2.5.2 (22 April 2010)

• Improved status indication when recording is paused
• Fixed an issue where quitting the application might not prompt to save an unsaved recording
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.5.1 (21 January 2010)

• Fixed an issue preventing "show mouse clicks" from working properly after a transition
• Fixed a couple of minor graphical glitches
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.5 (2 December 2009)

• SWF/FLV export is now significantly faster (often around 3x or more, depending on your machine), and produces somewhat smaller output files
• QT export is now somewhat faster (typically around 1.25x)
• QT export now supports Pixlet and Apple Intermediate codecs, when installed
• Frame rate control is now “target frame rate.” If your system is slow or heavily loaded, it may not be able to keep up, and Screen Mimic will now start to gracefully drop frames if it’s falling too far behind, rather than buffering indefinitely.
• Improved window-to-record selection process
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.4.3 (25 August 2009)

• Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”
• Fixed a crash that could occur when canceling out of selecting an area of the screen to record
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.4.2 (26 March 2009)

• SWF/FLV exporters should be about 25-45% faster in most cases, and fixed a couple cases where the output wasn't matching the format specifications
• Fixed a rare crasher on export completion
• Fixed handling of certain unusual alternate audio file formats
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.4.1 (13 October 2008)

• Fixed an issue (on 10.4 "Tiger" only) causing only the last frame to be preserved from the recording
• Fixed an issue that could cause blank recordings on systems with multiple screens
• Fixed a graphical anomaly that could appear when doing multiple recordings in a row
• Improved error-checking to more cleanly handle malformed audio files and systems with no audio input
• Simplified and cleaned up the licensing window
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.4 (23 July 2008)

• Significant performance and memory use improvements during recording, especially on multicore/multiprocessor machines
• Audio/video/mouse will now all remain in synch regardless of how busy your computer may be during the recording. Note: the format of .smb archive files had to change to make this fix, so .smb files are not compatible between 2.3 and 2.4. You may wish to finish work-in-progress on 2.3-based screencasts before upgrading. You may also download a copy of 2.3 here to continue to use in parallel if necessary.
• Fixed bug preventing many audio files from being used as a soundtrack in SWF/FLV export
• Temporary recording files now stored in Caches by default, and should no longer be left hanging around after quitting
• "Hide recording area guide" and "Recording area follows mouse" settings now respected when making multiple recordings back-to-back
• A round of general UI polish across the app
• The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

2.3 (14 March 2008)

• New menu bar icon
• Initial release by Decimus

2.2.2 (17 December 2007)

• Added "Quiet Mode" in the application preferences which allows you to disable all application sounds

2.2.1 (13 December 2007)

• Added a comprehensive help file
• Fixed a bug that forced some users to summon the preferences window twice before it would really appear
• Fixed a bug that caused crashes during encoding when using certain temporary file locations

2.2.0 (20 October 2007)

• Leopard Compatibility!
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause crashes during QuickTime encoding
• Fixed a bug related to delayed recording starts

2.1.0 (20 July 2007)

• Added ability to pause/resume recording
• Added segment transitions. These allow you to use a smooth transition between recorded segments created when pausing the recording
• Some UI Changes to make it more obvious when recording has started and ended
• Added Flash Video Metadata. This allows Flash video players to know the duration and size of Flash Videos so that their progress bars and scaling will work correctly
• Lots of bug fixes and some cosmetic changes

2.0.7 (23 June 2007)

• Added Raw Encoding (aka No Encoding) to QuickTime encoding choices
• Added the ability to specify the capture frame rate
• Added an option that allows you to choose between better constant capture frame rate or better system performance
• Fixed a bug that would cause QuickTime encodings to crash occasionally, especially on PowerPC systems
• Other assorted fixes and cosmetic changes

2.0.6 (29 May 2007)

• Added an option to allow you to specify whether or not a dubbed audio file will loop if it is shorter than the video
• Added automatic update notification
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused crashes on really long encodings
• Fixed a bug that caused problems when adding audio to QuickTime files when the originial recording didn't include audio
• Fixed a bug that could sometimes causes crashes when canceling Quicktime encodings

2.0.5 (8 February 2007)

• Fixed a memory leak in the encoding process
• Opening saved files is now MUCH faster
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause a crash when encoding long movies

2.0.4 (3 February 2007)

• Fixed a problem that caused Screen Mimic to crash during encoding when audio wasn't captured in the initial recording

2.0.3 (30 January 2007)

• Fixed an issue causing some people audio/video sync problems
• Fixed a memory leak
• Fixed a problem with Internet Explorer portion of the HTML output
• A couple of stability fixes

2.0.2 (19 January 2007)

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause a crash when canceling out of selecting the area to record

2.0.1 (18 January 2007)

• Fixed a bug that prevented full screen recording
• Made the close without saving warning dialogue more clear
• Made it more obvious what the default hotkey was

2.0.0 (18 January 2007)

• Audio support! Record from your default input device during recording or substitute any QuickTime readable audio file after you have finished recording
• Save support! Make a recording and save it to a Screen Mimic Bundle for later processing
• New mouse options: Follow the mouse, hide recording guides
• Delayed start: Start recording immediately or after a specified amount of time
• New, faster, more streamlined UI

1.5.5 (12 January 2007)

• Fixed a bug that caused blocky artifacts in swf files when recording areas of rapid color change (such as images loading on a website)
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a crash when encoding SWF files at the highest quality setting

1.5.4 (8 January 2007)

• Drastically reduced the amount of temporary disk space used during recording

1.5.3 (23 August 2006)

• Added HTML file output options for SWF and QT Movies
• Added an option for HTML output that allows you to determine if the movie should play once or loop
• Fixed a bug that on some machines caused the record area rectange to be shown in the final movie when recording the edge of the screen
• Fixed a bug that caused some Quicktime movies to play at a slower frame rate

1.5.2 (15 August 2006)

• Fixed a QT encoding bug

1.5.1 (5 July 2006)

• Fixed a bug that caused SWF files to encode at too high a frame rate on fast machines

1.5.0 (14 June 2006)

• Universal Binary
• Optimized SWF and FLV encoding
• Much faster Quicktime encoding
• The ability to specify Quicktime movie encoding formats, including the new H.264 standard

1.2.1 (8 February 2006)

• Fixes a bug related to the latest version of QuickTime (7.0.4)

1.2.0 (2 January 2006)

• Visual mouse feedback (see mouse clicks
• Export to Flash Video Format (FLV) (which can be imported into the Macromedia Flash authoring tool)
• Export to Quicktime format (MOV)
• Change hot key settings and temporary file location

1.0.0 (8 December 2005)

• Initial Release