FrameRef 1.1.0 release notes
Section titled “FrameRef 1.1.0 release notes”FrameRef 1.1.0 is our first major update. It introduces our first AI features, voice memos, mind map functionality, portals, a customizable toolbar, and several bug fixes.
Downloading & installing
Section titled “Downloading & installing”You can use the Check for Updates action in the Help menu to download and install FrameRef 1.1.0, or download directly:
New features
Section titled “New features”AI features
Section titled “AI features”These days, more and more people are getting used to having AI as part of their workflow. To make sure you don’t need to leave FrameRef to edit your images with AI, we added a couple of basic AI features directly into FrameRef.
AI tagging
Section titled “AI tagging”Select one or several images in your canvas and run the new Tag Selected Images action. This automatically adds a few search tags to your selected images, so you can easily find them in the FrameRef search.
Image edit
Section titled “Image edit”Select 1–5 images, hit the AI Edit button, and then you can use Image Edit to edit existing images using a text prompt while preserving composition.
Image gen
Section titled “Image gen”Through the FrameRef search, you can now find the Image Gen tool. Give a description of what you want, and that picture will be generated for you.
Image try-on
Section titled “Image try-on”Select 1 or more images, hit the AI Edit button, and then you can use Image Try-On to virtually fit one or more garments onto a person’s photo. This model needs a prompt that explains what you want to do, plus a person image and a garment image. You can drag and drop images between the person and garment fields, and hold Ctrl and drag images from the board onto the AI editor window.
Image upscale
Section titled “Image upscale”Select 1 image, hit the AI Edit button, and then you can use Image Upscale to upscale the existing image to a target resolution. Max 128 MP.
Video animate
Section titled “Video animate”Through the FrameRef search, you can now find the Video Animate tool. Add an image you want to animate, and also the video you want to use as reference.
Credit system
Section titled “Credit system”As it costs us money to run any of these AI features, we have also introduced a credit system. From the new AI menu in FrameRef, you can go to our new AI platform website, where you can view basic info on the available models and open the Dashboard to create an account, add funds, see transactions, and more.
Once you have an account, you can choose between different one-time credit purchases. Once chosen, a pop-up window appears where you can complete your purchase. Once it is completed and your funds have been added to your account, you can start using the AI features in FrameRef.
Other new features
Section titled “Other new features”Mind map edges
Section titled “Mind map edges”If you hover over any FrameRef item, you will see a blue dot appear. Drag from this dot to connect several items together.
Portals
Section titled “Portals”To make it easier to navigate large boards, we added a new item type: Portals. This feature lets you create a portal at location A and a linked portal at location B.
Once you have opened Portal Mode, you can pan with middle-mouse drag, zoom with scroll, and then place the first and second portal using the left mouse button.
Once they have been placed, select a portal and either hit T or the teleport button in the context-sensitive menu to teleport to the second portal. If you need to adjust the pan or zoom for a portal, update it with the square-with-a-dot icon in the context-sensitive menu.
Voice memo
Section titled “Voice memo”You can now record voice memos directly in FrameRef. Find it in the FrameRef search. In the voice memo window, you can:
- Start and stop the recording.
- Play the recording.
- Trash the recording.
- Adjust the input volume.
- Adjust the input device.
- Trim the recorded voice with the yellow brackets.
Customizable toolbar
Section titled “Customizable toolbar”If you aren’t a fan of the default actions in the toolbar, you can now hit the gear icon to adjust it to your liking. Find all the available actions by category or by search, then drag and drop your favorites into slots 0–9.
Improvements
Section titled “Improvements”Video: jump frames
Section titled “Video: jump frames”The options to jump X frames forward and backward now use bigger steps. We made the jump 5 seconds for videos and 10 frames for other sequence items like PDFs and GIFs. We will expand this further in future releases.
Drawing improvements
Section titled “Drawing improvements”- You can now select an existing drawing before opening Draw Mode, and then continue drawing in the same session.
- You can merge multiple existing drawings with the new merge icon.
- You can now adjust the color of existing drawings from the context-sensitive menu.
Go to time on videos
Section titled “Go to time on videos”By right-clicking on a video, you can now find Go to Time, where you can enter the exact time in the video you want to go to.
Video info hint
Section titled “Video info hint”When pressing I on the keyboard to show item info on the board, video items now show more metadata (fps, number of frames, bitrate, etc.).
Generic label system for all items
Section titled “Generic label system for all items”In the context-sensitive menu, you can now find the option to Edit Label.
Bug fixes
Section titled “Bug fixes”Shortcut conflicts & improvements
Section titled “Shortcut conflicts & improvements”You can now remove and replace shortcuts in the preferences without issues. A new dialog window has been introduced to let you easily handle conflicts.
Text notes scale
Section titled “Text notes scale”Text Notes are now created with proper scale, regardless of zoom on the board.
Video cropping
Section titled “Video cropping”You can now crop videos without bugs.
More stable video decoding and frame extraction
Section titled “More stable video decoding and frame extraction”Video decoding and frame extraction are now more stable.
Correct image render transparency
Section titled “Correct image render transparency”Fixed image render transparency.
Fixed media items local pan/zoom crash
Section titled “Fixed media items local pan/zoom crash”Fixed a crash affecting local pan/zoom on media items.
Fixed image LODs calculation
Section titled “Fixed image LODs calculation”Cropped images now use proper LODs.
Fixed audio button crash
Section titled “Fixed audio button crash”Audio control no longer leads to an occasional crash.