Changelog

What's New

The latest updates, features, and fixes for MindCraft Studio.

2.7.0

Current
2026-07-07

New Features & Experience

  • Annotation tool: Draw markups directly on images to guide edits. Learn More

  • Video generation: Now supports video generation with Cloud Model

2.6.4

2026-06-28

New Features & Experience

  • Ideogram 4 Support: Added support for the Ideogram 4 model.

  • Prompt Composer: Updated the Prompt Composer to allow visual prompt composition. It works best with the Ideogram 4 model with JSON output, but also works with other models. Learn More.

  • Size Presets: Now reorderable to keep your most-used options within easy reach.

2.6.3

2026-06-20

Stability & Performance

  • Lens-Turbo: Updated download link of Lens-Turbo model. Now points to the correct 6-bit quanlitzed version.

2.6.2

2026-06-18

Stability & Performance

  • Studio Assistant: Added Lens model knowledge for Studio Assistant for better prompt suggestion.

  • Cloud Model: Updated dimension presets for some cloud models.

2.6.1

2026-06-16

New Features & Experience

  • Image-to-Image for Lens Model: Added image to image mode for Lens/Lens-Turbo Models.

  • Prompt History: Added prompt history for Inpainting/Outpainting modes

Stability & Performance

  • Smart Suggestion: Fixed a bug where smart suggestion text might be cutoff when streaming.

2.6.0

2026-06-08

New Features & Experience

  • Lens Models Support: Support for MicroSoft's Lens and Lens-Turbo models.

  • HEIC/HEIF Support: Support importing HEIC/HEIF images.

Stability & Performance

  • Memory Optimization: Optimized memory usage during model loading.

2.5.0

2026-06-04

New Features & Experience

  • ERNIE-Image Support: Support for ERNIE-Image and ERNIE-Image-Turbo models.

  • Studio Assistant Enhancement: Use the Assistant directly within the Canvas workspace, with support for external providers (e.g., Ollama, LM Studio).

  • Edit and resend chat messages to refine instructions.

  • Describe canvas images and save descriptions as notes.

  • Model-Aware Prompt Enhancement: Studio Assistant and Prompt Enhancer now automatically adapt to the currently selected model for optimized prompt enhancement.

  • Arrow Key Navigation: Added keyboard support for canvas panning using Arrow keys (hold `Shift` for accelerated panning).

2.4.2

2026-05-08

Stability & Performance

  • Fixed: Fixed an issue that upscaler model couldn't be loaded.

2.4.1

2026-05-06

New Features & Experience

  • Qwen-Image-Edit: Support Qwen-Image-Edit model

Stability & Performance

  • Fixed: Fixed an issue with Crop and Outpaint modes.

2.4.0

2026-05-05

New Features & Experience

  • Qwen-Image Integration: Support Qwen-Image model (requires 32GB+ memory, model download links can be found here).

  • In-App Quantization: Import full-weight models and quantize them on-the-fly.

  • Prompt Composer: Compose structured prompts using JSON or natural language for precision.

  • Custom Size Presets: Save and reuse personalized dimensions for faster generations.

  • Resizable Action Panels: Dynamically resize prompt inputs within canvas action panels.

Stability & Performance

  • Enhanced Memory Management: Refined memory loading strategies to improve stability and performance.

  • Fixed: Variation mode couldn’t use the z-image model

2.3.0

2026-05-01

New Features & Experience

  • Cloud Models: Offload heavy computational tasks to the cloud for a smoother experience

  • Vectorize: Convert raster images into clean, scalable vector graphics.

  • Image-Guided Inpainting: Use visual references to guide your inpainting edits.

  • Multi-Selection: Select multiple regions in Inpainting and Eraser tools.

  • Quick Look (Q): Preview images in full-screen mode in Canvas.

  • True Aspect Ratio: View images in their true, original proportions inside the Gallery view.

  • Resizable Prompt Editor: Resize the prompt editor for more editing spaces.

  • Productivity Shortcuts: Keyboard shortcuts for Eraser and Rearrange.

  • Batch Asset Management: Multi-select and delete multiple images in Gallery.

  • Cached Camera Analysis: Drastically reduced camera angle adjustment times following the initial pass.

Stability & Performance

  • Responsive Interruptions: Cancel ongoing generation tasks faster and more reliably.

  • Canvas Optimization: Improved canvas performance with large images.

  • HDR Color Accuracy: Fixed an issue causing washed-out Display P3 / HDR images

  • Fixes: Resolved an issue where double-clicking the canvas would unexpectedly close the editing panel.

  • Note Editing: Fixed a bug where saved notes could not be edited.

2.2.0

2026-04-13

New Features & Experience

  • Modify Selection (Inpaint): Modify selected area of images on canvas.

  • Erase Objects: Erase objects from images on canvas.

  • Expand Image (outpainting): Expand images beyond their original borders.

  • Sections: Group related items on canvas into sections.

  • Rearrange: Automatically rearrange items on canvas.

