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Description

Makes the editor preview behave much more like the exported video.

The preview and export paths now share camera targeting and viewport-scaled effect calculations. Preview animation advances from presented media timestamps instead of UI ticker time, and an unchanged timestamp no longer advances cursor smoothing or clears motion blur. Pressing Space therefore holds the last composed frame, including its cursor and blur state, while timeline seeks still render a fresh exact frame.

Caption font selection and annotation scaling are also kept consistent between preview and export.

Motivation

The preview could feel like a separate real-time simulation: camera motion varied with UI frame timing, the cursor continued settling after playback stopped, and motion blur disappeared on pause. That made a paused frame a poor representation of the corresponding exported frame.

Type of Change

  • Bug Fix
  • Refactor / Code Cleanup

Related Issue(s)

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Screenshots / Video

Not included; this changes frame timing and is best checked during playback and pause.

Testing Guide

  1. Open a project with automatic zoom, cursor smoothing, and camera or cursor motion blur enabled.
  2. Play through an active zoom and press Space while motion is visible.
  3. Confirm the paused image, cursor position, and blur remain fixed.
  4. Leave playback paused and confirm the cursor does not continue interpolating.
  5. Scrub the timeline and confirm a fresh frame is rendered at the selected timestamp.
  6. Export the same section and compare the camera, cursor, captions, annotations, and effects.

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  • TypeScript check passes.
  • All 123 test files pass (1,097 tests).
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Checklist

  • I have performed a self-review of my code.
  • I have added regression tests for the new frame-composition behavior.
  • No changelog update is required for this internal rendering correction.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved video preview and export synchronization during playback, pausing, and seeking.
    • Corrected zoom motion, cursor-follow behavior, annotation scaling, and caption font rendering.
    • Aligned background blur, overscan, and shadow effects across preview and exported video.
    • Annotations now respect configured time ranges, including clearing selections when inactive.
    • Custom zoom transition durations are now honored during export.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for playback composition, zoom behavior, annotation visibility, and scaled visual effects.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Preview playback and export rendering now share scene-motion and scene-effect calculations. Preview composition follows media timestamps and explicit paused-frame modes. Annotation, caption, blur, shadow, and zoom rendering use viewport-scaled values.

Changes

Scene rendering synchronization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared motion and effect helpers
src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/sceneMotion.ts, src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/sceneEffects.ts, src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/annotationVisibility.ts, src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/*test.ts
Added shared helpers for zoom targets, preview motion modes, frame-composition decisions, annotation visibility, blur, overscan, and shadow metrics. Added tests for these calculations.
Preview timing and composition
src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx, src/components/video-editor/AnnotationOverlay.tsx, src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.ts, src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.test.ts, src/lib/exporter/captionRenderer.ts
Preview composition now follows media timestamps, supports paused-frame snapping, uses shared zoom and effect metrics, scales annotation styling by viewport size, uses configured caption fonts, and filters annotations by active time range.
Export renderer integration
src/lib/exporter/frameRenderer.ts, src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts, src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts, src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts
Export paths now use shared zoom targets, viewport-scaled blur and shadow metrics, configured caption fonts, and configured zoom transition durations.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant VideoPlayback
  participant sceneMotion
  participant sceneEffects
  participant ExportRenderers
  VideoPlayback->>sceneMotion: resolve media-time zoom target and motion mode
  sceneMotion-->>VideoPlayback: return camera target and composition mode
  VideoPlayback->>sceneEffects: calculate preview effect metrics
  sceneEffects-->>VideoPlayback: return blur, overscan, and shadow values
  ExportRenderers->>sceneMotion: resolve export zoom target
  ExportRenderers->>sceneEffects: calculate export effect metrics
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ad44f

Paused preview edits and source changes now trigger a fresh composed frame, so no current merge-blocking preview-rendering risk remains.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title is concise and accurately summarizes the primary goal of improving preview accuracy against exported video.
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src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx (1)

2819-2819: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the selected annotation available for editing outside its time range.

