Changelog

v1.1.2

August 24, 2026

This one’s all about speed. Scrubbing the playhead is dramatically smoother, large comps render faster, and a long list of editing bugs got squashed along the way.

UI / UX Improvements

Dramatically smoother playhead scrubbing: After Effects’ playhead now keeps pace with your mouse instead of lagging behind and drifting after you release
Faster timeline and waveform rendering: large comps draw and scroll noticeably faster
Select All + Delete on a partially locked track: now deletes the selected components rather than just disabling their switches
Keyframe edits refresh on click-in: keyframe changes made directly in AE’s timeline now refresh in Railcut when you click back into the panel, rather than on hover

Bug Fixes

Alt+click selecting just the audio or video of an A/V clip, then Delete, now removes that component from the timeline instead of only muting or hiding it.
Fixed the vertical scrollbar thumb not scaling correctly past ~25 tracks.
Shift-scrubbing with snapping now lands After Effects’ playhead on the snapped frame.
Alt+slip / Alt+slide on an A/V clip no longer causes the untouched half to jump to track 1.
Ripple trims respect locked clips. Downstream clips can no longer be pushed on top of a locked clip.
Arrow keys, Home, and End during RAM preview now stop playback and move the playhead correctly instead of desyncing it.
Fixed a bug where a failed rolling edit on a J/L pair could corrupt AE’s undo history for the rest of the session.
Fixed rare cases where Add Edit on-the-fly or dragging from the Project panel could undo an unrelated edit.
Failed operations now show an error message and resync the timeline instead of failing silently.
If AE hiccups while Railcut reads the comp, the timeline keeps displaying instead of going blank.
Various other bug fixes and performance improvements

v1.1.1

June 15, 2026

New Features

Linked Track Switching: a new toggle in the wrench menu, off by default. With it on, dragging one half of an A/V clip to a different track moves its linked partner the same number of tracks, previewed live during the drag.
Play / Pause is a rebindable shortcut: still Space by default, but it can now be reassigned in the shortcuts dialog, saves into presets, and comes across with the After Effects shortcut pull.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash and track shuffling when duplicating a layer in After Effects. The copy and the original no longer share one clip identity.
Fixed reversed clips (negative speed): trim limit indicators, slip, and audio waveforms now read the media correctly instead of collapsing the clip or dropping the waveform.
Fixed license storage on macOS writing to a doubled folder path. Existing licenses move themselves to the correct location on first launch; Windows was never affected.
Fixed deactivation leaving Railcut in Grace Period when the server had already released the license.
The Use a different key reset link now appears for every non-active license state, including Grace Period.

v1.1.0

May 11, 2026

New Features

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

UI / UX Improvements

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

Bug Fixes

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

v1.0.1

March 30, 2026

New Features

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’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

UI / UX Improvements

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

Bug Fixes

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

v1.0.0: Initial Release

March 25, 2026