Loopic 1.0.0 
Finally, I’m releasing Loopic 1.0.0 - the first significant update since the release of the Loopic beta last year.
It took me quite some time to develop this new version. Loopic now has an entirely new codebase, which will allow its further development and growth. You probably won’t notice any ground-breaking changes at first glance, but it should behave much better.
New features
I will list a few new features that have been introduced in this new version.
Click, drag, and draw 
Now you can create elements simply by selecting tools from the toolbox and starting drawing directly on the canvas. You can create text boxes, and image loaders or you can even take the pen tool and draw anything you want!
Masks 
You can finally draw masks on top of text, images, image sequences, and other compositions… without any coding! Simply select the element on which you want to draw a mask on and then select the “Pen” or “Rectangle” tool. Any shape you draw now will be applied as a mask that can be animated, just like any other element.
Important note: this feature requires the latest CasparCG.
Template preview simulation 
If you click on the “Preview” button next to the “Export”, a new Pop-up window will appear, simulating CasparCG’s output. So - you don’t need to use CasparCG while developing templates, but you can use this built-in tool for testing purposes (especially useful if developing on low-end computers).
Performance and UX 
Maybe not something you will notice right away, but if you start playing with image sequences and many layers, you will notice that there is much less (if any) lag.
The performance of the exported templates has also been improved and should perform much better than in beta.
There is also a bunch of small UX tweaks that will make using this version easier (like up/down/right/left arrow keys, CTRL/SHIFT layer selection…)
Availability
The new version is available on the same old URL: https://app.loopic.io/
Please note that you won’t be able to load your old .loo files in the new version. But no worries - the old beta version will still be available on https://beta.app.loopic.io/ and you can keep using it if you wish. However, there won’t be any support for the beta version anymore, since the development focus is now on the new version.