Timeline: the composition marker bin adds comp markers where they are dropped (#275)

As in After Effects, the right end of the Timeline's time ruler has a
composition marker bin (an original icon drawn in code). Dragging out of it
shows a marker following the pointer along the ruler's marker strip, snapping
like a dragged marker (current time, work area, other markers); releasing over
the time ruler's width adds a composition marker there with comp.addMarker (one
"Add Marker" undo step). Dropped back on the bin, nothing is added. The time
graph ends 18 px before the panel edge to leave the bin a column above the
layers' scroll bar. Automation id: timeline.markerBin.

Numpad * (or * typed with Shift+8), the keymap's Add Marker, now works in the
window too: egui has no key for it, so it comes as text.

The marker glyph and colour are shared helpers now (markers, nested markers,
the dragged marker).

Test: ui_timeline_zoom dragging_out_of_the_marker_bin_adds_a_comp_marker.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ pub enum Icon {
     Keyframe,
     PickWhip,
     Flowchart,
+    /// The Timeline's composition marker bin: a marker tab resting in an open tray.
+    MarkerBin,
     // project items
     Folder,
     Comp,
@@ -412,6 +414,10 @@ pub fn paint(painter: &Painter, rect: Rect, icon: Icon, color: Color32) {
             pen.rect(10.0, 9.5, 14.5, 13.5);
             pen.line(&[(6.0, 4.5), (12.25, 4.5), (12.25, 9.5)]);
         }
+        MarkerBin => {
+            pen.fill(&[(5.0, 2.0), (11.0, 2.0), (11.0, 7.5), (8.0, 10.5), (5.0, 7.5)]);
+            pen.line(&[(2.0, 9.0), (2.0, 14.0), (14.0, 14.0), (14.0, 9.0)]);
+        }
         Folder => pen.closed(&[(1.5, 4.0), (6.0, 4.0), (7.5, 5.5), (14.5, 5.5), (14.5, 13.0), (1.5, 13.0)]),
         Comp => {
             pen.rect(2.0, 3.0, 14.0, 13.0);

crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs

@@ -1512,6 +1512,16 @@ pub fn handle_shortcuts(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
             })
             .collect()
     });
+    // Numpad * (or `*` typed with Shift+8): Add Marker (#275). egui has no key for it, so it
+    // comes as text.
+    if clipboard && app.dialog.is_none() && ctx.input(|i| i.events.iter().any(|e| matches!(e, egui::Event::Text(t) if t == "*"))) {
+        let bound = app.session.shortcuts().bindings().into_iter().find(|(k, _)| *k == "Num*").map(|(_, b)| (b.command.clone(), b.params.clone()));
+        if let Some((id, params)) = bound
+            && let Err(e) = invoke(app, ctx, &id, if params.is_null() { json!({}) } else { params })
+        {
+            app.ui.status = e;
+        }
+    }
     if events.is_empty() {
         return;
     }

crates/ui-egui/src/panels/markers_ui.rs

@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
 //! Gestures, as in After Effects: drag moves a marker (snapping to the current time, the work
 //! area and other markers), Alt-drag sets its duration, Cmd-click (Ctrl-click elsewhere)
 //! deletes it, double-click opens the Marker dialog, right-click offers Settings / Convert /
-//! Delete. Protected regions (Responsive Design) shade the timeline. Every change is a
-//! `markers.*` engine command, so it is undoable and agent-drivable.
+//! Delete. Protected regions (Responsive Design) shade the timeline. A marker dragged out of the
+//! composition marker bin, at the right end of the time ruler, adds a composition marker where it
+//! is dropped. Every change is an engine command, so it is undoable and agent-drivable.
 
 use effectcraft_engine::project::{Comp, Layer, Marker};
 use effectcraft_engine::time::Tick;
-use egui::{Align2, Color32, Rect, Sense, Stroke, pos2, vec2};
+use egui::{Align2, Color32, Pos2, Rect, Sense, Stroke, pos2, vec2};
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 use super::timeline::TMap;
+use crate::icons::{self, Icon};
 use crate::theme::Tokens;
 use crate::{Dialog, EffectcraftApp};
 
