Changelog

Bring 3D into the stack, and grade through soft mattes. Import PLY meshes and Gaussian splats as a beta 3D Object layer. Mask Gradient adds linear and radial Lightroom-style mattes, and Mask Person now follows stack order.

• 3D Object (Beta): import PLY meshes and Gaussian splats as a scene layer.
• Metal rendering with depth-sorted splat compositing and off-thread orbit sorts.
• 3D Object is Pro: unlock to add, replace, duplicate, or paste scene layers.
• Mask Gradient: linear and radial soft mattes with Focus or Cutout, invert, and dials for start, end, centre, and rotation.
• Mask Person follows stack order: it segments what is underneath and scopes effects above it.

Cut, bend, and tile with shapes. Shape Mask, Shape Warp, and Shape Tiles bring circles, stars, rings, and more into the stack. Export PNG frames from timeline and video, mask people in the camera, preview looks in the gallery, and apply stacks from the command line.

• Shape Mask: die-cut or fill with circle, rounded box, n-gon, star, ring, or capsule.
• Shape Warp: pinch, inflate, swirl, or stretch through the same silhouettes.
• Shape Tiles: square, hex, and brick apertures over the plate.
• Shape Warp and Mask cut-outs composite over the artboard so gaps are not solid black.
• Export PNG Frames for timeline and video stacks.
• Person mask for the live camera layer.
• Gallery previews for effects and presets.
• Pro-gated CLI to apply stacks, person masks, and preset retunes.
• Title bar fixes for double-click zoom and top-corner resize on Mac.
• Minor preset fixes, including Glitch and gradient map.

Stack motion looks and keep groups under control. Motion Temporal and Motion Frame Drop handle multi-frame looks. Repeater gets a Grid mode, groups can isolate and hold text, and Updraft smears lettering upward. Discrete dials snap to whole numbers, and transparent knock-outs stay clear of the artboard.

• Motion Temporal: median history and long-exposure trails for video and timeline.
• Motion Frame Drop steps with the rate dial on video and timeline playback.
• Repeater Grid mode with whole-number columns and rows.
• Isolated groups, text inside groups, and Updraft for vertical text smear.
• Whole-number dials for counts, cells, samples, and mode enums.
• Transparent knock-outs composite over the artboard instead of painting black.
• Cyanotype and Risograph grain fixes.
• Keyboard navigation in the effect library.

Edit text right on the canvas. Double-click a text layer to type in place, drag it to place. Effects get proper editors too: curves, gradient stops, dither palettes, and tint wheels replace sliders, and Color Grading tint wheels now apply every pass.

• Double-click text to edit it on the canvas, with live compositing as you type.
• Text selection frame with drag-to-move and centre snap guides.
• Curve, gradient-stop, dither palette, and Oklab tint wheel editors for the effects that need them.
• Named dither patterns and hue-curve LUTs.
• Fix for Color Grading tint wheels and hidden effect pass defaults.

Take a look further in one go: preview it across a batch of images or videos, export video from the timeline, and reach for Pixelate in the library. Copy, paste, and duplicate keep layers moving, clipboard images drop in as plates, and New Session plus Open Recent clear the way between jobs. What's New sits in the app menu, layers menu, and About so you can see what shipped.

• What's New panel with release notes for every version.
• Open it from Rethings → What's New, the layers overflow menu, or About.
• Batch Apply: preview a look on multiple images or videos, then export them.
• Export Video from the timeline bar.
• Pixelate effect.
• Copy, paste, and duplicate layers. Paste an image from the clipboard as the plate.
• New Session, and Open Recent for plates you used before.

Keyframes now sit on each track lane, so motion belongs with the clip it drives. The diamond adds a key on the active track, scrubbing and dial edits keep those keys in step, and playback stays smoother while particle-grid holds up better when tilted.

• Keyframes on each track lane. The diamond adds a key on the active track.
• Scrubbing and dial edits keep keyframes up to date.
• Faster timeline playback. Particle-grid holds up better when tilted.

Give the canvas room to breathe. Open layers and timeline only when you need them, zoom to the free space beside your panels, and scrub the timeline with confidence at any zoom. Particle-grid keeps its points when you tilt, so depth stays part of the look instead of falling away.

• Layers and timeline panels open and close independently.
• Zoom to fit leaves room for open panels. Canvas modes are Still and Timeline.
• Zoom and pan follow the cursor. View menu shortcuts on Mac.
• Fixes for timeline zoom, snapping, and gaps between clips.
• Particle-grid points stay visible under X/Y tilt.

Edit with the same muscle memory you use everywhere else on Mac. Undo and redo cover your stack and timeline, Delete hits whatever you are focused on, and keyboard shortcuts keep transport and keyframes under your fingers. If you installed from the website, Rethings can update itself.

• Undo and redo with Cmd+Z and Cmd+Shift+Z.
• Delete removes the focused keyframe, layer, or track.
• Timeline menu shortcuts for playback, keyframes, and tracks.
• Automatic updates for the Mac download from the website.

Shape timing by hand. Drag keyframes along the timeline, keep keys that share a moment locked together, and come back later with your animation still intact. Text tracking rides with those keys, so letter spacing stays part of the motion.

• Drag keyframes on the timeline. Keys at the same time move and delete together.
• Animation timeline saves with the session.
• Text tracking is stored in keyframes.
• Performance improvements.

Go beyond a single still. Bring in a live camera, set type with real typography controls, and reach for new looks like ASCII, Cyanotype, Pixel Stretch, and particle-grid tilt. When you are ready, export stills and video at full source quality, up to 16k, while the canvas stays light enough to keep working.

• Camera layers. Base image removed from the add menu.
• Text: font, colour, weight, alignment, and tracking.
• Transform edge smear. Pixel Stretch and related presets.
• ASCII, Cyanotype, and particle-grid tilt.
• Faster layer selection on Mac.
• Export stills and video at source resolution, up to 16k.

Put video in the stack and preview it as you build. Effect names are easier to scan, colour controls are clearer, and finding the Mac download on the web is simpler.

• Video layers and previews.
• Clearer effect names in the library.
• Better colour controls and UI sounds.
• Mac download page updates.

Rethings is a layered effects editor for Mac. Stack looks, browse presets, export your work, and unlock Pro when you want the full library.

• Layered effects editor on Mac.
• Presets.
• Export and Pro.