Headless. Palmier can now run in the background without a GUI. It also supports editing multiple projects and timelines concurrently.
Usage Dashboard. Track all AI credits and usage in the new Usage dashboard in Settings. Also a usage summary per project inside the Project UI. Usage is also available on palmier.io/dashboard/usage
Timeline History. Palmier now tracks all timeline edits and changes and allows you to restore any snapshot. You or the agents can also create snapshots per timeline.
Caption Presets and per-word styles. a new animation control for text, including per-word styles and new animation primitives. In the caption tab, you can select pre-defined presets that works out of the box.
Color management and HDR timelines. Palmier can now detects source color space (Rec 709, Rec 2020, Apple Log, Apple Log 2, etc.). The working color space is always DaVinci Wide Gamut Intermediate with high precision. You can set output color space to Rec 709, Rec 2020 HLG, or Rec 2020 PQ.
New models. Gemini 4 Argon, Muse Wonder for chat, Kling V4 for videos
Improvements and fixes
UI: Full Preview Viewer on Cmd+F
UI: Tracks Background Tasks such as import, indexing, analysis, and export in one place.
UI: Remove Silence is now in the timeline toolbar.
Feature: 1.25x preview playback speed.
Feature: Set the number of lines per caption
Feature: Support for fractional NTSC frame rates.
Fix: Exported audio no longer drifts on speed-changed clips.
Fix: Transcript cuts land on quiet audio for cleaner word removals.
Assets and Scene detection
Scene detection
Dockable panels and layout presets
New
Assets. Keep reusable media in one library shared across every project. Works with your Mac folders, Google Drive, Dropbox, LucidLink, or any storage that is compatible with macOS Finder.
Scene detection. Palmier detects scenes in your media and timeline. Agent understands your footage scene by scene, and you can browse scenes in the Index or right-click a clip and choose Split into Scenes.
Seedance 2.5 drafts. Generate fast 480p drafts with Seedance 2.5, then choose Enhance Draft to finish at 1080p.
New OpenAI and Anthropic models. GPT-6.1 Sol and Sonnet 5.5.
New Panel UI. Introducing Editor, Director, Generate, and Vertical preset layouts for different workflows. Each panel is also dockable, and you can drag them to rearrange the editor.
Improvements and fixes
UI: Timeline to Music moved from the Audio tab to the timeline toolbar.
UI: The Transcript tab in the Index now has editable speaker labels, scrolls smoothly on long recordings, and can follow the playhead.
UI: Removed the Audio and Index tabs from the media panel. Index is now its own panel.
UI: Removed the silence and speaker overlays from timeline waveforms.
Fix: Generated files are named after the generation instead of a random ID.
Fix: Microphone access for audio recording.
Fix: Beat detection no longer stalls on first load on base Apple silicon Macs.
Fix: Split undo and linked-clip trims.
Speed ramps, Audio recording, GPT-6 Sol, Opus 5.5
Speed ramps and smooth slow motionRecord audio on the timelineHiggsfield Genjutsu modesComments in Timeline Index
New
Speed ramps. Add and edit speed points in the inspector. Presets, Agent editing, playback, and export use the same curve timing.
Smooth slow motion. Use macOS local video effects to interpolate frames for smoother slowed footage.
Record audio directly on the timeline. Record voiceovers without leaving Palmier.
New OpenAI and Anthropic models. GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, Opus 5.5
Higgsfield Genjutsu. Create viral videos with Higgsfield Genjutsu Motion Transfer and Object Swap.
Better Comments UI. A more intuitive way to leave comments for Agent. We've changed 'Markers' to 'Comments' in the Index tab.
Improvements and fixes
Magic Mask available for images.
Limit generated captions to a selected timeline range.
Pan the timeline with the Hand tool and frame the sequence with fit-to-timeline zoom.
Reorganized timeline tools and inspector controls.
Improved audio metering, trimmed waveform alignment, and agent chat responsiveness.
Run GPT-6 Astra with CodexPreview generations in Claude Desktop
Compare assets side by side
Type @ to attach media
New
Claude Code and Codex inside Palmier. The in-app chat now supports Claude Code, Codex, or Palmier harness. You can bring your own API keys or use existing Claude/Codex subscriptions.
New harness and models. GPT-6 Astra, Fable 5.1, GPT-2.5 Image are now available on Palmier. We have replaced the in-app chat with Claude Code/Codex/Palmier harness, meaning the agent can now run scripts/CLI (ffmpeg, yt-dlp, etc.), web search, write remotion/hyperframe codes, and do much more.
Compare multiple media. You can select multiple media in the media panel to preview them side by side (Limit 9).
Better UX with referencing media. In the chat or generation panel, you can now type @ to attach media with better UI.
MCP apps. You can now preview the generated media in Claude Desktop and Cursor without going back to the editor.
Improvements and fixes
Each audio asset now shows the real waveform from the source file.
Lower memory usage during export.
Improved chat rendering performance and UI.
Fixed beat detection reliability.
Improved remove silence accuracy.
Fixed key frame schema in the MCP tool.
Magic Mask
New
Magic Mask. Ask Agent to identify an object and create a mask, or prompt one in the video inspector.
Basic masks. Add ellipse, rectangle, and linear masks.
Per-mask effects. Apply effects to masked areas.
Transcript markers. Select words in the Index transcript and press M to add a marker to that range.
Layout motion. Agent can apply preset layouts with built-in motion.
Timeline Index
New
Timeline Index. Search timeline transcripts, manage markers, and hand work off to Agent from the media panel.
Ripple markers. Keep markers attached to their content as ripple edits move clips.
On-demand Smart Search. The Smart Search model now installs when Agent needs it.
More languages. Added German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Ukrainian, Indonesian, Thai, Hebrew, and European Portuguese.
Keyframe lanes and timeline markers
New
Keyframe lanes. Expand tracks to edit keyframes directly below clips on the timeline.
Timeline markers. Leave comments for Agent at the playhead or across a selected range.
More keyframe controls. Animate blur on visual clips and text size on text clips.
Reusable skills and new text controls
New
Reusable skills. Ask Agent to save a finished editing workflow as a skill for future projects.
New text controls. Add inverted fills, blur, and custom colors to stencil text.
Canvas guides. Overlay grids, safe zones, and format references while editing.