@@ -253,6 +255,17 @@ fn snap(app: &EffectcraftApp, comp: &Comp, tm: TMap, t: f64, skip: MarkerRef) ->
     t
 }
 
+/// A marker's colour: its label's, pale yellow without one.
+fn marker_color(t: &Tokens, label: effectcraft_engine::color::Label) -> Color32 {
+    if label == effectcraft_engine::color::Label::None { Color32::from_rgb(0xd8, 0xd8, 0x60) } else { t.label(label) }
+}
+
+/// The marker glyph at `x` from `y0`, `h` points tall: a tab pointing down at the time.
+fn marker_shape(x: f32, y0: f32, h: f32) -> Vec<Pos2> {
+    let ym = y0 + h * 0.6;
+    vec![pos2(x - 4.0, y0), pos2(x + 4.0, y0), pos2(x + 4.0, ym), pos2(x, y0 + h), pos2(x - 4.0, ym)]
+}
+
 /// Draw one marker (triangle + duration bar + comment) at `x` in a strip `[y0, y1]` and handle
 /// its gestures. `comp_t` is the marker's comp time.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -260,9 +273,8 @@ fn marker(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter, comp:
     let t = app.tokens;
     let ctx = ui.ctx().clone();
     let x = tm.x(comp_t);
-    let col = if m.label == effectcraft_engine::color::Label::None { Color32::from_rgb(0xd8, 0xd8, 0x60) } else { t.label(m.label) };
+    let col = marker_color(&t, m.label);
     let h = (y1 - y0).min(10.0);
-    let ym = y0 + h * 0.6;
     if m.duration > Tick(0) {
         let xe = tm.x(comp_t + m.duration.seconds());
         let bar = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(x, y0 + 1.0), pos2(xe, y0 + h - 1.0));
@@ -276,7 +288,7 @@ fn marker(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter, comp:
         }
         p.line_segment([pos2(xe, y0), pos2(xe, y0 + h)], Stroke::new(1.0, col));
     }
-    p.add(egui::Shape::convex_polygon(vec![pos2(x - 4.0, y0), pos2(x + 4.0, y0), pos2(x + 4.0, ym), pos2(x, y0 + h), pos2(x - 4.0, ym)], col, Stroke::NONE));
+    p.add(egui::Shape::convex_polygon(marker_shape(x, y0, h), col, Stroke::NONE));
     if !m.comment.is_empty() {
         p.text(pos2(x + 7.0, y0 + h / 2.0), Align2::LEFT_CENTER, m.comment.lines().next().unwrap_or_default(), Tokens::ui(10.0), t.text);
     }
@@ -365,6 +377,37 @@ pub(crate) fn comp_markers(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, comp: &C
     }
 }
 
