Given wonderful positive response on my previous post here about Lumaref...here is some update regarding lumaref.
Given the response on my last post, I'm really glad some of you loved the idea and a few even bought the early beta and shared feedback. That feedback directly shaped this update — so thank you genuinely.
After the first patch I added click-through mode and some basics people said were missing. This update goes further:
- GIF support with play/pause and frame-by-frame stepping — so you can actually study motion, not just watch it loop
- Image isolation — press I on any image, everything else fades out
- Better grouping — background tint, title, resize from inside, easy ungroup
- Trackpad dragging — Space + left click to pan the canvas
- Context menus cleaned up with proper submenus for rotation, flipping etc
- Auto-updater introduced (still early)
Biggest change: it's now free to try. Full features, no card, no paywall — just download and see if it works for you. Previous beta had a $9 entry, removed that based on feedback.
Worth being upfront: this is still beta. Updates come fast, some things are still getting polished. The major focus right now is on performance and a few features that I think make Lumaref genuinely different — a lightweight built-in browser that saves tabs per project, asset management with a tag editor.
If you try it and have thoughts — good or bad — I'd love to hear them. I just created r/lumaref if you want a place to drop ideas or report things. I'll post updates and progress there too.