carvercatAlpha 0.2.0
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What's in.
What's next.
Releases, what is in development, and every feature.
Where Carvercat is.
In the appIn developmentExploring
On the workbench.
Premiere Pro direct send
Send to Premiere Pro without going through After Effects. Planned after After Effects.
Broader editor coverage
More effects, masks and text features carved natively into Resolve and After Effects. Some, like glow, are approximate today.
Support list per editor
See what carves natively, approximately or not at all, before you send.
More agent workflows
Wider MCP coverage for creation, revision and delivery.
Your own library packs
A library folder you can add extra packs to.
Bundled fonts in carved text
Text that uses the fonts bundled with Carvercat.
Guided first run
A friendlier first launch and in-app tips.
Raster tools
Exploring raster capabilities as the vector foundation matures.
3D
Early investigation, no commitment yet.
Releases.
Every public alpha so far.
New transitions: dissolve, wipe, push, slide, iris, zoom and morph, carved into editable After Effects and Resolve clips. In our 15 Nov test, 20 of 23 cases match in After Effects and 19 of 23 in Resolve, and morph now matches in Resolve. Iris is close, not exact, in Resolve, and iris box and zoom with blur are close in After Effects. Eleven new effects, including Hue/Saturation, Vignette, Levels, Lens and Chromatic aberration, sent to After Effects and DaVinci Resolve. New key tools: edit several keys and their handles at once, curve handles in a new Speed graph, box-select keys inside the graphs, copy, paste and nudge keys, and F9 Easy ease. Also better: more ease presets, a motion path you can drag, a sleeker track head, one layout in the Timeline and the Basement, with a smooth expand, smoother curves with key markers on the Speed graph, and key groups in the Basement. Gradients now match in After Effects and Resolve, and angled gradients now match on non-square frames. Word spacing in After Effects now uses the font’s real space width. Lots of UI work: the Layers tab is now an outliner, exports now have smooth edges like the viewport, media imports at its real size, and restore now asks first and keeps a copy. A new agent indicator with Stop and Resume, and 47 new agent commands. Image-sequence export is faster: up to 4x on our Mac and 16x on our Windows test PC (300-frame 1080p test; your speed depends on your machine and project). Plus fixes, including Mask Invert, and dragging an animated object now moves all its selected keys.
A Grain effect: film-style grain on the canvas, carried to Resolve and After Effects. A Directional Blur effect with Length and Angle; it matches exactly in Resolve and closely in After Effects. Clearer updates: when an update cannot be done inside the app, the button says Download and opens the website instead of trying again. On Mac, updates no longer fail while an AI app is connected to Carvercat. In Resolve, comps that use more tools (grain, masks, retime) can be reopened in Carvercat.
A faster canvas while you draw, drag and scrub. A new Connect any AI panel: one switch adds Carvercat to the AI apps on your computer that support MCP, and Copy setup covers anything else. More reliable AI commands, which now accept ids and text values directly. Anchor-point and key-ease fixes for After Effects. On Windows, 0.1.9 is signed with a new Carvercat certificate, so if you have 0.1.8, download and install 0.1.9 once by hand; updates are automatic from 0.1.9 onwards.
Units from the web: pixels, percent and points, CSS colours, easing and time in frames, seconds or milliseconds, with clear reasons when a value is refused. Projects now save in a new format; older files open and are upgraded, and the first save keeps a backup copy. Files saved in 0.1.8 do not open in 0.1.7 or older. An Add tool with Solid and Null objects, Stagger as one card, stroke ends, a soft edge control, After Effects variable-font styles, anchor fixes, a full-screen Mac window, a clearer Basement track header, better hover contrast and a canvas bar. Fonts are bundled, and Carvercat has a user Library folder.
Send to After Effects, with a new Target menu in Deliver: Files, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects. Premiere Pro is listed as coming. New “carve” wording, clearer reasons when a send is refused, After Effects accuracy fixes, a redesigned Timeline and Basement, and canvas and shape fixes.
