# What's New

Discover our latest updates and solutions for your app's success

January 22, 2026

### Save and Share Large Projects Reliably

Archive exports on the web are now more memory-friendly and stable, especially for large, resource-heavy projects. Instead of loading all assets into memory at once, CE.SDK now streams or writes exports incrementally, significantly reducing memory usage during export.

For your users, this engine update provides a reliable experience when saving or sharing complex designs.  â

â [Learn how CE.SDK handles exports](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/conversion/overview-44dc58/?ref=img.ly) - Docs  â [Configure and control exports](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/export-save-publish/export/overview-9ed3a8/?ref=img.ly) - Guide

January 22, 2026

### Design Faster with Ready-Made Text Designs

Text Designs are prebuilt text elements users can insert into a design, similar to ready-made headlines, callouts, or fun text layouts.

CE.SDK Text Designs are now more robust for more complex designs. Each text design is handled as a self-contained component that automatically includes the assets it needs, making templates more reliable and easier to scale.

January 22, 2026

### Build Faster with Practical, Production-Ready Guides

Weâve expanded our CE.SDK Guides for Web to help developers move quickly from setup to deeper customization and advanced workflows.

The guides walk through practical implementation patterns, including [AI integrations](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/user-interface/ai-integration-5aa356/) , [automated](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/automation-715209/) design-template workflows, and [editor UI](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/user-interface-5a089a/) customization. Each topic is designed to help teams extend CE.SDK in production environments.

The CE.SDK documentation guides cover essential developer workflows with working examples and live demos.

December 17, 2025

### Support Right-to-Left Languages Out of the Box

CE.SDK now fully supports right-to-left (RTL) text input, making it easy to build editors for languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian (Farsi). Text direction switches automatically, characters flow correctly, and cursor movement behaves as users expect when typing and editing.

For your users, this means a native text editing experience in their language. For your product, it unlocks multilingual workflows without workarounds.

December 17, 2025

### Use Transparent WebM Videos for Rich Motion Design

CE.SDK for Web now supports transparent WebM videos making it easy to layer animations, overlays, and motion elements without a background. This opens up new creative possibilities for effects, lower thirds, UI animations, and branded motion content directly in the editor.

December 8, 2025

### Power Product Customization with CE.SDK

Let your users design products like apparel, mugs, phone cases, and more with a real-time, fully interactive product editor made with CE.SDK.

The Web Product Editor UI demo shows how CE.SDK handles multiple print areas, live mockups, and print-ready design exports in a streamlined workflow.

For your product, this provides a ready-made blueprint for building custom merchandise editors, print-on-demand tools, or any e-commerce customization experience.

â [Try the Product Editor UI Demo](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/product-editor-ui/web?utm_source=releasenotes)

December 8, 2025

### Fine-Tune Text Styling Without Selecting

When users apply styling without selecting text, CE.SDK for Web now updates the entire text block instead of applying the style only to future characters.

This feels more predictable and matches user expectations in formatting-heavy workflows.

December 8, 2025

### Control Whether Your Library is Searchable

For your web editor, you can control whether an asset library (for example, stock photos) is searchable using the isSearchable field. When no visible library supports search, the search bar is hidden automatically.

November 21, 2025

### Scale Your Exports with CE.SDK Renderer

We are excited to introduce a new platform : CE.SDK Renderer brings production grade exporting to your backend, allowing you to turn CE.SDK templates into finished media with the speed, consistency, and scale required for modern creative automation.

How It Works  Running the CE.SDK engine natively on your server, the Renderer delivers fast and reliable export of images, PDFs, and fully compliant H.264 and H.265 videos. It removes the limitations of browser and Node based exporting and enables automated, personalized, and high volume content workflows.

Packaged as a ready-to-run Docker container, CE.SDK Renderer supports GPU acceleration, batch processing, and predictable output fidelity for enterprise production needs.

Perfect For Your Use Case  CE.SDK Renderer is ideal for dynamic ad creation, personalized video variations, template driven print assets such as postcards or brochures, and large scale automated content generation across marketing, e-commerce, and creative automation platforms.

â [Explore CE.SDK Deep-Dive Blog](https://img.ly/blog/ce-sdk-renderer-creative-automation/)  â [View CE.SDK Renderer Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/renderer/cesdk-renderer-overview-7f3e9a/)

November 21, 2025

### Change Video Speed for Fun Video Editing

Your users can now change video speed right in the web editor. Slow clips down to spotlight important moments, or speed them up to keep content tight and engaging.

This removes the need for external editing apps and keeps more creation inside your product.

November 21, 2025

### Enforce Image Ratios on Mobile

Force Crop is now available for Mobile, as seen for the [Web](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/force-crop/web) editor: If a user uploads media that does not fit the intended layout, the editor can automatically crop or guide users through cropping, so the final design looks exactly as intended.

It is especially valuable for social stories, ads, marketplace listings, and any workflow where the output size must be precise.

Force Crop supports three modes so you can choose how much control you give users:

â [View Android Force Crop Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/force-crop-c2854e/)   â [View iOS Force Crop Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/user-interface/customization/force-crop-c2854e/)

November 21, 2025

### Customize Your Canvas Menu

When selecting any element, the canvas menu appears and contains a âmore optionsâ drown-down section. It is now fully customizable using the builder API.

You can add, remove, or reorder menu items and include individual actions (flip, copy, paste, etc.).

Get more control over the editor UI, and tailor tools and workflows to your usersâ needs.

â [Change Canvas Menu Order Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/api/cesdk-js/classes/userinterfaceapi/#updatecanvasmenuordercomponent)  â [Explore Canvas Menu Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/user-interface/customization/canvas-menu-0d2b5b/)

November 11, 2025

### Bring Powerful Video Editing to Safari Users

CE.SDK now supports  playback and editing video in Safari 26.0 and higher on macOS. Give your users on Mac full access to pristine, browser-based video editing.