+/// The composition marker bin at the right end of the time ruler (`bin`), as in After Effects
+/// (#275): drag a marker out of it and it follows the pointer along the marker strip `strip`
+/// (snapping like a dragged marker); dropping it there adds a composition marker at that time,
+/// one undo step. Dropped back on the bin or outside the time graph's width, nothing is added.
+pub(crate) fn marker_bin(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, comp: &Comp, tm: TMap, bin: Rect, strip: Rect) {
+    let t = app.tokens;
+    let resp = ui.interact(bin, egui::Id::new("marker-bin"), Sense::drag()).on_hover_text("Composition marker bin: drag a marker to the time ruler");
+    app.auto.add("timeline.markerBin", bin, "Composition marker bin");
+    let hot = resp.hovered() || resp.dragged();
+    if hot {
+        ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(if resp.dragged() { egui::CursorIcon::Grabbing } else { egui::CursorIcon::Grab });
+    }
+    icons::paint(ui.painter(), bin, Icon::MarkerBin, if hot { t.icon_active } else { t.icon });
+    let at = resp.interact_pointer_pos().filter(|p| p.x >= strip.min.x && p.x < strip.max.x).map(|p| {
+        let snapped = snap(app, comp, tm, tm.t(p.x), MarkerRef { layer: None, index: usize::MAX });
+        snapped.min(comp.duration.seconds())
+    });
+    let Some(at) = at else { return };
+    if resp.dragged() {
+        let h = strip.height().min(10.0);
+        let col = marker_color(&t, effectcraft_engine::color::Label::None);
+        let p = ui.painter().with_clip_rect(strip);
+        p.add(egui::Shape::convex_polygon(marker_shape(tm.x(at), strip.min.y, h), col, Stroke::NONE));
+    }
+    if resp.drag_stopped()
+        && let Err(e) = app.session.execute("comp.addMarker", json!({"time": at}))
+    {
+        app.ui.status = e.to_string();
+    }
+}
+
 /// Layer markers on a layer's row `r`; on a precomp layer, its comp's markers too (read-only,
 /// outlined: hover names them, a double-click opens the nested comp at the marker).
 pub(crate) fn layer_markers(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, clip: Rect, comp: &Comp, layer: &Layer, tm: TMap, r: Rect) {
@@ -399,10 +442,8 @@ fn nested_markers(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter
     let (y0, h) = (r.min.y + 3.0, (r.height() - 6.0).min(10.0));
     for (ct, i, m) in list {
         let x = tm.x(ct.seconds());
-        let col = if m.label == effectcraft_engine::color::Label::None { Color32::from_rgb(0xd8, 0xd8, 0x60) } else { t.label(m.label) }.gamma_multiply(0.75);
-        let ym = y0 + h * 0.6;
-        let pts = vec![pos2(x - 4.0, y0), pos2(x + 4.0, y0), pos2(x + 4.0, ym), pos2(x, y0 + h), pos2(x - 4.0, ym)];
-        p.add(egui::Shape::closed_line(pts, Stroke::new(1.2, col)));
+        let col = marker_color(&t, m.label).gamma_multiply(0.75);
+        p.add(egui::Shape::closed_line(marker_shape(x, y0, h), Stroke::new(1.2, col)));
         if !m.comment.is_empty() {
             p.text(pos2(x + 7.0, y0 + h / 2.0), Align2::LEFT_CENTER, m.comment.lines().next().unwrap_or_default(), Tokens::ui(10.0), t.text_dim);
         }

crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs

@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ fn tl_map_id() -> egui::Id {
     egui::Id::new("timeline-map")
 }
 
+/// The column right of the time graph: the composition marker bin over the layers' scroll bar.
+const GUTTER_W: f32 = 18.0;
+
 /// The most a time ruler zooms in (pixels per second).
 const MAX_PPS: f64 = 4000.0;
 
@@ -1128,7 +1131,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     let oscroll = app.ui.timeline.outline_scroll;
     let cw = cols(rect.min.x - oscroll, left_w + overflow, vis);
     let graph_x0 = rect.min.x + left_w + 1.0;
-    let graph_x1 = rect.max.x - 10.0;
+    let graph_x1 = rect.max.x - GUTTER_W;
     ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(egui::Id::new("timeline-graph-area"), (graph_x0, graph_x1 - graph_x0)));
     let fit_pps = fit_pps(graph_x1 - graph_x0, &comp);
     let pps = app.ui.timeline.pps.unwrap_or(fit_pps);
@@ -1140,7 +1143,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     let top = rect.min.y;
     let rows_top = top + header_h + colhdr_h;
     let rows_rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(rect.min.x, rows_top), pos2(rect.max.x, rect.max.y - footer_h));
-    let graph_rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, top + header_h - ruler_h + colhdr_h), pos2(graph_x1 + 10.0, rect.max.y - footer_h));
+    let graph_rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, top + header_h - ruler_h + colhdr_h), pos2(rect.max.x, rect.max.y - footer_h));
     p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, top), rect.max), 0.0, t.tl_bg);
     p.line_segment([pos2(graph_x0 - 1.0, top), pos2(graph_x0 - 1.0, rect.max.y)], Stroke::new(1.0, t.app_bg));
 
