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Picture in picture, object removal and AI upscaling

Version 2026.10.18API 1.6.0NewAppiOSAPIMCP

Photos and videos in a window over the reel, removing a stray object from a fragment, AI access to files under your control and AI upscaling to 4K on export.

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Picture in picture

The “+” on the strip has a new item, Picture in picture: a photo or video sits in a small window over the reel. An existing insert becomes a window with As window and goes back with Full frame.

  • Edit the window right on the preview: drag it, the corner handle resizes, the circle on top rotates; pinch on iPhone and iPad, the mouse wheel on the web.
  • The Window panel: Rectangle or Circle, Size, Corners, Rotation, Opacity, Border with a color, and Sound for videos.
  • Keyframe — and the window glides, grows and rotates between keyframes.
  • Up to 10 windows per reel. Free and without AI.

Remove object

Video fragments up to 10 seconds long have a Remove object button (beta): draw a box around a stray item or a passer-by on a frame, and AI removes it across the whole fragment and fills in the background. Bring the object back restores the original video. The price is at cost, ≈0.93 tokens per second of the fragment, shown on the button before you start. On a busy background the result may not come out perfect.

AI access to files

Some AI models need a file by link. Before such an operation Slicer asks for permission: Allow once, Allow for this project or Don’t allow. A link opens only the piece that's needed (for object removal — a piece of the fragment and the object mask), is valid for an hour at most and is revoked right after processing. The project's Settings have an AI access to files block: Sources, Own media and Finished video toggles and an Issued links log with a Revoke all links button. Turning access off revokes active links at once.

AI upscaling to 4K

At 4K resolution the export window now has an Upscaling row: Standard stretches the frame for free; “AI” draws in fine detail at cost — ≈1.2 tokens per second of the reel. Such a reel is rendered by the server — in the app the Where to render choice is inactive then. If the AI can't manage, the reel is upscaled the standard way and the reserve is returned.

API 1.6.0 and MCP

A new edit operation, set_pip: an insert as a window over the reel or back to full frame — position, size, rotation, opacity, shape, corners, border and sound. It works in POST /v1/projects/{id}/edits, the MCP tool edit_project, the AI assistant and the director in the chat.

Picture in picture · Remove object · AI access to files · AI upscaling to 4K · Editing in the API