{
  "site": "Logo Animation Online",
  "url": "https://logoanimation.online/",
  "changelog": "https://logoanimation.online/whats-new.html",
  "updated": "2026-09-12",
  "note": "Single source of truth for the What's new page and the update strip. CUSTOMER-FACING CHANGES ONLY: things a person using the tools would notice or benefit from. No SEO work, no infrastructure, no internal wording or code changes. Edit here, then rebuild whats-new.html.",
  "tools": [
    {
      "id": "3d-animator",
      "name": "3D Logo Animator",
      "url": "/3d-animator.html",
      "version": "1.3.0"
    },
    {
      "id": "animator",
      "name": "Logo Animator",
      "url": "/animator.html",
      "version": "1.1.0"
    }
  ],
  "releases": [
    {
      "tool": "animator",
      "version": "1.1.0",
      "date": "2026-09-12",
      "title": "4K export, custom backgrounds and smooth loops",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "4K video export at 3840 by 2160, or 2160 by 3840 for Reels and Shorts."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Custom gradient backgrounds: two colours, any angle, linear or radial, and a slider for where the colours meet."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Upload your own background image. It stays on your device and is cropped to fill the frame."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Ten solid and ten gradient background presets, plus a backdrop opacity control."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "A compact colour picker with an eyedropper and your recent colours, on every colour control."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Smooth loop option, so an exported clip repeats without a visible jump."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Start from the beginning option, so an effect exports from its first frame."
        },
        {
          "type": "fixed",
          "text": "Exports made with a gradient background came out with a plain black background instead."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tool": "3d-animator",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "date": "2026-09-10",
      "title": "4K export, custom backgrounds and instant controls",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "4K video export at 3840 by 2160, or 2160 by 3840 for Reels and Shorts."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Custom gradient backgrounds: two colours, any angle, linear or radial, and a slider for where the colours meet."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Upload your own background image. It stays on your device and is cropped to fill the frame."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "A compact colour picker with an eyedropper and your recent colours, on every colour control in the tool."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Ten solid and ten gradient background presets, plus a backdrop opacity control."
        },
        {
          "type": "improved",
          "text": "Animations, materials, floors and particles all react the moment you tap them."
        },
        {
          "type": "improved",
          "text": "Default loop length is now 8 seconds, so animations play closer to the speed they were designed at."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tool": "3d-animator",
      "version": "1.2.0",
      "date": "2026-09-09",
      "title": "Seamless loop export",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Smooth loop option: fits a whole number of animation cycles into the length you choose, so the clip can be stacked end to end in an editor."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Start from the beginning option, so an intro records its build instead of the hold."
        },
        {
          "type": "improved",
          "text": "Smoother exports: no dropped or stuttering frames, whatever computer you are on."
        },
        {
          "type": "fixed",
          "text": "Loop exports jumped at the point where the clip repeated."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tool": "3d-animator",
      "version": "1.1.0",
      "date": "2026-09-08",
      "title": "Intro animations and Light FX",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "30 intro animations that build the logo, including Shatter, Crystallise, Cube Build, Swarm, Streaks and Beads."
        },
        {
          "type": "new",
          "text": "Light FX: sweep, dual, beam and rainbow highlights that travel across the mark."
        },
        {
          "type": "improved",
          "text": "Animations are split into Intro and Loop tabs so the two kinds are easier to find."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}