Changelog

What’s new in Kinisma Studio

New video types, features and fixes in every release. The app updates itself; download it if you haven’t yet.

v0.2.1Latest

Better-behaved stick figures

Windows. The Mac version follows shortly. Nothing changed for the other video types.

Stick figures

  • ImprovedEach character keeps the same look in every scene.
  • ImprovedProps like a parcel, an umbrella or a box stay in the characters’ hands and are held the right way: an umbrella by its handle, above the head.
  • ImprovedWalking figures move across the scene instead of stepping on the spot.
  • ImprovedObjects such as doors, houses, cars and benches are drawn at real-world size next to the characters, and characters stay the same size and fully in frame.
  • NewCharacters can fold paper: a paper plane folds step by step in their hands.
  • ImprovedNo more captions over stick-figure scenes: words appear only in speech and thought bubbles and on signs.
  • FixedCharacters no longer overlap each other; crowds are smaller and spaced out.
  • FixedSitting characters sit on their seats.

Dashboard

  • ImprovedVideo ad and Stick figures projects are listed under their own types.
v0.2.0

Video ads, stick figures and film mode

Windows. The Mac version follows shortly.

New video types

  • NewVideo ad: a branded ad built from your own assets. Attach a folder with your logo, product shots, clips and brand guide; the AI takes your colours, fonts and logo from them and only uses claims, prices and quotes from your material.
  • NewStick figures: hand-drawn stick-figure stories in black ink on white, acted out by characters with expressions, poses, thought and speech bubbles, props and a narrator.
  • ImprovedCustom videos are now made as one continuous film by a team of AI specialists (see Film mode).

Film mode

  • NewCustom videos and Video ads on Best quality are made by a story writer, an art director, artists for 3D models and illustrations, an animator per beat and a critic.
  • NewYou approve a plan with a style frame before anything is built. Film mode takes longer and uses more credits than other types; Fast quality keeps the quicker scene-by-scene build.

Attach anything

  • NewAttach a whole folder (up to 200 files, subfolders kept) with the new folder button, or drag a folder onto the chat.
  • NewThe AI reads PDFs, Word, PowerPoint (with speaker notes) and Excel files, looks at your images, looks inside your videos and transcribes audio and video. Pictures inside documents are saved for use in the video.

Voice

  • NewElevenLabs Voice Library: search thousands of community voices by words, gender and style, preview them and pick one with Use.
  • ImprovedVoice-over loudness is now even from scene to scene.
  • ImprovedNarration is written as one natural spoken script, with numbers, symbols and acronyms written the way they’re said, and a check catches lines a voice would stumble over.

Other

  • ImprovedIf an original track can’t be composed, a Creative Commons library track is used, so a video never goes out silent.
  • ImprovedThe chat opens in Make video mode; Brainstorm is there when you pick it.
  • ImprovedKids story is retired as a type. Projects made with it still open.
v0.1.9

Claude Haiku 5.5, 4K export and update checks

What’s new

  • NewClaude Haiku 5.5 is the default AI model.
  • NewExport up to 4K.
  • NewThe app checks for updates.
  • ImprovedDefault settings now come from your Kinisma account, so new options arrive without reinstalling.
  • ImprovedCredit amounts are shown to three decimals, and voice-over credit prices are shown.
  • ImprovedAn upgrade prompt when you reach your plan’s project limit, and your plan refreshes when the app reloads or regains focus.

Fixes

  • FixedStock clips are accepted again.
  • FixedA voice-over rate limit no longer leaves a project stuck at “rendering preview”.
  • FixedA failed build shows a Retry card after a reload instead of “Working”.
v0.1.4

Help & support in the menu

What’s new

  • NewHelp & support in the menu.
  • ImprovedThe “Made with Kinisma” watermark uses the Kinisma glyph.
v0.1.3

Exports, captions and edits

Fixes

  • FixedExports and screen recordings work again.
  • FixedCaptions use real word timings.
  • FixedEdits you ask for in the chat apply to the video.

Installers, auto-update and browser sign-in

What’s new

  • NewInstallers for Windows and macOS, with automatic updates.
  • NewSign in through your browser with Continue in your browser; no password form in the app.
  • Newkinisma:// links open the app.
  • ImprovedA new Kinisma logo, app icon and installer art.

Kinisma Studio

What’s new

  • NewToonisma Studio is now Kinisma Studio.
  • NewCredit plans: Kinisma voices and AI models on credits, including pay as you go.
  • NewOnboarding and upgrade offers.
  • ImprovedOne Kinisma account per computer.