What's new

Everything we’ve shipped.

The features you can use today — the browser Web Studio, the AI pipeline, cloud sync, and the desktop app — newest first.

TaleCut Cloud moved in-house

v1.3.4 · July 2026

Accounts, credits, cloud sync, Web Studio and managed jobs now use TaleCut's isolated self-hosted cloud at cloud.talecut.online instead of the former managed Supabase project.
Existing Desktop sessions migrate automatically to the new endpoint. TaleCut still pins the official cloud host, so a deep link cannot redirect your account or synced data to an arbitrary Supabase project.
The migration preserves the same users, wallet ledger, projects, security policies, Realtime sync and background reconciliation jobs. Nightly verified backups and five-minute public health checks are now operated alongside the service.
Credit values, plan allowances and prices did not change in this release. Windows updates in-app; macOS users are directed to the matching Apple Silicon or Intel download.

v1.3.3 · July 2026

Website, Web Studio and Desktop now show the same live wallet: plan credits are monthly, spent first and weekly-capped; purchased top-ups are a separate permanent, uncapped bucket. Every cost preview shows what is spendable now instead of mistaking one bucket for the whole balance.
The money rules are now visible at the point of use: 1 credit = $0.01 face value; managed AI charges exact provider cost × 1.5, rounded up; Cloud Video uses its live model catalog—currently 3 credits per output-second for Economy and 8 for Premium.
Cloud Video preflight now includes spendable plan credits as well as top-ups, so Desktop and Web Studio no longer block a valid job or imply that all credits expire—or that all credits last forever.
Install links now identify the current release and update behavior precisely. Windows downloads updates in-app and asks before relaunching; unsigned macOS builds notify and take you to the matching manual download. Releases become public only after every Windows, Apple Silicon and Intel asset is present.

Earlier

Create entirely in your browser. The Web Studio is now the primary way to use TaleCut — open it and your channels, scripts, storyboards, voiceover, visuals and renders are right there, no install. Sign in once on the site and you're already inside the Studio.
The desktop app is now an option, not a requirement: use the Web Studio for everything, or add the desktop app when you want to render on your own machine. Same account, same credits, same pipeline.
The site itself was rebuilt around this — one clear "Open Studio", one account, and downloads tucked into the footer for when you want them.

This summer

Your channels, scripts, scenes, brand bible, cast & world, and ideas sync both ways between the desktop app and the Web Studio. Start a script in the browser, finish it on the desktop — it's the same project, always in sync.
Optional cloud media sync brings your generated images and voiceovers along too (off by default — you choose), so a project opened on another device has its assets ready.
Account & billing live in one place: see your credit balance, plan and usage, buy credits, and manage your subscription right from the Studio.

This summer

Every AI step — scripts, images, voiceover and Cloud Video — runs through one wallet view. No OpenRouter or Anthropic account, no keys to paste. Sign in and start making videos.
Start on a free monthly allowance, or pick a plan from $9/mo (Starter, Pro, Studio or Scale). Plan credits are spent first, reset monthly and are weekly-capped. Purchased top-ups are spent second, never expire and are not weekly-capped.
The brain picks the right model for each job automatically and reroutes on any failure — you never wire up or babysit a provider.

This summer

Ideas → Script → Storyboard → Voiceover → Visuals → Captions → Render → Publish, each its own screen in the Web Studio, mirroring the desktop app step for step.
AI Director plans a whole video from a topic; the structured Brand Bible (~20 fields) and Cast & World keep every generation on-brand; the Flexible Render Studio asset strip lets you mix and sequence images and clips per scene.
Plus Thumbnail A/B, Hook Lab, Retention analysis, Shorts, Experiments, Analytics and a content Calendar — the full channel operation, in the browser.

This summer

Generate animated clips with no video key of your own — Economy (low-cost) and Premium (higher-detail), returned as one stitched clip.
Your storyboard's per-scene motion drives the clip (not a generic pan), and clip length follows the scene's narration so you're not capped at short segments.
Each clip starts from a sharp, aspect-matched first frame for cleaner, more on-subject motion.

Ongoing

Your channel's brand voice (tone, audience, narrator persona) and brand bible are woven into script, storyboard and metadata generation, so every video stays on-brand.
It remembers what wins: the thumbnail compositions and Improve learnings that produced a real CTR lift are applied to future thumbnails and prompts automatically — each channel's visuals converge on what its audience clicks.
Scripts hit their target length and storyboards carry the whole script — a 15-minute target writes a 15-minute script, cut from your actual words in order.

Also available

Prefer to keep everything local? The desktop app renders on your own GPU — always free, never a credit — keeps every project file on your disk, and sends no telemetry about what you make.
Adaptive rendering detects your hardware and auto-selects the fastest stable encoder (AV1 / H.265 / H.264) with a guaranteed CPU floor, so a render never fails because of your GPU.
Animated captions in 5 styles align fully offline, and the byte-identical render guarantee means a version bump never changes how your existing projects render.

Also available

One-click YouTube publishing over OAuth — title, description, tags, thumbnail and schedule.
Shorts are built as real fast-cut vertical clips with a matching 9:16 thumbnail and your channel's music, not one static image.
A/B thumbnail testing with rotation tracking, experiment significance, and monetization signals measured against the YouTube Partner thresholds.

Open the Web Studio and start creating in seconds — free to start, plans from $9/mo, no API keys.