This update lets your users create, animate, preview, and edit videos directly in Safari with the same CE.SDK features they already know from Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

For your product, this means broader reach and platform consistency, enabling you to deliver a pristine editing experience that feels native everywhere.

â [Try the video demo in Safari](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/video-ui/web)  â [Explore CE.SDKâs video capabilities](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/overview-7d12d5/)

November 11, 2025

### Use A Color Picker Inside Your Editor

Users can now sample colors from anywhere on their screen and apply them directly in the web editor with the new built-in color picker.

Supported in Chrome, Edge, and Opera for Web.

November 11, 2025

### Generate Captions, Translations and Effects with Audio Export

Our new Audio Export Guide shows how to extract audio directly from scenes or blocks to create auto captions, translations, and automated transcripts. Or process audio externally for creative effects!

This makes it easier to extend CE.SDK beyond editing, helping you power smarter, more accessible, and more engaging media tools.

October 24, 2025

### Create Print-Ready PDFs

Weâre excited to introduce the Print-Ready PDF Plugin for CE.SDK, enabling you to transform your designs into professional-grade PDFs.

Key Features

This plugin provides a straightforward solution for generating print-ready PDFs with your app. By handling the conversion client-side, it simplifies workflows and reduces reliance on external tools.

Getting Started:  â [Integrate the Print-Ready PDF Plugin](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@imgly/plugin-print-ready-pdfs-web)  â [View Print-Ready PDF Plugin Docs](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/plugins/print-ready-pdf-iroalu/)

October 24, 2025

### Design Faster in a Modern, Distraction-Free UI

CE.SDK for Web has a new look: simpler, brighter, and more focused. This visual refresh reduces complexity, improves readability, and helps your users design faster while keeping your product future-proof.

Friendlier and Easier-to-Use Interface:

The result is an interface that feels balanced, easy to use, and blends into brands by default.

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October 24, 2025

### Export Audio for Captions, Editing, and Automation

The new Export Audio API supports extracting audio from scenes, audio blocks, or video fill blocks.

This gives developers full control over audio output for editing, mixing, or automation workflows. For example, you can extract audio for automatic transcription and auto video captions .

Coming Soon : Learn how to generate and translate captions automatically in your editor â our full guide is on the way.

October 14, 2025

### Preview Your Animations Instantly

CE.SDK now plays a live preview whenever you add or update an animation. Your users can immediately see how their animations behave without pressing âplay,â making it faster to fine-tune motion and create polished results.

For your app, that means smoother editing workflows, less trial and error, and a more professional user experience out of the box. Try our [Animation Demo for Web](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/animations/web?ref=img.ly) .

October 14, 2025

### Fine-Tune Playback Speed for Clips

Our CE.SDK engine now supports playback speed control for videos, GIFs, and audio. Developers can programmatically adjust speed using setPlaybackSpeed and getPlaybackSpeed .

Within our next releases, your users will be able to fine-tune video speed right inside the editor , using an intuitive user interface for the Web.

October 1, 2025

### Manage Settings in a Unified Place

With Settings API , weâve consolidated the Settings interface and introduced unified setSetting and getSetting methods, replacing multiple type-specific methods. For developers, this means:

October 1, 2025

### Be Flexible When Handling Actions and Common Tasks

CE.SDK now introduces new Actions and Utils APIs that simplify how you manage editor workflows.

With the Actions API , tasks like save, export, load, or upload are managed centrally instead of across multiple places. This reduces repetition and makes it easier to customize how users interact with the editor.

The Utils API adds ready-to-use defaults for dialogs, file handling, exporting, and scene management. These save time and cut boilerplate while still letting you override behavior when needed.

Explore the [Actions API](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/actions-6ch24x?ref=img.ly) and [Utils API](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/api/cesdk-js/classes/utilsapi/?ref=img.ly) .

October 1, 2025

### Drop CE.SDK into Angular Apps with Ease

Weâve added official Angular support via @cesdk/cesdk-js/angular , bringing the same plug-and-play experience developers already love in React and Vue.

October 1, 2025

### Deliver Accurate UI Colors With P3 and OKLCH

Our [Theming API](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/user-interface/appearance/theming-4b0938/?ref=img.ly) lets you style the web editorâs user interface, so it matches your brand: toolbars, panels, and other elements.

Since CE.SDK v1.60, theming supports the P3 color space and OKLCH color format , giving you modern, more accurate colors for your editorâs UI. This ensures branded themes look vibrant and consistent across todayâs wide-gamut displays.

October 1, 2025

### Switch Editor Theme Instantly, Match System Settings

CE.SDK for Web now adapts to your usersâ system settings out of the box. A new system theme option automatically switches between light and dark mode. Because theming works at runtime , you donât need to reload the editor to apply changes â making it easier to deliver seamless experiences..

October 1, 2025

### Stay Flexible with iOS 26

Appleâs new Liquid Glass design system in iOS 26 changes safe-area handling, toolbar sizing, and system banners. CE.SDK v1.60 prepares you for this shift: choose whether to embrace the new look or preserve your current layout.

By default, when you build against the iOS 26 SDK , our editor automatically uses the new system visuals and behaviors for seamless alignment with Appleâs latest design language.

If you continue building with a preâiOS 26 SDK, nothing changes: your app continues to look and behave as before, and our SDK maintains the previous experience.

If you want to build with the iOS 26 SDK but temporarily keep the classic UI , Apple provides an Info.plist switch: UIDesignRequiresCompatibility to enable UI [compatibility mode](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIDesignRequiresCompatibility) .

When this is present, your app wonât adopt Liquid Glass, and our SDK will mirror that choice to remain consistent with the rest of your app.

Note: Apple hasnât published a deprecation date for this compatibility key; plan your migration accordingly.

Resources:  â [Apple Documentation - Liquid Glass Introduction](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/TechnologyOverviews/liquid-glass)  â [Apple Documentation - Adopting Liquid Glass](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/TechnologyOverviews/adopting-liquid-glass)

October 1, 2025

### Work With MKV Video Formats

CE.SDK now supports MKV (Matroska) files, including H.264, H.265/HEVC, AAC, and MP3 alongside VP8, VP9, AV1, and Opus. More uploads work out of the box, reducing friction for your users.

October 1, 2025

### Add Motion With Lottie Files

Our Engine now supports .json Lottie files as video fills. Add lightweight, scalable animations to video projects without large asset sizes.

September 11, 2025

### Add a Full-Featured Editor to React or Vue in Minutes

Get prebuilt editors and smart features out of the box: CE.SDK now ships React and Vue wrappers directly in the @cesdk/cesdk-js package. Just install, import, and skip lengthy setups. This frees your team to ship faster and focus on what makes your app unique in the market.

Browse pre-built solutions for [React](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/prebuilt-solutions-d0ed07/?ref=img.ly) and [Vue](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/prebuilt-solutions-d0ed07/?ref=img.ly) .

What You Get Out of The Box:

All-in-one integration  With wrappers included, installation is cleaner and simplified. Simply install and import the necessary components.

Prebuilt Editor Solutions  Our wrappers provide ready-to-use editor components. Perfect for rapid prototyping or embedding full-featured editing experiences.

Rich Editing Features  Use built-in support for photo & video editing (crop, filters, adjustments), smart AI tools, template creation, asset libraries. Customize the UI if needed.

â  [Get started with React docs](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/get-started/overview-e18f40/)  â  [Get started with Vue docs](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

September 11, 2025

### Work with WebM Video Files

CE.SDK for Web and our Engine now support WebM videos. Supported codecs include VP8, VP9, and AV1. This allows you to handle more video formats efficiently, deliver faster-loading videos, and ensure smooth playback across browsers and platforms. Explore all [supported formats](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/conversion/overview-44dc58/#supported-input-and-output-formats) in our documentation.

August 12, 2025

### Design Faster with Fresh Mobile Assets

Weâve overhauled the iOS & Android default assets in CE.SDK. Let users start creating with inspiring design elements right away.

August 12, 2025

### Save Bigger Scenes, More Reliably on Mobile

Archiving complex projects with large assets can spike memory usage, causing performance issues or failures in some scenarios. To support more complex or asset-heavy scenes, weâve improved how archive export works on iOS and Android.

This update reduces memory load and helps your app save larger projects more efficiently and reliably.

July 29, 2025

### Translate Your Mobile Editor and Camera

You can now localize CE.SDK on iOS and Android , making it easy to translate the editor and camera UI for a great experience in any language.

Translate Your Editor   Reach global audiences and meet local expectations with minimal effort! All visible UI elements in the editor can now be localized.

Simplified Text Customization  Easily override our default labels and messages by using a clear, structured system.

Camera SDK Localization  Not only our editors: CE.SDK Camera supports localization, too. Configure it separately using the [iOS Camera](https://ubique.img.ly/develop/documentation/ios/import-media/capture-from-camera/camera-configuration-46afd0/#localization) and [Android Camera documentation](https://ubique.img.ly/develop/documentation/android/import-media/capture-from-camera/camera-configuration-46afd0/) .

Explore the documentation to [localize on iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/user-interface/localization-508e20/) and [Android](https://ubique.img.ly/develop/documentation/android/user-interface/localization-508e20/) .

July 29, 2025

### Start Every Edit with a Crop

Configure whether images must be cropped before editing. With Force Crop for Web and our Engine, you set the aspect ratio or format for your usersâ project.

Three modes give you full control:

This ensures every project starts in the right formatâwhether itâs for Instagram Stories, avatars, YouTube Shorts, or product imagesâwithout leaving room for user error.

Try the Force Crop [Demo](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/force-crop/web) for Web.

July 14, 2025

### Design Faster with Crop & Resize Presets for Android

Bring fast & easy formatting to Android users with crop and resize presets.

Easy Cropping  Instantly crop to popular aspect ratios for social media platforms, and more. This saves time and ensures every creation fits the channel or print use-case perfectly.

Resize Designs with Presets Resize entire designs, tweak, and publish fast. Pixel-perfect with presets for social media platforms.

Crop & Resize presets are now supported for Web, iOS, and Android apps.  Explore [Crop](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/crop-presets-f94f26/?ref=img.ly) and [Page Format](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/page-format-496315/?ref=img.ly) documentation.  Try the Android [demo app](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/img-ly-design-editor/id1672991141?ref=img.ly) .

July 14, 2025

### Boost Video Engagement with Captions

Add captions to videos on the Web and Engine! Your users can create closed captions manually using a simple interface with timestamps, or upload a caption file ( .srt , .vtt ).

This feature ships with animated style presets for clean, professional-looking captions. You can [add custom presets](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/create-video/update-caption-presets-e9c385/?ref=img.ly) for captions to match your brand.

From short-form video to e-learning, captions have become a standard in content creation. They are essential for creating accessible and high-performing videos. According to Meta, captions can increase video view time by 12% on average. This is a feature your users expect and rely on.

Explore the Captions [documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/edit-video/add-captions-f67565/?ref=img.ly) or try the [demo](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/video-captions/web?ref=img.ly) .