2.1.1

2026-04-08

New Features & Experience

  • Notes: Add notes on canvas to record your inspiration

  • Crop Image: Crop images on canvas

  • Export/Import Canvas: Import and export your canvas with full editing history

Stability & Performance

  • Canvas Perfomance: Improved image rendering performance on canvas

2.1.0

2026-04-02

New Features & Experience

  • Canvas Visual Lineage: Trace the evolution of your ideas and regenerate them with full history restored.

  • Camera Control: Better following of camera instructions

  • Sutdio Assistant: Now you can config System Prompt for Studio Assistant.

  • Lora compatibility: Expand LoRA mapping coverage to support more Z-Image and Flux.2 Loras.

  • Override Lora types: Manually override Lora type in case the system detects it incorrectly.

  • Import remote models: import models from Huggingface or ModelScope directly.

Stability & Performance

  • Studio Assistant performance: Now responds faster than before.

  • Smart Suggestion: Fix a problem that Smart Suggestion may not respond in some edge cases.

2.0.0

2026-03-30

New Features & Experience

  • Infinite Canvas Architecture: A completely redesigned experience centered around a boundless workspace for organizing, comparing, and evolving creative projects.

  • In-place Power Tools: Remix, modify upscale and remove backgrounds directly on the canvas without switching modes.

  • Image Modification: Reference images directly on the canvas to guide AI edits like style transfers, object additions, and face swaps.

  • Advanced Camera Navigator: Professional 3D-native control over perspective, tilt, and rotation for precise shot composition.

  • Variations: Visual exploration tool for navigating aesthetic variations and complexity levels to land on the perfect creative direction.

  • Contextual Suggestions: Intelligently analyzes canvas context to recommend optimal prompts and workflows.

  • Custom Project Storage: You can now choose a custom location to store your studio projects.

1.5.5

2026-03-09

Stability & Performance

  • Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where Remix (img2img) mode was incorrectly triggered as image edit mode when using FLUX.2 Klein models.

1.5.3

2026-02-27

New Features & Experience

  • FLUX.2 Klein Improvements: Support for resizing and cropping input images for Klein edit mode.

  • Import images into Projects: Add images to your projects by simply dragging and dropping them into the app.

Stability & Performance

  • Stability Improvements: Enhanced the generation engine to more robustly handle edge cases and improve overall stability.

1.3.1

2026-01-30

New Features & Experience

  • FLUX.2 Klein: Add support for FLUX.2 Klein 4B & 9B models.

  • Multi-Image Remix: Use up to 7 images as reference prompts to edit and remix (FLUX.2 Klein only), allowing for complex subject blending and consistent character transitions.

  • Prompt Translation: Translate prompt into English from any language.

  • i18n: Added Chinese support.

Stability & Performance

  • Model Switching: Fixed an issue where the model type wasn't correctly updated when switching between different models.

1.2.0

2026-01-20

New Features & Experience

  • Studio Assistant: your new AI companion for image creation

  • Turn ideas into high-quality image prompts through natural language chat

  • Analyze images, edit visuals, and transfer styles with simple instructions

  • Plan and run batch tasks effortlessly

  • SeedVR2 Upscaler Improvement: Now runs smoothly with less memory consumption

  • Sequential Seeds: Auto-increase seed on each generation to find the best candidate

Stability & Performance

  • Memory Optimization: Smarter memory management keeps everything responsive

  • Faster & Smoother: Faster app startup and readiness checks

  • Bug Fix: Fix for Mac AppStore Version where imported models could appear missing after relaunch

1.1.0

2026-01-15

New Features & Experience

  • Custom Model Library: Point your model library to an external storage device to store your models.

  • Improved Upscaler Model: New SeedVR2 model for higher quality 2x and 4x upscales.

  • Remove Background: Remove image background with a single click.

  • Compare View: View original and the upscaled/removed background image side by side.

1.0.5

2026-01-09

New Features & Experience

  • Presets: Create and save your own presets with Model, Size, Seed, Lora, and all other possible settings, and reapply them with a single click!

  • Prompt Library: Add your favorate prompts to the library, and the on-board AI will learn from them and enhace your prompts in the way you want!

Stability & Performance

  • Better memory management: Smarter model loading and unloading to free up memory when not in use.

  • Improved high-res generation: Efficient handling of large images by dividing them into tiles for processing.

  • Model Loading: Fix a bug that models may not be able to reload after a while of idle time.

1.0.0

2026-01-02

Initial Release

  • MindCraft Studio Launch: Official check-in of the comprehensive MLX-native AI design studio.

  • Unified Pipeline: Support for Z-Image, FLUX.1, and SDXL models (in MLX/MFLUX formats)

  • Creative Layers: Support for LoRA, ControlNet(Canny), and Redux.

  • Quick Upscaling: Instantaneous upscaling of images to 4x.

  • Model Presets: Pre-configured settings for each model so they can be automatically applied when loading.

  • Lora Trigger Words: Pre-configure and automatically add LoRA trigger words to your prompts when using LoRA layers.

  • Onboarding Experience: Mission-based walkthrough for first-time use.