicated mics
• Stream Deck Live Timer — The Stream Deck record button now shows a live recording timer that updates every second, so you always know how long you've been recording

New Features

• Virtual Teleprompter — Read your script while recording without breaking eye contact with the camera. Includes a floating overlay, multi-script editor, and hardware control via Stream Deck
• Floating Overlay — Transparent, always-on-top panel with smooth auto-scrolling, adjustable speed (1-50), reading line indicator, and snap-to-center positioning. Never appears in captures
• Multi-Script Editor — Create and manage multiple scripts with instant switching, a dedicated editor window with live preview, and cross-session persistence
• Scroll Control — Play, pause, and stop scrolling with on-the-fly speed adjustment, manual scroll support, and auto-loop for continuous playback
• Stream Deck Teleprompter Actions — Five new actions for hardware control: Teleprompter (play/pause/stop/toggle), Speed (up/down), Overlay (show/hide/toggle/snap), Editor (open/close), and Script (next/previous/select by name)

New Features

• App Review Prompt — Non-intrusive prompt to rate Lumary on the Mac App Store
• Feedback Flow — Built-in flow to send feedback and report issues directly from the app

New Features

• Multi-Display Recording — Record multiple displays simultaneously with shared content discovery and parallel source startup
• Overlay Style Presets — Pre-built overlay styles for composite mode camera overlays
• Camera Crop Handles — OBS-style crop controls for camera sources in composite mode

Improvements

New Features

• Course Mode — Structured lesson-based recording with module outlines and take tracking
• Lesson Picker — Select your target lesson before recording starts, with status badges and auto-selection of the next unrecorded lesson
• About Section — App version, website, and company links in Settings
• Guided Onboarding — Welcome setup and preflight checks for new users
• LUT Support — Camera color grading with lookup tables

Multi-Source Capture

• Record screen, camera, microphone, and system audio simultaneously
• Each source saves to its own file for maximum post-production flexibility
• Display, window, or specific application capture with app exclusions

Composite Mode