June 16, 2025

### Get More Done with a Focused Video Timeline

We've cut through the clutterâstatic elements like text and shapes now appear as clean icons instead of repetitive thumbnails, while keeping video clips fully visible.

This streamlined timeline on the Web helps creators edit faster with fewer mistakes by removing distractions, not features.

June 16, 2025

### Tailor the iOS Canvas Menu to Fit Your Workflow

ð¡ Whatâs the Canvas Menu? This mini contextual menu appears next to a selected design block (like an image), allowing users to use actions like delete, duplicate, or more.

You can now customize the editor Canvas Menu for iOS! This update gives you more control over how items appear and behave in the editor:

June 16, 2025

### Design Faster with Presets for Crop & Page Resize

Our new Crop & Page Resize Presets deliver perfectly formatted designs for Instagram, YouTube, print, and more. Presets solve a top creator pain point: manual resizing for different platforms. Help users publish to multiple channels faster, while maintaining high quality.

Resize Pages in Seconds: Switch between formats like A4, Story, or YouTube Thumbnail. In the past, manual page resizing lived in the document settings. Now, our resize options live in a dedicated âResizeâ button.

Crop Without Guesswork : Crop visuals to fit any format, with presets tuned for top platforms and print. Or utilize fast crops for a consistent layout.

Available now for Web, mobile support coming soon.

Explore our documentation for [Crop](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/user-interface/customization/crop-presets-f94f26/?ref=img.ly) and [Page](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/user-interface/customization/page-format-496315/?ref=img.ly) Presets.

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June 3, 2025

### Match Your Navigation Bar With Your Brand & Workflow

You now have more control over customizing the navigation bar on iOS , ensuring that it reflects your brand and optimizes user flows.

June 3, 2025

### Add a Camera to Your Flutter App

We're excited to announce the expansion of our Camera to Flutter, enabling seamless integration of advanced camera features into your app.

Camera Key Features:

This release brings feature parity across iOS, Android, React Native, and now Flutter, ensuring a consistent developer experience across platforms.

June 3, 2025

### Make Text Stand Out on Android

Add backgrounds to text blocks for better readability and visual polish. Customize padding and corner radius for a clean, consistent look. Ideal for short-form videos and social media content where clear messaging matters.

June 3, 2025

### Add Engaging Animations to Designs on Android

Add dynamic motion to your text and design elements with CE.SDK for Android. Our new Text & Block Animations feature delivers a comprehensive library of motion effects. This release also ships with a smoothly animated, categorized user interface.

Comprehensive Animation Library   Access a full suite of in, out, and loop animations, like our animation for web!

Tailored Motion Controls  Fine-tune animations like duration, easing, direction, and more. For text, you can also control how exactly it animates â for example, as an entire block or individual characters!  â  Try it live on our [demo app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ly.img.cesdk.catalog) .

May 8, 2025

### Speed Up HDR Video Editing on The Web

We've dramatically accelerated HDR-to-SDR video conversion in CE.SDK for Web. While HDR videos previously required lengthy processing, especially for 4K content. Now, they convert to SDR with minimal delay, letting users start editing their footage faster than ever before.

April 17, 2025

### Speed Up Your HDR Video Editing

We've dramatically accelerated HDR-to-SDR video conversion in CE.SDK on iOS . While HDR videos previously required lengthy processing, especially for 4K content, they now convert to SDR with minimal delay, letting users start editing their footage faster than ever before.

April 17, 2025

### Add Text Backgrounds on iOS

Make your text pop! Apply solid color backgrounds to text on iOS. Additionally, adjust the padding and rounded corners of your text background.

This feature ensures readability and adds a polished, professional touch to your designs. By elevating text design, your app helps users create visually compelling content that stands out. Available for Web and iOS, soon on Android!

April 17, 2025

### Add A Cinematic Ken Burns Animation

Give your images a cinematic touch with the new crop-zoom animation in CE.SDK. Inspired by the Ken Burns effect , this feature lets you smoothly pan and zoom across images, creating dynamic storytelling without complex editing.

Apply the Ken Burns animation directly from the CE.SDK animation library on the web. Learn [how to use animations](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/animation/overview-6a2ef2/) and [their properties](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/animation/types-4e5f41/) with our documentation.

April 17, 2025

### Use GIFs in Your Designs on Web and Mobile

GIFs are now fully integrated into the CE.SDK UI. Add and manage animated images like any other media asset. Drop a GIF into your timeline to play it once , or create a loop by extending its duration. Youâre in control.

This update delivers a consistent experience across Web and Mobile, empowering dynamic content creation for social media, marketing, and beyond.   GIF support itself is built-inâno setup required! However, to add looping, enable the looping option in your assets. Find platform-specific guidance in our docs :

April 8, 2025

### Customize Your Navigation Bar on Android

You now have more control over customizing the navigation bar on Android , ensuring that it reflects your brand and optimizes user flows.

Key Features:

April 1, 2025

### Edit Large Videos with Optimized Performance

Editing large videos on iOS is now more seamless than ever. Previously, videos were fully loaded into memory, sometimes doubling usage due to background processing. Now, you can work with significantly reduced memory consumption.

A reduced memory footprint improves stability, prevents slowdowns, and ensures a smoother experienceâespecially for locally stored videos.

This update enhances user satisfaction and retention by enabling smoother editing, keeping consumers engaged with a seamless experience.

March 11, 2025

### Shape Your iOS Interface Around Your Workflow

We unlock full dock and inspector bar customization , giving you the flexibility to optimize your workflow. With an open API, you can now tailor these UI elements to better suit your editing needsâwhether by reordering actions, adding custom functionality, or simplifying the interface.

