Changelog

What's new in Mockvid. Actively developed: updates ship every week.

August 14, 2026 v1.6.1

• The device takes on the colour of your site: with Auto scene background on, the device frame now picks up the same tone as the backdrop, toned down, instead of staying neutral grey. The mockup sits inside the scene rather than floating on top of it. Sites with no usable colour keep the default frame, and turning Auto scene background off turns this off too.
• Fixed: the preview in the Generate window could still show a cookie banner that the render removes. Preview and render now run the exact same clean-up, so what you approve is what you get.
• Fixed: on the entrance animation, the keyboard and the camera bump faded in as a second pass, after the body of the device. They now come in with it.

August 12, 2026 v1.6.0

• Settings you can actually find: the Device panel is now grouped by what each setting does, Structure, Material and Screen, instead of by which device it belongs to. Everything fits on one screen, no more opening three sections to change a finish.
• Nothing disappears without saying why: a setting that depends on another one now sits under it, dimmed, with the reason spelled out. Turn the device frame off and you can still see what it controls.
• Text overlay, in four steps: Content, Style, Place and Logo, instead of twenty-five controls in one column. With no text on the video, the panel offers to add some rather than showing settings that do nothing.
• Align your text left, centre or right: the devices slide out of the way on the opposite side, and centred text gets a readable backdrop by default.
• See what you are adjusting: moving the text column, the logo or the focus zone briefly outlines it on the scene, so you stop guessing at percentages. Guides never appear in an export.
• Place your logo anywhere: it is now a flat overlay pinned to the export frame, so it lands in the same spot whether you shoot 16:9 or 9:16, and it can no longer drift outside the picture. Drag it straight on the scene or use the sliders.
• Screen reflections worth tuning: pick the angle of the light sweeping across the glass, and choose between a hard streak, treated glass or a soft studio sheen. Every render used to carry the same reflection in the same place.
• Radial depth of field: keep the centre sharp and let everything around it fall away, alongside the existing horizontal and vertical focus bands.
• Poses that make sense: a grid of three directions by three intensities, plus a straight-on view that did not exist before, replacing eight names you had to try one by one.
• Pinch and scroll to zoom on the scene, and pick your lens at 24, 35 or 50 mm. Zoom, yaw and pitch now show their value, so the arrows tell you where you stand.
• Clearer plans: One Site and Studio now sit side by side with what each one covers, and One Site names the domain it unlocks.

August 10, 2026 v1.5.0

• Save your renders: keep a finished render, scene and video together, and reopen it any time from the menu in the topbar. Three saved renders on One Site and twelve on Studio, listed above your recent renders so you can tell what is kept from what expires.
• Sharing became a choice: a saved render stays private until you switch its public link on. Switch it on and you get the live page plus its embed code; switch it off and the link stops working straight away.
• Your shared pages, unbranded: a link you share no longer carries the Mockvid badge baked into the picture.
• Saved renders travel with your licence, not with your browser: restore your purchase on another machine and they are all there.
• Watch it happen: the waiting screen shows a live preview. While Mockvid records, the two thumbnails follow the site as it scrolls, with the screen being captured brought to the front; while it exports, they show the frame being written. Phase, progress and percentage now sit together in one panel instead of four indicators competing for your attention.
• A clearer Generate screen: before you launch a capture, a short recap tells you what will shape the result, with each item clickable to go straight to the setting behind it.

August 3, 2026 v1.4.1

• Right speed, every time: sites built with canvas, WebGL or JS-driven carousels used to come out too fast in Maximum smoothness. They now play at the intended pace.
• Smoothness, simplified: a single Normal / Maximum toggle in the capture screen, pre-filled with what Mockvid recommends for the site you're capturing, still yours to override.

July 31, 2026 v1.4.0

• A background you actually choose: 19 curated gradients in one grid, with a radial option, an angle dial and a dim slider. New scenes open on a neutral slate that flatters any site.
• Lighting worth playing with: six presets that each look genuinely different, plus fine control over overall intensity and the rim light that draws the edge of the device.
• Particles that look like particles: they used to render square. They are round now, in four flavours (dust, bokeh, sparkle, snow) with density and size to match your scene.
• Floating shapes, on your palette: pick a main colour and a secondary tint, choose a finish (metal, matte, glass or mixed) and how many shapes drift behind your devices.
• Neon mode, tuned: set the neon colour and how far the glow spreads, instead of taking the single look on offer.
• Know where your devices are: drag one and the panel switches to Position, showing live X and Y for the laptop and the phone. Whatever you moved is highlighted, so you always know what a reset will undo.
• Reset one panel at a time: Scene and Device each get their own Reset all. Start your lighting over without losing your framing.
• Scrub the preview: click anywhere on the playback bar to freeze on a moment and judge it properly.
• A truer phone: the 3D chassis is now built from measurements of a real device.
• Advanced lighting and Scene FX settings are part of Studio. Every effect stays switchable on any plan, and the colours of particles and shapes remain free for everyone.
• Smaller fixes: PNG snapshots render the scene exactly as you set it without nudging the pose, and the notch in the laptop base no longer reads as a stray line.

