Meet Glyph Studio

Version1.3.3FeatureJust shipped

Shipped Friday, 30 Oct 2026 at 22:30 UTC

A new studio for type and code, new looks for three classic effects, and a few changes you will feel every day.

01Feature

Glyph Studio

A new studio for letters and code. Shape every glyph, its colour and its cell, or start from a finished look like Odometer, Ledger or Bloom. You find it at the top of the effects list.

  1. 01Select a photo, video or text layer.
  2. 02Open Effect and press Glyph Studio at the top of the list.
  3. 03Pick a look, then shape the glyphs, colours and cells.
Dark Focus studio with the Ladybug sample clip drawn in Glyph Studio's Ledger look, the Look sheet open on Glyph Studio with its looks and Surprise me.
Ledger, one of Glyph Studio's looks.
02Feature

New looks for Dithering, Halftone and Dither Text

Dithering's Floyd-Steinberg and Atkinson patterns now use real error diffusion, with ten new looks from Pocket Camera to ZX Spectrum. Halftone adds ten press screens, from Rosette to Billboard. Dither Text adds fourteen looks, and its cards are easier to read.

  1. 01Select a layer and open Effect.
  2. 02Choose Dithering, Halftone or Dither Text.
  3. 03Step through the looks with the arrows, or press Surprise me.
Dark Focus studio with the sample clip in Halftone's Rosette look, its look card reading 13 of 21.
Rosette, one of Halftone's new press screens.
03fix

Glow that holds at every zoom

Bloom and Streaks keep the same glow as you zoom in and out of the stage. Zooming out no longer dims the light.

  1. 01Pick a look with a glow, like Glyph Studio's Bloom.
  2. 02Zoom out and in on the stage.
  3. 03The glow stays as it was.
Dark Focus studio zoomed out to 29 percent, the sample clip in Glyph Studio's Bloom look still glowing.
Bloom at 29 percent zoom.
04improvement

Every effect opens at the top

Pick an effect or apply a saved look, and its panel opens at the top, with its looks and Surprise me right there.

  1. 01Open Effect and pick an effect anywhere in the list.
  2. 02Its panel opens at the top, with its looks first.
  3. 03Saved looks you apply open the same way.
Dark Focus studio with the sample clip in Dithering's Pocket Camera look, the Look sheet open at its top on the effect and its looks.
Dithering's Pocket Camera, its panel from the top.
05improvement

Your workspace first in Projects

Projects shows your workspace folder right under this project, so you see at once whether it is connected. Your projects come a few at a time, and Show more brings the next ten.

  1. 01Open New and choose All projects.
  2. 02Choose or change your folder under Workspace.
  3. 03Press Show more to see older projects.
Dark Focus studio with the Projects drawer open: This project, then Workspace with Choose folder, then All projects.
Projects, the workspace under this project.

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