Take control of your interface by modifying both the dock and inspector bar:

Start customizing your [dock](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/dock-cb916c/) and [inspector bar](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/inspector-bar-8ca1cd/) today with our documentation.

February 25, 2025

### Simplify Development with Complete TypeScript Support

Weâve improved TypeScript  support by exposing previously missing types used in our UI APIs. This enhancement, based on user feedback, reduces complexity and ensures smoother development workflows.

February 25, 2025

### Ensure Text Rendering Across Languages

When a glyph is unavailable in the selected font, CE.SDK automatically falls back to a configurable default font. This prevents localization issues and ensures seamless text rendering, perfect for your global projects.

February 25, 2025

### Record Reactions to Videos on Android

The popular Reactions feature is now live on Android! Users can add real-time responses to videos.

This feature is perfect for content creators looking to boost personal branding, connect with audiences, and increase reachâjust like on TikTok and Instagram.

Key Benefits:

With an easy-to-use UI, users can record reactions in vertical or horizontal layouts, then customize with text, filters, and adjustments. Cropping, trimming, and seamless editing are also supported.

Get started by trying the [live demo](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ly.img.cesdk.catalog&hl=gsw&ref=img.ly) and enable Reactions on Android via our documentation.

February 6, 2025

### Switch the Editor Language without Restarting

Easily switch languages in our web editor without restarting it. This update lets you update the UI language instantly via API, streamlining localization.

February 6, 2025

### Tailor the Android Canvas Menu to Your Workflows

ð¡ The Canvas menu appears when you select a design block, letting you edit its settings, like duplicating a selected image.

Building on mobile configuration introduced in our [last release](https://img.ly/blog/creative-editor-sdk-v-1-43-0-release-notes/?utm_source=imgly&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=releasenotes) , weâve extended customization to the editor Canvas Menu for Android. This update gives you full control over how the menu and its items appear and behave in the editor:

More customizations will be available soon, including for iOS.

February 6, 2025

### Get Vibrant Colors with P3/Wide Gamut Support

Unlock a broader color range with P3 color space support on iOS and Android devices. This enhancement ensures your designs and content are more vibrant, accurate, and true to lifeâgiving you richer color options for all your projects.

Set up color spaces with our documentation for [iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/open-the-editor/uri-resolver-36b624/) and [Android](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/open-the-editor/uri-resolver-36b624/) .

February 6, 2025

### Simplify Your Video Editing Workflow

Add multiple clips to a single track on your video timeline! With CE.SDK video editing for the web , you can insert video clips, text, overlays, and more on one trackâresulting in a more organized and efficient workspace.

This update empowers you to create richer, more dynamic sequences while keeping your timeline neat and easy to navigate.

February 3, 2025

### Control How Images Fit into Blocks

This web feature is perfect for customizing how images appear in designs and templates, allowing for more precise control. With Fill  Mode for images, you can choose from three options:

Control this via API, with details in our documentation.

February 3, 2025

### Shape Your Interface Around Your Workflow

Weâre excited to introduce powerful new ways to customize your Editor on Android . Easily configure your dock and inspectorâgiving you the flexibility to design a more personalized, responsive user experience!

ð¡ The dock is where you keep essential tools for quick access, while the inspector provides detailed controls and settings for the selected item.

What's New:

Rearrange Your Dock  Move and remove dock items freely while keeping your custom settings intact, like button height.

Smart Custom Buttons  For a more responsive workflow, add buttons that dynamically appear, change, or disappear based on your workflowâadapting to selected tools or active tasks.

Real-Time Updates  The dock updates in real-time, instantly reflecting changes to icons or visibility and adapting seamlessly to your workflow.

More customization options are coming soon! This update will be available on iOS shortly.

Get started with our [Inspector](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/inspector-bar-8ca1cd/#inspectorbaritem-configuration/) and [Dock Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/user-interface/customization/dock-cb916c/#dock-configuration/)

December 18, 2024

### Customize Your Editor Icons

You can now easily customize your CE.SDK editor by adding your own icons. You can upload icons through our API to match your brand or design style. Whether you want to replace default icons or add custom ones to your features, this update gives you full creative control.

December 18, 2024

### Design with Multiple Text Styles in a Single Block

Empower your users to create visually dynamic text designs with Rich Text Editing : This feature allows multiple fonts, sizes, and styles within a single text block, unlocking endless customization possibilities.

From eye-catching headlines to seamless body text, your users can mix and match styles without needing multiple text blocks.

December 18, 2024

### Integrate CE.SDK in Your React Native App

Easily integrate CE.SDK into your React Native and Expo applications.

This plug-and-play solution simplifies integration, making it faster and easier to implement CE.SDK in your apps. Our React Native and Expo Support is built on top of our native editor solutions, enabling you to use our existing iOS and Android editor UI variants supporting a broad range of use cases.

At launch, you can choose between:

Additionally to our existing editor variants, you can create your own editor variant to suit your particular use case using our native API.

December 10, 2024

### Add Backgrounds to Text

Apply solid color backgrounds to text. Additionally, adjust padding and rounded corners of your text background. This new feature ensures readability and adds a polished, professional touch to your designs. By elevating text design, your app helps users create visually compelling content that stands out.

December 10, 2024

### Capture Videos on Android

Easily integrate video recording capabilities into your Android app: our new Camera UI for Android empowers users to capture high-quality videos directly within your app, streamlining the content creation process. With intuitive controls and customizable settings, itâs designed to fit seamlessly into your appâs workflow.

If youâre already using our Video Editor for Android , which includes a sleek timeline editor, you can easily enhance functionality by adding clips and selecting âCameraâ to record new footage directly into your timeline.