@@ -1208,6 +1211,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
 
     // ---- ruler (right).
     let ruler = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, top + header_h - ruler_h), pos2(rect.max.x, top + header_h));
+    // The composition marker bin, at the right end of the ruler above the layers' scroll bar.
+    let bin = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x1 + 2.0, ruler.max.y - 16.0), pos2(rect.max.x - 2.0, ruler.max.y - 2.0));
     let nav = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0 + 6.0, top + 6.0), pos2(graph_x1, top + 14.0));
     // Time navigator: the visible span as a grey bar with blue end handles (as in After
     // Effects), over a dark track.
@@ -1366,7 +1371,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     let secs_per_label = label_frames as f64 * fd;
     let first = (tm.start / secs_per_label).floor() * secs_per_label;
     let mut s = first;
-    let pr = p.with_clip_rect(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, ruler.min.y), ruler.max));
+    let pr = p.with_clip_rect(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, ruler.min.y), pos2(bin.min.x, ruler.max.y)));
     while s <= tm.t(graph_x1) + secs_per_label {
         let x = tm.x(s);
         pr.line_segment([pos2(x, ruler.max.y - 10.0), pos2(x, ruler.max.y)], Stroke::new(1.0, t.tl_ruler_tick));
@@ -1385,7 +1390,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     }
     // Scrub in the ruler: the current time jumps to the pointer as soon as the button goes down
     // (After Effects), then follows it.
-    let rresp = ui.interact(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, ruler.min.y + 12.0), ruler.max), egui::Id::new("tl-ruler"), Sense::click_and_drag());
+    let rresp =
+        ui.interact(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, ruler.min.y + 12.0), pos2(bin.min.x, ruler.max.y)), egui::Id::new("tl-ruler"), Sense::click_and_drag());
     if ((rresp.is_pointer_button_down_on() && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down())) || rresp.clicked())
         && let Some(pt) = rresp.interact_pointer_pos()
     {
@@ -2721,9 +2727,10 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     }
 
     // Composition markers in the ruler; protected regions shade the layer rows.
-    let mstrip = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, ruler.max.y - 12.0), pos2(graph_x1 + 10.0, ruler.max.y));
+    let mstrip = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, ruler.max.y - 12.0), pos2(bin.min.x, ruler.max.y));
     let mrows = rows_rect.intersect(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(graph_x0, rows_rect.min.y), rows_rect.max));
     super::markers_ui::comp_markers(app, ui, &comp, tm, mstrip, mrows);
+    super::markers_ui::marker_bin(app, ui, &comp, tm, bin, mstrip);
 
     // Spacebar held: the Hand tool. Dragging the ruler or the time graph scrolls it in time when
     // zoomed in (registered last, so it takes the drag from the bars, keys and markers there).

crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_timeline_zoom.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-//! Zooming the Timeline's time ruler with real input: Alt+wheel zooms out until the whole comp
-//! shows (#158); the Time Navigator's ends drag to zoom and `;` toggles frame level / the whole
-//! comp (#159).
+//! The Timeline's time ruler with real input: Alt+wheel zooms out until the whole comp shows
+//! (#158); the Time Navigator's ends drag to zoom and `;` toggles frame level / the whole comp
+//! (#159); markers dragged out of the composition marker bin (#275).
 
 use effectcraft_engine::Session;
 use effectcraft_ui_egui::EffectcraftApp;
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ fn drag_with(h: &mut Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, from: Pos2, to: Pos2, modifier
 fn visible(h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>) -> (f64, f64) {
     let e = h.state().auto.find("timeline.ruler").unwrap().clone();
     let (start, pps) = e.label.split_once(',').map(|(a, b)| (a.parse::<f64>().unwrap(), b.parse::<f64>().unwrap())).unwrap();
-    (start, start + (e.rect[2] - 16.0) as f64 / pps)
+    // (The time graph ends 18 px before the ruler, at the marker bin; it maps time from 6 px in.)
+    (start, start + (e.rect[2] - 24.0) as f64 / pps)
 }
 