Mac updates restart into the new version even if the app was opened from Downloads. The Windows app shows the Carvercat icon on the taskbar.
Sharper, steadier pictures and video in the viewport. Agents can read and place library items and sounds. Deliver became its own side panel. Side columns and the timeline resize consistently. Fixed a Windows bug that blocked updates.
First public release for Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows. An editor that sends to DaVinci Resolve (Studio, Free or manual), and an AI agent connection over MCP.
Everything inside Carvercat (41 features)
Each feature links to its chapter in the docs.
Projects 8
App identity and startupIdentify the editor and its stage/version before working.
In the appProjects and savingCreate, open, save and reopen the editable source.
In the appUndo, clipboard and editing historyRevise document content and understand recovery scope.
In the appCompositions and work rangesChoose dimensions, rate, duration and explicit scope.
In the appWorkspace layout and focusOrganise visible panels without confusing navigation with artwork changes.
In the appProject navigation and nestingFind a comp, Group or use of shared source content.
In the appPreferences, defaults and font refreshUnderstand persistent configuration while verifying actual selection.
In the appPackages, updates and removalMake reviewed acquisition and project-preserving lifecycle explicit.
In the appMedia 4
Media import and project poolBring sources into the project with deliberate dependency handling.
In the appAsset requests and slotsFill requested media with matching size/alpha/fit requirements.
In the appVideo preview proxiesUse smaller editing representations without losing original dependencies.
In the appAudio import and timingPlace and inspect sound with picture over the intended range.
In the appDesign 7
Canvas tools and selectionCreate and select the intended object on the canvas.
In the appText and typographyKeep wording, font face, wrapping and transforms editable.
In the appShape appearance and transformsUse fills, strokes, gradients and purposeful pivots.
In the appPaths and point editingRefine vector geometry with points and spatial handles.
In the appCompound paths and BooleansKeep contours and operands understandable while combining shapes.
In the appEffects and their orderAdd, bypass, reorder and remove applicable appearance effects.
In the appMasks and time coverageIsolate intended targets over the correct range.
In the appAnimation 5
Clips, tracks and timingArrange when objects appear and preserve range context.
In the appKeyframes, curves and retimingShape the rate and duration of supported parameter changes.
In the appKey Groups, lanes and axesOrganise animation without confusing display and key ownership.
In the appText StaggerOffset supported existing animation across text units.
In the appAnimation presetsApply supported motion to the selected object’s state.
In the appReuse 7
Basement and exposed controlsBring the parameters people need onto useful editing surfaces.
In the appShared instances and overridesMake variations while retaining a shared source.
In the appGroups and hierarchyOrganise related objects while retaining child editing.
In the appParenting and detachMake transforms follow without changing object ownership.
In the appParameter and clip relationshipsUnderstand what follows a value and what coordinates timing.
In the appLibrary discovery and placementFind useful starting content and understand what placement creates.
In the appTemplate Apply and Apply ScaleResolve pending placement and make source-resolution changes deliberately.
In the appDelivery 6
Local rendered outputProduce the selected still, sequence, animation or audio result.
In the appEditable comps in your editorCarve supported elements into Resolve as a Fusion comp and into After Effects as a comp.
In the appDirect delivery to Resolve and After EffectsSend straight to a Resolve timeline or an open After Effects project and see what was carved.
In the appSaved-output send and retrySeparate known failed sends from uncertain destination outcomes.
In the appExisting Resolve clip operationsUnderstand target ownership before revising destination content.
In the appExport progress, cancellation and resumeInspect an output job and its original snapshot before continuing it.
In the appAgents 4
AI connection setupRegister or configure a named compatible client.
In the appDesktop MCP attachment and reconnectUse the visible editor without assuming a connector is project readiness.
In the appAgent discovery and inspectionDiscover capabilities and verify the result beyond success text.
In the appRevision and human takeoverPreserve manual changes by refreshing state before further edits.
In the app