Updates

We've shipped improvements to zoom editing, increased processing capacity, and refined the interface design. The editor is now more stable with several bug fixes addressing timeline, transcription, and media handling issues.

Features

• Auto-zoom intensity preferences: Videos remember your preferred zoom intensity (Subtle, Moderate, or Energetic) across sessions, with click-based zooms automatically matching your selected style

• Copy/paste for zoom effects: Copy zoom effects between scenes using standard keyboard shortcuts, with intelligent handling of overlapping effects

• View page meta descriptions: Shared links now display descriptions in social media previews and search results for better discoverability

Bugfixes

• Zoom panel stability: Fixed crashes when no subject layer was selected - the panel now handles empty states properly

• Timeline scrollbar on Windows: Removed unwanted vertical scrollbar that was causing accidental scrolling disruptions

• Subtitle editor layering: Editor now displays above other UI elements instead of being hidden behind components

• Video seek accuracy: Playhead now maintains correct position when switching between trimming, clip editing, and other modes

• Audio waveform permissions: Fixed permission errors that prevented waveform generation for media files

• Text wrapping in transcripts: Words no longer break awkwardly mid-line in transcripts and story panels

• Sidebar title alignment: Corrected misaligned titles that were affecting interface consistency

• Fallback thumbnails: Videos display alternative thumbnails when primary versions fail to load

We've added keyboard shortcuts for faster editing and improved performance across the platform.

Features

• Faster editing with shortcuts: Use single keys like C for Cut, Z for Zoom, and B for Background to jump straight into tools.

Performance

• Faster social media shares: Previews and thumbnails generate more efficiently, so shared links load quicker.

Fixes & Improvements

• Clearer trial ending: Expired trial users now see a status message instead of being redirected away.

• Smarter AI chapters: Chapter titles now match your transcript’s language automatically.

We've added the ability to create clips directly from transcript selections and introduced Thai language support. Account deletion is now available for all users, along with numerous performance improvements and fixes.

Features

• Create clips from transcript selections: Select any portion of your transcript and instantly create a new video clip from it. Highlight the text, right-click, and choose 'Copy to new video' to extract key moments or create shorter versions.

• Thai language support: Full support for Thai language detection, proper font display, and text handling that respects Thai's unique sentence structure for transcriptions.

• Account deletion: Permanently delete your account and all associated data from the Profile page.

Bugfixes

• Video player controls: Controls now correctly appear when the player is idle, fixing the issue where controls wouldn't show when expected.

• Tooltip performance: Tooltips appear faster and more reliably, fixing delays and failures to display.

• Invite referral system: The 'invite a friend' feature now sends referral invites correctly after a period of malfunction.

• Duplicate email handling: Clearer error messages when changing to an existing email, with helpful links to resolution articles.

• Large video conversion: Videos larger than 4K now maintain proper aspect ratios during conversion, fixing distortion in ultra-wide or tall videos.

Performance Improvements

• Video playback switching: Videos load more reliably when switching between clips or stories with improved content handling.

• Enhanced video viewer: Faster loading with duration displayed upfront and improved player interface adaptation.

• Video page optimization: Faster page loads with optimized chapter display and smoother transitions.

Email updates, password-protected playlists & more layouts:

• 00:31; Invite your team to collaborate on video editing (note: only one editor allowed to edit at a time)

• 05:15; Password-protect entire playlists

• Update your email address directly from account settings

• Upload files up to 5GB (increased from 1GB)

• Choose from over 40 new layouts

Stay tuned - you're going to love our next updates!

Tella for Chrome is now compatible with Chrome's Manifest V3. This update to the extension also includes:

• Record multi-clip videos simply by stopping the current clip then starting a new one

• Record quick videos by pushing "Preview" either during the recording (this will also stop the recording) or after you've already stopped the recording

• Improved device (camera, mic) selection — should be a lot more stable

We've also made a major update to the performance of the editor. Working on long videos with extensive edits is a lot more performant (faster). Navigating throughout the video and adding additional edits will feel smoother and responsive.

In this update we also fixed a bug with how audio was being captured in screen-only recordings.