 /// #159: dragging the navigator's end handles changes that side of the visible span; pulling
@@ -271,3 +272,42 @@ fn a_press_in_the_ruler_moves_the_current_time() {
     h.event(Event::PointerButton { pos: at + vec2(100.0, 0.0), button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
     h.step();
 }
+
+/// #275: a marker dragged out of the composition marker bin, at the right end of the time ruler,
+/// adds a composition marker where it is dropped, as one undo step; dragged back onto the bin,
+/// none. Numpad * (typed `*`) adds one at the current time.
+#[test]
+fn dragging_out_of_the_marker_bin_adds_a_comp_marker() {
+    let (mut h, _) = harness();
+    h.state_mut().ui.timeline.pps = Some(200.0);
+    h.state_mut().ui.timeline.start = 10.0;
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let markers = |h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>| -> Vec<f64> { h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().markers.iter().map(|m| m.time.seconds()).collect() };
+    let bin = rect(&h, "timeline.markerBin");
+    let ruler = rect(&h, "timeline.ruler");
+    assert!(ruler.contains_rect(bin) && bin.max.x > ruler.max.x - 20.0, "at the ruler's right end: {bin:?} in {ruler:?}");
+    // Out to the ruler and back onto the bin: nothing.
+    let at = pos2(ruler.min.x + 6.0 + 600.0, ruler.center().y);
+    h.event(Event::PointerMoved(bin.center()));
+    h.step();
+    h.event(Event::PointerButton { pos: bin.center(), button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
+    h.step();
+    for p in [at, bin.center()] {
+        h.event(Event::PointerMoved(p));
+        h.step();
+    }
+    h.event(Event::PointerButton { pos: bin.center(), button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(markers(&h).is_empty(), "dropped on the bin: {:?}", markers(&h));
+    // Dropped 3 s into the visible span (from 10 s at 200 px/s): a marker at 13 s.
+    let undo = h.state().session.history.undo.len();
+    drag(&mut h, bin.center(), at);
+    assert_eq!(markers(&h), vec![13.0]);
+    let history = &h.state().session.history.undo;
+    assert_eq!((history.len(), history.last().map(|u| u.0.as_str())), (undo + 1, Some("Add Marker")), "one undo step");
+    // Numpad * (it arrives as text): Add Marker at the current time.
+    h.state_mut().session.execute("time.set", json!({"time": 20.0})).unwrap();
+    h.event(Event::Text("*".into()));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(markers(&h), vec![13.0, 20.0]);
+}