July 28, 2026 v1.3.0

• Vertical videos, with both devices: 9:16 now works with the laptop and the phone together, and every motion is available in that format. Stories, Reels and TikTok get the same cinematic treatment as landscape.
• A settings panel that makes sense: device settings are now split into what applies to both screens, what belongs to the laptop, and what belongs to the phone. Options that don't apply to your current setup simply step out of the way.
• Desktop, Phone or Both, right above the scene: the choice you change most often is no longer buried in a panel. A new settings dialog gathers the rest, including a way to reset everything back to defaults.
• A more convincing laptop: the base now has the finger notch of a real machine, on by default and switchable in the Device panel.
• Sites that never stop loading now capture: pages with constant background activity (live feeds, chat widgets, analytics polling) used to time out. They go through.
• Animated pages come out right: reveal animations built with CSS or the Web Animations API were sometimes captured out of sync. They now play as intended.
• Capture any site in its own language: Mockvid finds the localized address on its own, and remembers your choice between sessions.
• Your renders stay available for 72 hours: come back to a capture later in the day, or the next morning, and it's still there.
• Large WebM exports: high-resolution WebM downloads could stall on their way back from the server. Fixed, at any size.
• Smaller fixes: motion presets regrouped by intent, export bar no longer overflows on tablet widths, screen radius capped at a realistic 32px.

July 21, 2026 v1.2.1

• You decide how smooth: a new Smoothness setting in the capture options. Auto keeps doing the right thing on its own, Maximum forces the smoothest possible capture on any site, and Off gives you the fastest capture when you do not need it.
• Sites that used to refuse Mockvid now work: some hosts were turning our capture away and returning an error page instead of the site. Those captures go through again.
• No more videos of an error page: if a site answers with an error, the capture now stops and tells you, instead of quietly filming whatever was on screen.
• Long 4K exports go through: high-resolution exports of longer scenes used to fail on their way to the server. They now complete, and an export that really is too big gets a clear message telling you what to reduce.

July 10, 2026 v1.2.0

• Buttery-smooth captures, everywhere: Mockvid now adapts automatically to the content of the site you capture, so animated pages (parallax, reveals, smooth-scroll) come out visibly smoother. This applies to every mode: desktop, mobile, both screens together, and multi-page tours.
• No more timeouts on long captures: even the longest, most demanding captures now finish reliably, with live progress in your browser.
• Capture sites in their language: a new Site language option asks the page for French, German, Spanish, Japanese and more. Perfect for localized demos.
• Seamless page transitions: in multi-page tours, the next page now stays hidden behind the brand-color fade until it is fully loaded. No more flash of a half-loaded page.
• Cleaner capture options: the Advanced panel is reorganized into clear groups (Page loading, Scroll, Clean-up & scene), takes far less space and scrolls on its own.
• More overlay control: pick separate colors for the description and credit text, and turn the automatic scene background on or off.
• New support guide: a dedicated troubleshooting page covering choppy scrolls, missing images, cookie banners, wrong language and more, with the option that fixes each case.

July 6, 2026 v1.1.0

• Figma to 3D video (Studio): drop a Figma link and turn your frames into the same cinematic scrolling mockup as a live website. Pick a desktop frame, add a mobile one, and export. Your designs, in motion, without leaving Mockvid.
• Smoother exports on any computer: videos are now rendered frame by frame, so every export comes out perfectly fluid, whether you're on a brand-new laptop or an older machine. A progress percentage shows right in the browser tab so you can carry on with other things while it renders.
• Colors that match the site: the scene now picks up a background matched to the brand colors of the site you capture, for a polished look from the very first preview. Prefer your own? Your choice always wins.
• Desktop and mobile, perfectly in sync: when you show both screens, they now scroll and loop together, so your mockup feels intentional every time.
• Add a soundtrack: pick a track and it now plays cleanly across the whole video, start to finish.
• Your license, straight to your inbox: buy once and your key and setup steps land in your email immediately.
• Redo a render in one click: revisit a site you captured recently and it comes back instantly, with a "Capture again" button whenever you want a fresh take.

July 4, 2026 v1.0.6

• Instant re-renders: identical captures are served from a 1-hour cache, and a cache hit doesn't consume your free quota.
• 2× sharper screens: HiDPI capture doubles the texture resolution on the 3D devices.
• Free MP4 export: the free plan now exports watermarked 720p MP4 (universal format), alongside WebM.
• Safari & iOS support: automatic MP4 fallback for browsers without VP8, playback fixes, screen Wake Lock.
• Multi-page journeys: capture several pages of the same site in one continuous scroll video with smooth transitions.
• In-app feedback: one-click report on failed renders, plus a feedback form.

June 30, 2026 v1.0.5

• Cinematic 3D motions: six new scenarios (Hero Reveal, Studio, Macro, Relay, Levitate and Neon) with animated lighting, depth of field, particles and screen glow.
• Animated text overlay and live scene settings while the preview plays.

June 25, 2026

• Mobile editor: full editing on phones with a collapsible bottom-sheet panel.
• Manage your embeds: edit, delete or hide badges on your shared 3D links at any time.
• Better encoding: fewer compression artifacts; live preview fps decoupled from export fps.
• Privacy-first analytics: opt-in only, with a GDPR consent banner.

June 11, 2026

• Rendering overhaul: cinematic tone mapping, 3-point lighting rig, physical device materials (clearcoat, glass bevel), while your site's colors stay pixel-accurate on screen.
• Curated motion presets: Float, Showcase, Cinematic, Orbit, Kinetic and Duo, all export-deterministic.