Protect your videos with a password. With this update you can:

• Share video links publicly, but behind a password

• Add, remove or update passwords at any time

• Copy the password to your clipboard (easier to share with viewers)

• Use passwords on embedded videos

We also fixed a bug in the trim mode sidebar and added a warning when you attempt to add a video background larger than 75MB.

We released the first of a series of improvements to our subtitles feature. Now you can:

• Edit subtitles in the editor

• Edit subtitles inline (no more separate input field)

• Completely disable subtitles when you don’t want or need them

• Choose from 2 new and improved styles

• …and customize the appearance of those styles

We’ve got 13 new subtitle languages now available in Tella, bringing the total to 20 supported languages. The new languages include Hindi (🇮🇳), Japanese (🇯🇵), Chinese (🇨🇳), Korean (🇰🇷), Finnish (🇫🇮), Ukrainian (🇺🇦), Polish (🇵🇱), Russian (🇷🇺), Turkish (🇹🇷), Vietnamese (🇻🇳), along with Australian English (🇦🇺), British English (🇬🇧), and American English (🇺🇸). You can also select your preferred default subtitle language in your account settings.

Transitions are the latest game-changer in how you craft your videos with Tella. Now, every new video you create will have smooth transitions between layouts, automatically bringing your content to life. To retrofit this magic onto your old videos, just hit the "Transitions" button in Layout mode, and voila, your videos are instantly upgraded. For now, we're rolling out with two types of transitions. Hard cut keeps things sharp and direct. Smooth introduces sleek, automatic transitions that glide your audience from scene to scene effortlessly.

Multi-layout is a new way of editing your videos in Tella. It lets you combine multiple layouts, and multiple shots in a single clip so that you can make more dynamic videos, more engaging videos, way faster. You can switch from a shot of your camera to just a shot of your screen, and then maybe you can switch to a shot of your screen and camera side by side. You can just repeat this process throughout your clip as many times as you want to get the effect that you want. And the cool thing about it is that you don't need to worry about it at all during the recording. You can just quickly make these edits after you've done the recording, so you can just focus on doing your best demo, doing your best pitch, whatever it is.

Some of you noticed (and told us) that every now and then tiny annoying pops and glitches would show up in the audio of your videos. Today we are happy to tell you that they should never show up again!

Note: old videos and exports won't automatically have this fix applied, you'll have to re-render your videos to fix them. Re-rendering can be done by making a small change in the editor.

Many of you share your Tella videos on the web, posting them on websites and including them in documents. This helps search engines like Google find and list your videos. But if you want to make your videos even easier to find, you can use the 'search engine indexing' feature. When you turn this on, it sends a message to Google asking them to add your video to their search results. After a while, Google should start showing your video when people search for it. If you turn off this feature, your video gets a tag that tells search engines not to show it in search results. This way, you can control whether your video appears in Google searches or not.

Viewer downloads allow viewers of your videos to download them directly. Simply enable the 'Allow Downloads' option in the view settings of your video. Once this is done, anyone watching your video will have the option to download it in various formats, including subtitles and 4K quality. For added convenience, we've included an option in your account settings to allow downloads by default for all new videos. Please use this setting carefully, as it means all your new videos will be downloadable by anyone you share them with.

Our new video background section is in its first version, currently offering a limited selection of video backgrounds, with plans to expand this collection significantly over the coming weeks. These backgrounds are designed to loop perfectly, adding dynamic visuals to your videos. We also upgraded our background & color picker. It now includes a 'Recently Used' section, allowing you to browse through and quickly switch to images you've used before. We've also introduced a section for MacOS wallpapers, featuring selections from recent operating systems, with potential additions from classic ones in the future. The color picker now provides a more extensive library for your saved colors and gradients.

The subtitles you see in your videos are automatically transcribed by Tella and now can be included in your exported video file. When you're ready to download your video, there's an option to burn the subtitles into the export. Turn on this feature in your next export and your video will include the subtitles, perfectly formatted and ready to share on platforms like YouTube or Twitter.

You can now add zoom-in and out effects in Tella videos. To use it, simply click on 'Zoom' in the editor. This feature also allows 'connected' zooms, meaning smooth transitions between different zoom points without fully zooming out. Zooms adapt to different canvas sizes, making them suitable for mobile or square video formats. It’s flexible and integrates well with other Tella features like multiple clips, clip styles, and layout adjustments.