docs/parity.md

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ the disk cache in the formats wave; the 3D Camera Tracker in M12.6.)
 | Web | 98% | 0.1 | No shared-memory threads inside one engine instance (the decided design is one engine instance per worker; a threaded build needs nightly `build-std`) (M13.30: Render Queue, analyses and Content-Aware Fill render on each job worker's own WebGPU device in passes, particles and Advanced 3D read back under keys, layer buffers in the browser's disk cache; browser storage, Web Audio, Web Worker renders/analyses, WebGPU viewer and offline install landed in M15.2; viewer frames in frame workers fed by project diffs, Roto Brush propagation in a worker, non-blocking `wait: true` jobs and a browser Media Browser (File System Access folders, browser storage) in M13.10; WEB-1 in M13.24: GPU effects and the GPU compositor in the frame workers on their own WebGPU devices with deferred readbacks (frames render in passes; Backend Auto per comp), the disk cache in the Origin Private File System (written by the workers with sync access handles, LRU under the settings' limit, served after a reload), the storage manager (Settings ▸ Disk ▸ Browser Storage, `storage.info` / `storage.persist` / `storage.clear`), and a WGSL constant Chrome rejected (it disabled every GPU kernel in Chrome) fixed) |
 | 3D | 88% | 5.5 | reflections of other layers (Advanced 3D surfaces reflect only the Environment light; Material Options ▸ Appears in Reflections is stored but has no visible effect yet, #261), multi-view layouts, the Extended Viewer for Advanced 3D comps (Classic 3D Extended Viewer landed in M13.5 UI completion); collapsed precomps of another size seen through the parent's camera render (fixed in M13.2); stereo rigs, orbit nulls, lights controlled by the camera, cameras/lights from glTF models, environment backgrounds, Advanced 3D motion blur, blend modes and track mattes landed in M7.7; Classic 3D iris-shaped bokeh with highlights, progressive depth of field on tilted layers and the focus-link commands landed in M13.5; Advanced 3D depth of field with the iris and highlight options, collapsed precomps as real Advanced 3D geometry and extruded text/shape strokes landed in M13.8; Advanced 3D (glTF/OBJ models, primitives, extruded text and shapes, PBR, image-based light, shadow maps, GPU rasteriser) in M7.4–M7.6; Advanced 3D end to end on the GPU (motion blur, iris depth of field, compositing) in M13.11 |
 | Effects | ≈ 85% | 3.0 | GPU versions of the remaining effects (280 run on the GPU since M13.29, EFF-5: M13.28 added the remaining pixel effects and the geometry and audio generators (Lightning, Advanced Lightning, Beam, Lens Flare, Radio Waves, Vegas, Stroke, Scribble, Write-on, Paint Bucket, Eyedropper Fill, CC Glue Gun, CC Threads, Audio Spectrum / Waveform, Basic / Path Text); M13.29 added the particle effects (CC Particle World / Systems II, Particle Playground, CC Ball Action, CC Pixel Polly, CC Scatterize, Curl Noise) and removed the fallbacks of Shatter's wireframe views, Foam's extras, Timewarp's Matte Layer, strong Warp Fisheye / Twist bends and custom `.ocio` configs; M13.23 added the 3D Channel and Immersive Video families, Apply Color LUT, the OCIO effects, Color Profile Converter and the simulations' render passes (Card Wipe included); M13.22 added the CC light family, the CC transitions, Block Dissolve, Radial Shadow, CC Bender / Blobbylize / Cylinder / Sphere / Spotlight / Environment, 3D Glasses, Numbers, Timecode and the time effects joined the 166 of M13.13; Fractal and the analysis / tool effects still render on the CPU) and the missing controls listed as partial in [effects.md](effects.md) (every After Effects effect exists since M9.11, M12.5 and M12.6; parameter names, order, twirl-downs, popups, units and defaults were aligned in M9.12) |
-| Interface | 75% | 5.0 | more Learn tutorials and pixel-level fidelity of dialogs (G2 on 9 October: the in-window menu bar works from the keyboard (Alt, arrows, Enter, Escape) and the app's shortcuts wait while a menu is open, #279; G2 on 7 October: Project items, files and effects dropped on the Composition viewer, Project items dropped in the Timeline between layers and at a time, #85, #88, #89; popup menus moved to fit the window take clicks, so Render Queue templates apply, #117; View ▸ New Viewer landed in M13.32; an automation id on every control of Composition and Solid Settings, Group / Ungroup Shapes in the Layer menu, Window ▸ Learn, the flowchart shortcuts and Reveal in Explorer landed in M3.10 and M3.13; the Home ▸ Templates gallery (eight original built-in templates, user templates from File ▸ Save as Template…) and View ▸ Simulate Output ▸ My Custom RGB… landed in M13.25; Timeline layer reordering by drag, a non-snapping viewer pan, a working rename field and twirl arrows, and the full set of property reveal shortcuts — double presses, Alt+Shift keyframes, Ctrl+` — landed in M13.17–M13.20; the Home ▸ Learn tab with interactive tutorials and a UI fidelity pass landed in M13.5 UI completion; visual editors for Lumetri RGB / hue-saturation curves, Colorama's output cycle wheel, Glow's colour map and Reshape's correspondence points (viewer handles), a scrolling Preview panel and AE-style Composition / Timeline tabs (close, label swatch, viewer lock) landed in M13.10; Timeline outline and Project panel columns scroll horizontally, the Layer Style dialog, ROI resize handles, Pan Behind snapping and 3D Reference Axes landed in M13.5; native macOS menu bar, Timeline columns/search/reveal-add, Home screen with recent projects and all AE workspaces landed; viewer rulers/snapping/channels/snapshots landed in M0.13) |