With the Android Camera UI, your users can create engaging video content without requiring additional tools, keeping them fully engaged within your app.

November 5, 2024

### Animate Text

Add  motion to individual letters or words for custom, eye-catching animations. Create standout titles and engaging visuals for social media, marketing, and more.

With various animation styles, this update provides greater control and personalization for professional, dynamic designs.

This update helps your users produce more polished, visually captivating content and elevates your appâs value in high-competition spaces like social media and advertising.

November 5, 2024

### Capture Reactions on iOS

Record and embed live reactions directly into videos for a more interactive, dynamic experience. Users can capture personal responses, commentary, or tutorials, enriching video content and enhancing engagement.

This functionality taps into popular video formats, as seen on TikTok and Instagram, giving your app a competitive edge by fostering authentic, shareable user interactions.

This feature empowers your app to drive higher user engagement and retention, giving your customers the tools to stand out in content-driven markets.

Try our [iOS demo](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/video-ui/ios?utm_source=imgly&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=releasenotes) .

October 8, 2024

### Edit Videos on Android

We are proud to launch our video editing and content creation tools for Android, following our tried and tested iOS launch. Get started with a fully customizable UI for video editing:

Now Android users can crop, split, trim, and compose videos. Add multiple elementsâvideos, photos, stickers, and moreâto a timeline to create engaging content. Editing options like filters, effects, and audio tracks turn it into a one-stop solution for video creation.

Integrate your custom asset library for stock photos, videos, stickers, and music.

With customizable video formats, users can create content for specific platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Whether itâs stories or Ultra HD, the canvas auto-adjusts, making it easy to tailor videos for any need.    Explore our [Android Showcase](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/video-ui/android?utm_source=imgly&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=releasenotes) and Documentation.

October 8, 2024

### Animate On The Web

We're introducing animation support for our Video Editor for the web. With this update, you can now apply various animations, such as blur, zoom, and slide, to elements directly within the editor.

Animate and Fine-Tune Settings

Select a âblockâ on your canvas â that includes images, videos, text, shapes, and stickers. Then choose from twelve in-and-out animations or nine loop animations. Lastly, fine-tune your selected animation, by tweaking the properties, for custom movement and transition.

August 29, 2024

### Integrate a Photo Editor for iOS and Android

Our new Photo Editor Configuration is designed to offer an intuitive, out-of-the-box solution that bundles a range of key photo editing capabilities. Enhance individual photos, add text and shapes, or apply filtersâthis configuration is a kick-start to provide high-quality photo editing for iOS and Android with CE.SDK.

August 29, 2024

### Add Voiceovers to Videos on iOS

Add voiceover tracks directly within your mobile app, making your projects more dynamic and engaging. Whether creating a tutorial, narrating a slideshow, or adding commentary to a video, this feature allows you to seamlessly record, edit, and integrate voiceovers.

The popular feature, as enjoyed on TikTok and Instagram, is a staple for content creation and adds a personal touch to video creations.

To get started, navigate to âAdd Audioâ, select âVoiceoverâ section and start recording. You can preview the recording, re-record it, and add more audio, such as music. Adjust the audio levels for a balanced background track.

Try recording a voiceover with our Demo App for [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/img-ly-design-editor/id1672991141) .

August 29, 2024

### Use Plugins to Customize UI and Add Quick Actions

We're excited to introduce the first part of our plugin release for CE.SDK on the web: with this release, you can tailor the editorâs UI elements, reorder components, and add quick actions like background removal.

Weâve enabled extension points within key areas of the UI: the Canvas, Navigation bar, Inspector Bar, Dock, and Canvas Menu. Modify the appearance of existing features, register new components, and integrate quick actions. For example, you can add a "Background Removal" button directly in the Canvas Menu or create complex interactions like custom cut-out lines.

For more details on this first batch release and the upcoming plugins, please read our dedicated article below.

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August 29, 2024

### Integrate a Design Editor on iOS and Android

Get started with our new Design Editor configuration for iOS and Android!

The out-of-the-box package is designed for easy creation and management of multipage designs.Users can switch between editing and the page overview mode to review and adjust their work.

Keep the design process straightforward and efficient: the editor features a dock at the bottom, offering convenient access to essential tools like adding text, images, stickers, and uploading new assets. Additionally, you can insert a photo directly from your camera.

Page Management  Create and manage your design pages within a template. Itâs easy to create fun carousel posts, as seen on Instagram and LinkedIn, or create a series. Head to the âPagesâ icon on the top right bar. In the page overview, you can create, duplicate, and edit a page. Lastly, you can change the order of pages by moving them up and down.

Image Settings  Selecting an image lets you fine-tune adjustment settings, and add filters, effects, or blur. Easily crop, straighten, rotate, or flip images.

Try the Design Editor Configuration on [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/img-ly-design-editor/id1672991141?ref=img.ly) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ly.img.cesdk.catalog&pli=1&ref=img.ly) .

May 7, 2024

### User Interface Improvements

In our latest update, we've focused on enhancing the usability and functionality of our interface. Here's what's new:

### Audio Preview

Choosing the right audio clip is now easier with our new Audio Preview feature. Preview audio clips directly within the interface and make the perfect selection for your projects.

### Selection Frame Improvements

We've upgraded our selection frames with new icons, hover effects, enhanced drag functionality, and shadow rendering. These improvements make manipulating elements within our platform more intuitive and visually appealing. Whether you're rearranging components or resizing elements, our refined handling ensures a smoother interaction.

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May 7, 2024

### Create Transparency with a Green Screen

Easily make green screen backgrounds transparent in your images and videos on the Web, and for images on Android and iOS . Our Green Screen Effect is tailored to identify and eliminate green backdropsâor any other color you specify. Perfect for content creators and videographers who need to isolate subjects without manually editing backgrounds.