When the playhead leaves [startMs, endMs], the filter unmounts the selected annotation’s AnnotationOverlay, including its drag and resize controls. selectedAnnotationId remains selected in the timeline and sidebar. Preserve the selected annotation in a non-composited editing state, or clear selectedAnnotationId when the playhead leaves its range.

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In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx` at line 2819, Update the
annotation visibility/filter logic near the currentTime-to-timeMs calculation so
the selected annotation remains mounted with editing controls when the playhead
is outside its [startMs, endMs] range, using a non-composited editing state;
alternatively, clear selectedAnnotationId when it leaves the range. Preserve
normal compositing and time-range filtering for unselected annotations.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts`:
- Around line 2140-2147: Update getNativeStaticLayoutZoomTelemetry’s call to
resolveSceneZoomTarget to pass the configured zoomInDurationMs and
zoomOutDurationMs values, matching the other export renderers and preserving
custom transition timings.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx`:
- Line 2819: Update the annotation visibility/filter logic near the
currentTime-to-timeMs calculation so the selected annotation remains mounted
with editing controls when the playhead is outside its [startMs, endMs] range,
using a non-composited editing state; alternatively, clear selectedAnnotationId
when it leaves the range. Preserve normal compositing and time-range filtering
for unselected annotations.

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  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/sceneMotion.test.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/sceneMotion.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.test.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/captionRenderer.ts
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src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx (1)

2115-2121: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Invalidate paused composition after a scene-motion edit.

When updateFocusFromClientPoint calls onZoomFocusChange, the new zoomRegions value updates zoomRegionsRef.current, but the paused preserve mode still rejects composition when the media timestamp is unchanged. The overlay updates, but the Pixi camera keeps its previous transform. Set the paused-frame invalidation when zoomRegions changes.

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In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx` around lines 2115 - 2121,
Update the paused-frame invalidation logic used by shouldComposePreviewFrame so
changes to zoomRegions invalidate preserve-mode composition even when the media
timestamp is unchanged. Ensure zoomRegions changes set the existing paused-frame
invalidation state/ref, allowing the Pixi camera transform to recompute after
updateFocusFromClientPoint calls onZoomFocusChange.
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In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx`:
- Around line 2115-2121: Update the paused-frame invalidation logic used by
shouldComposePreviewFrame so changes to zoomRegions invalidate preserve-mode
composition even when the media timestamp is unchanged. Ensure zoomRegions
changes set the existing paused-frame invalidation state/ref, allowing the Pixi
camera transform to recompute after updateFocusFromClientPoint calls
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src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx (1)

2104-2110: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reset lastRenderedContentTimeRef when videoPath changes.

The videoPath reset sets videoReady to false, but it does not clear lastRenderedContentTimeRef. When metadata loads, handleLoadedMetadata restores currentTimeRef from the editor's currentTime. If that timestamp matches the previous source, the new ticker sees contentTimeChanged === false. shouldComposePreviewFrame then skips composition, even though animationStateRef was reset. Clear the sentinel during the source reset or force one composition when videoReady becomes true.

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In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx` around lines 2104 - 2110,
Reset lastRenderedContentTimeRef in the videoPath source-reset flow alongside
videoReady and animationStateRef, so the first ticker update after metadata
loads treats the restored editor time as changed and composes a preview frame.
Preserve existing timing behavior for subsequent updates.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Inline comments:
In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx`:
- Around line 1255-1257: Update the composition-change effect in VideoPlayback
so paused-frame invalidation occurs for every ticker-consumed composition input,
including connectZooms, zoomInDurationMs, zoomOutDurationMs, cursorTelemetry,
and zoomRegions. Use a shared composition revision or expand the effect
dependencies while preserving the existing isPlayingRef and
shouldSnapPausedFrameRef behavior.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx`:
- Around line 2104-2110: Reset lastRenderedContentTimeRef in the videoPath
source-reset flow alongside videoReady and animationStateRef, so the first
ticker update after metadata loads treats the restored editor time as changed
and composes a preview frame. Preserve existing timing behavior for subsequent
updates.

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