Changelog

v1.1.0

May 11, 2026

Unlink and relink clips — use the clip right-click menu or Ctrl+L to unlink or link an A/V pair.
Single-side A/V editing — hold Alt with most edit tools to act on only the video or audio side of an A/V pair
Out-of-sync indicators — linked pairs that are offset from each other show a sync badge with the amount of drift
Clip groups — group selected clips so they select and move together
Close Gaps — remove gaps in a selection or timeline section from the wrench menu
Blending Modes — change a clip’s blending mode from the right-click context menu
Keyboard shortcut persistence — custom shortcuts now save to disk and survive Railcut updates
Shortcut import/export — export a custom shortcut preset to JSON or import one from another machine
After Effects shortcut pull — Railcut can transfer compatible shortcuts from After Effects

Better Add Edit precedence — Ctrl+K prioritizes selected clips when a selection exists, then falls back to targeted tracks
Empty-state improvements — the wrench and bell button now display even when a timeline isn’t open
Footage panel in/out marks — dragging from the Project Panel now respects footage panel’s in/out ranges

Fixed stale license instance recovery so Railcut can recover from outdated activation IDs
Fixed linked A/V overwrite, paste, duplicate, trim, slip, slide, ripple, rate stretch, and blade edge cases
Fixed track assignment stability across undo/redo, comp switching, paste operations, and linked-pair edits

March 30, 2026

Tool shortcuts — editing tools can have keyboard shortcuts, and the active tool shortcut displays in the toolbar
Middle mouse button panning — horizontal and vertical timeline panning
Select Clip at Playhead (D) — selects clips under the CTI on targeted tracks
Mark Selection (/) — sets the comp work area in/out points to span the selected clips, matching Premiere Pro’s behavior
Rename Selected Clip (Enter) — inline rename for the selected clip
Precompose Clips — right-click selected clips to precompose them directly from the timeline
Double-click to open source — double-click a footage clip to open it in AE’s Layer panel; double-click a precomp to open it in the viewer
Selection sync — toggle in the Wrench menu to automatically sync the Railcut selection to AE layers; or use the push command for on-demand sync (Shift + G)
Still image duration — set the default duration for still images dragged onto the timeline (Settings → Preferences)
Separate keyframe line toggles — opacity and audio keyframe lines have independent visibility toggles

Waveform performance — major performance improvement for timelines with many clips
Live waveform updates — waveforms, keyframes, and markers shift live during ripple, slide, slip, and move drags
Live rubber band updates — waveform amplitude updates live while dragging rubber band handles
Source-accurate thumbnails — clip thumbnails use the source file’s native aspect ratio; vertical and square clips display with letterbox/pillarbox instead of being stretched to fit the comp
CTI scrub auto-scroll — the timeline scrolls while dragging the playhead near the canvas edges

Fixed Unicode username path bug affecting Windows users with accented characters in their system username
Fixed CTI scrub auto-scroll triggering too early; it now scrolls at canvas edges
Fixed inconsistent minimum track height across different display scaling settings
Fixed double-click opening the AE Footage panel instead of the Layer panel
Improved license activation error messages for SSL/network failures so corporate firewall and timeout errors show plain-English guidance

March 25, 2026