Select an image or video clip with a color background you wish to remove. Then choose âGreen Screenâ in the Effects, and our effect handles the rest. Fine-tune the effect to your liking.

May 7, 2024

### Recolor Images, like T-shirt Mockups

Replace colors in any image with our new recoloring feature. Select a color you want to change, choose its replacement, and apply the changes. Recoloring is ideal for tasks like altering the color of specific elements, such as t-shirts in product photos.

Simply choose your image, navigate to Effects, and select "Recolor". Choose the color you want to change (Source Color), and the color you want to replace it with (Target Color). For a more refined result, adjust "Smoothness", "Color Match", and "Brightness Match".

This feature is available on Web , Android , and iOS platforms.

March 28, 2024

### Integrate A Smooth Video Editor into your App

We recently launched our CE.SDK Video Editor for the Web. Since the release, we significantly improved the playback performance , leading to smoother editing and playback.

The timeline lets you arrange and edit videos, photos, text, audio, shapes, and stickers. Enhance projects with filters or adjustments, and add a personal touch with customizable audio. Precisely split, trim, and replace elements. Add audio files to make your project stand out. Try editing yourself with our [Showcase for Sales Outreach Videos](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/video-ui/web?template=sales%2F%3Futm_source%3Dblog&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=video-for-web-sales&ref=img.ly) .

March 28, 2024

### Integrate a User-Friendly Editor

We've made enhancements for a more user-friendly editor setup of CE.SDK.

To enhance legibility and perception of our UI elements, we have reworked our UI colors , making sure they meet the minimal contrast requirements for an improved experience. Additionally, the active state of settings is now more apparent than it was previously.

Next, libraries  and  all  inspectors open on the same side of our default editor now, instead of on both sides. This reduces mouse travel, saves space, and streamlines workflows .

Additionally, you can now resize images more easily by dragging from any side, not just using the handles. This same feature is also applicable when cropping your image.

Lastly, elements stay selected after grouping or ungrouping. In the past, changing group settings would deselect your elements.

March 28, 2024

### Quickly Add Editors to Mobile Apps with UI Packages

In the past, integrating our editors into your app required developers to manually collect code from our showcases and piece together the UI. This not only demanded effort but also necessitated frequent updates to ensure compatibility with each of our new releases.

To free your time and resources, we are now introducing ready-to-use UI packages for iOS and Android , that bring advanced editors directly to your app. This eliminates the previous labor-intensive process. These packages include a wide range of options, from a fully equipped Video Editor (iOS) and Camera UI (iOS) to specialized examples like an Apparel Editor or Postcard Editor.

We maintain UI packages for you, ensuring compatibility across devices and development environments. Now, you can immediately  start with fully featured editors, staying up-to-date with just a click, and without manual intervention.

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March 28, 2024

### Edit on A Timeline for iOS

Users can reorder, arrange and split clips on a timeline, and use filters, visual effects, along with other adjustments to modify the appearance of clips and images. Add audio tracks, image or video overlays , format text, integrate stickers, and use tools for cropping, filtering, blurring, and adjusting images and videos. Try recording and editing Video Content with our [Demo App](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/img-ly-design-editor/id1672991141?ref=img.ly) for iOS.

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March 28, 2024

### Record with a New Camera on iOS

Video Content Creation is here! Your users can record videos, blend them with audio, text, and graphics on a timeline. This includes features like countdown timer, and the popular split screen modes for reactions and duets. You may recognize these from Instagram Reels or TikTok . Making adjustments is straightforward using filters, effects, and adjustment settings.

Let's start with the Camera :

Record a video and utilize the Dual Camera feature. This allows you to record simultaneously with your front and back camera, producing a split-screen video. Determine when the recording begins using a countdown timer .

February 22, 2024

### Create Videos With A New Timeline for Web

Create videos within your web app for any platform, including Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube! Here's what's new: the integrated timeline supports the arrangement of elements like videos, photos, text, audio, shapes and stickers. Users can fine-tune their projects with adjustments or filters, and personalize their creations with audio from a customizable library.

To simplify your content creation, use our formats that automatically set your canvas size for social media and other popular video resolutions.

A rrange and edit multiple elements within your videos, offering control over the editing process. Easily split, trim, and replace. Lastly, make it pop by adding audio files to the composition.  â  Creating templates with placeholders for your users is just as easy: select an element, click 'Placeholder', and decide which elements can be edited.

Try the [video editor live demo](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/video-ui/web)  yourself. This showcase contains templates, audio and video examples for you to try.

February 22, 2024

### Keep Designs in Focus on iOS

Our new Camera Zoom Limits make editing a design easier. Your page stays in focus to avoid accidental scrolling outside the design. The zoom level is set within a minimum and maximum range, ensuring a practical, usable view at all times. When you select an element in your design, it stays in focus when opening adjustments or other inspectors. It allows you to immediately see changes made to the selected element. This improvement is available for iOS and Android, and can be tested in our Design Editor Demo on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/img-ly-design-editor/id1672991141) and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ly.img.cesdk.catalog) .

February 22, 2024

### Ensure Color Purity in Print

Our newly introduced Underlayer API guarantees the preservation of color purity whenever you export designs using our CE.SDK for print. This solution specifically addresses the challenge of maintaining the richness and vibrancy of colors, irrespective of the color of the canvas, which could range from apparel to paper.

When you're ready to export your design, this feature adds a special ' underbase ' layer, underneath your design. This layer, typically a white or specific primer coat, makes sure the final printed colors match your original vision perfectly.