+| Interface | 75% | 5.0 | more Learn tutorials and pixel-level fidelity of dialogs (G2 on 9 October: the in-window menu bar works from the keyboard (Alt, arrows, Enter, Escape) and the app's shortcuts wait while a menu is open, #279; the Timeline's composition marker bin and numpad * add comp markers, #275; G2 on 7 October: Project items, files and effects dropped on the Composition viewer, Project items dropped in the Timeline between layers and at a time, #85, #88, #89; popup menus moved to fit the window take clicks, so Render Queue templates apply, #117; View ▸ New Viewer landed in M13.32; an automation id on every control of Composition and Solid Settings, Group / Ungroup Shapes in the Layer menu, Window ▸ Learn, the flowchart shortcuts and Reveal in Explorer landed in M3.10 and M3.13; the Home ▸ Templates gallery (eight original built-in templates, user templates from File ▸ Save as Template…) and View ▸ Simulate Output ▸ My Custom RGB… landed in M13.25; Timeline layer reordering by drag, a non-snapping viewer pan, a working rename field and twirl arrows, and the full set of property reveal shortcuts — double presses, Alt+Shift keyframes, Ctrl+` — landed in M13.17–M13.20; the Home ▸ Learn tab with interactive tutorials and a UI fidelity pass landed in M13.5 UI completion; visual editors for Lumetri RGB / hue-saturation curves, Colorama's output cycle wheel, Glow's colour map and Reshape's correspondence points (viewer handles), a scrolling Preview panel and AE-style Composition / Timeline tabs (close, label swatch, viewer lock) landed in M13.10; Timeline outline and Project panel columns scroll horizontally, the Layer Style dialog, ROI resize handles, Pan Behind snapping and 3D Reference Axes landed in M13.5; native macOS menu bar, Timeline columns/search/reveal-add, Home screen with recent projects and all AE workspaces landed; viewer rulers/snapping/channels/snapshots landed in M0.13) |
 | Project | ≈ 68% | 5.5 | OCIO displays beyond the built-in tone map; relative footage paths and relinking when a project moves (unsaved-changes prompts, a modified mark that follows undo and project files that name their version and always reopen landed in M3.9 and M3.14; auto-save and crash recovery in M3.7; Color Engine with OCIO/ACES working spaces, HDR compand/tone mapping, Rec. 2100 PQ/HLG output, Feet + Frames, display colour management, Simulate Output and the locked viewer landed in M7.7; proxies and Interpret Footage fields / pixel aspect / alpha guess landed: PRJ-8, PRJ-3) |
 | Masks & roto | 74% | 5.0 | (audit estimates; Roto Brush 2.0 / 3.0's trained model, MobileSAM in the swappable `segment` module, has since landed in M13.35; variable-width mask feather points with the Mask Feather tool landed in M13.5; mask tracking and Mask Interpolation landed in M6.6; Roto Brush & Refine Edge with graph-cut segmentation, flow propagation, edge matting, decontamination and Freeze in M6.7) |
 | Preview | 77% | 2.8 | GPU effects for the audio-driven effects and the stepped particle systems; content-keyed RAM preview frames (an edit drops every comp's), audio scrubbing, more snapshot slots (G2 on 7 October: Audio, Lock and Shy switches keep the cached frames and playback with audio waits for frames instead of skipping them, #103; running out of video memory renders the frame on the CPU and keeps fewer GPU frames instead of crashing, #106; RAM preview keys with the render options, least-recently-shown eviction, Auto resolution while playing, Cache Before Playback that fits, an achieved-fps readout, Cache Frames When Idle and purges that clear what they name landed in M4.5–M4.8; 3D channel, VR, OCIO, Card Wipe and the simulations' render passes run on the GPU since M13.23; Advanced 3D layers with blend modes / track mattes / Preserve Transparency and environment backgrounds composite on the GPU since M13.22; pooled GPU textures and fused quantisation since M13.13: Lower Third GPU warm 21 → 4 ms/frame, and Auto now picks the CPU or the GPU per comp from measured frame times; Advanced 3D runs — raster, motion blur, iris depth of field, compositing — and wireframes run on the GPU since M13.11: CPU warm 3394 → GPU warm 290 ms/frame at 1920×1080 (11.7×; Half 968 → 85 ms), GPU ≠ CPU on 0.005 % of pixels, on an M4 Pro under load; Classic 3D bokeh depth of field — iris shapes, highlights, fringe, progressive blur on tilted planes — runs in WGSL since M13.6: 3D Showcase GPU warm 205 → 54 ms/frame at full size on an M4 Pro; the Preview panel's five shortcuts with their own Include / Loop / Cache Before Playback / Range / Play From / Frame Rate / Skip / Resolution / Full Screen / stop options and `playback.settings.get/set` landed in M13.8; Classic 3D runs and adjustment layers composite on the GPU since M12.7; persistent disk cache with the blue cache bar landed; region of interest, snapshots, exposure and Fast Previews landed in M0.13) |