January 29, 2024

### Create Unique Element Combinations

Forge limitless combinations of photos, videos, texts, and shapes with our new boolean operations feature. This dynamic suite includes operations such as Combine, Subtract, Intersect, and Exclude.

Subtract text from a shape, or seamlessly merge a distinctive shape with a lively video clip. With these powerful tools, your creativity knows no bounds, offering the freedom to craft truly unique design elements.

January 29, 2024

### Refine Images with iOS Appearance Settings

Breathe life into your content and set the ambiance! We've recently updated the user interface on iOS to include Appearance Settings. Now, users can enhance their visual content with advanced improvements. This includes precise adjustments , creative filters , effects, and blur options.

Try our free Demo Design Editor, now live on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/img-ly-design-editor/id1672991141) .

January 29, 2024

### Optimize High-Quality Asset Imports

Importing high-quality assets, like photos, can strain your device and impact your editor performance. Imagine editing on your phone and just importing a 5k pixels stock photo. Our smart engine steps in, creating an image source set with different resolutions: The intelligent engine selects the optimal target resolution for your asset and seamlessly switches to it.

The technical scoop? This update minimizes network bandwidth , loading times , and runtime memory usage .

January 29, 2024

### Keep Designs in Focus on Android

With our new Camera Zoom Limits, editing a design is simpler. Your page remains in focus to prevent accidental scrolling outside the design. The zoom level is set within a minimum and maximum range for a sensible, usable view at all times. Lastly, when you select an element in your design, it will remain in focus when opening adjustments or any other inspectors. This allows you to instantly view changes made to the selected element.

Try our live Demo Design Editor for free, on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ly.img.cesdk.catalog) .

December 22, 2023

### Unify Design Power with Block Unification

Introducing Block Unification for CE.SDK on Mobile and Webâa feature that simplifies design versatility. Videos, images, shapes, and stickers now seamlessly come together as one Graphic Block, easily modified within a unified inspector. All supported settings for your selected block, including strokes, filters, and adjustments, are conveniently displayed in a single, user-friendly space.

December 22, 2023

### Enhance Interaction with Mouse Wheel Support

In our latest update, our engine now directly registers mouse wheel events on the canvas, eliminating the need for manual camera manipulation. This seamless integration brings a host of new features, including smooth zooming, centered around the cursor, and support for pinch gestures on multitouch trackpads. Enjoy a more intuitive and unified interaction experience across various inputs, simplifying and enriching your design process.

December 22, 2023

### New Showcase: Automated Resizing

In our new live [showcase](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/automated-resizing/web) for web, effortlessly generate size variations of your designs and seamlessly scale your  marketing materials across platforms . The automated resizing feature empowers you to easily leverage marketing materials without requiring the involvement of a design team, ensuring efficiency and adaptability.

December 22, 2023

### New Showcase: Version History

Discover the convenience of Version History, enabling you to monitor changes made to each design and seamlessly restore past versions when needed. Explore our straightforward [Version History](https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/version-history/web) showcase for a practical design experience.

October 17, 2023

### Capture and Export Videos with Camera for Android

We're excited to introduce Camera Recording for Android , seamlessly integrating your live camera preview with our engine's extensive capabilities. This means you can apply a wide range of effects, strokes, and drop shadows to your live camera feed, all while ensuring it harmoniously blends into the composition of your scene.

October 17, 2023

### Support WebP File Formats

Our editor now supports WebP images, delivering you an array of benefits. WebP is gaining popularity for its unique ability to strike the perfect balance between high image quality and smaller file sizes. This means your visuals will look stunning while optimizing website performance.

September 26, 2023

### Improve Web Interaction with Touch Gestures

With this update, we're bringing a more interactive and responsive experience to our web applications. Let your users experience seamless multitouch interactions , even on mobile web. This ensures that the content and functionality of our web applications remain accessible and user-friendly across various devices.

September 26, 2023

### Maintain Color Consistency with CMYK & Libraries

We understand the importance of precise color reproduction and the need for brand consistency. That's why we're enhancing your editing experience with greater color control.

You can now seamlessly integrate CMYK and Pantone color spaces, along with other customized color libraries, including your brand's unique colors .

This ensures that your designs not only meet but exceed expectations across all mediums, delivering a consistent and visually engaging experience. It also helps eliminate color inconsistencies and product returns, while ensuring color accuracy.

September 26, 2023

### Improved Android Video & Audio Experience

Experience an enhanced video and audio experience on Android with our latest update. With our optimized codec performance, we've fine-tuned our tools to ensure your videos and audio play flawlessly. Enjoy smoother playback , especially when navigating through your content. Also, no more delays or interruptions when seeking in your videos or audio files. Now, you can effortlessly skip to your desired moments for uninterrupted enjoyment.

September 26, 2023

### Effortlessly Edit Across All Screen Sizes

We're excited to introduce a suite of responsive UI enhancements that ensure effortless editing on all devices, including smaller screens and mobile devices. Our editor adapts to limited screen space, automatically fits content to avoid cutoffs, hides button labels when space is tight, and ensures panels remain easy to use, even on small screens. Plus, you have complete control over when and where labels appear, allowing you to customize the interface to your liking.

September 25, 2023

### Create Accurate Cutouts and Vectors

Picture this: Your users are deep into a design project, and need to isolate an object from an image. Our latest feature simplifies this process. Whether it's a logo, text, or a complex shape - by clicking âGenerate from Selectionâ, our system precisely detects object contours and effortlessly converts them into cutout lines. This means you can breeze through your design tasks without the hassle of manual tracing.

August 25, 2023

### Expand Editing Capabilities: macOS & Catalyst Binding

With this new feature, we provide a comprehensive solution for developers looking to enhance their iOS applications with our CE.SDKâs editing capabilities.

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