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No. 074,

Elements in Techniques & Smarter Exports

This week is about giving you more control over your work. Pick the exact subject for a technique with elements, download and rename exports right from the canvas, and generate on mobile in a tap. Add a new cookie-consent flow, guided onboarding for every new user, and a batch of canvas and Studio refinements, and there's plenty to dig into.

📦 New

  1. Elements as technique inputs

    Choose the subject every time you run a technique.

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    Technique authors can now designate an element as a user-selectable input. When you run a technique in the desktop App, on the canvas, or via the API, an element picker lets you choose the subject — a fashion model, a brand character — without modifying the technique itself.

  2. Export node downloads & bulk rename

    Get files out faster.

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    Download files directly from an export node on the canvas, no detour required. A new bulk rename toolbar lets you rename multiple export nodes at once.

  3. Canvas & Studio quality-of-life

    A handful of small upgrades that add up.

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    An in-App settings tray for adjusting technique parameters and one-click save of Layer Editor nodes straight to your library.

🧠 Improved

  1. Faster, smoother canvas

    Zoom and pan are noticeably snappier, with inactive overlays skipping re-renders and wheel interactions no longer triggering forced layout work.

  2. FAUNA feels quicker

    Reduced time-to-first-text on durable chats, plus a cleaner chat surface after removing inline suggestion pills and approval modes.

  3. Lighter element library

    Downscaled thumbnails cut the gray-out flash when the library loads.

🛠 Fixes

  • The Enhance Prompt button is back on text nodes.

  1. Pinch-to-zoom

    works again over selected nodes.

  • New text nodes now respect your default model preference.

  1. Save all

    in the selection toolbar downloads exactly the outputs you selected.

  • Clearer error messages when an input image is too large.
  • Uploaded files keep their filename as the node title.
  • Add-node menu now spans the full width, the mute tooltip no longer overlaps the volume thumb, and the layer editor renders SVGs correctly.

FLORA Weekly

No. 073,

Dropbox Import/Export & a Reimagined Elements

This week, we added Dropbox import/export, taught FAUNA to read your documents, rebuilt Elements from the editor up, and shipped a wave of canvas-navigation, image-quality, and reliability wins.

📦 New

  1. Elements, redesigned

    A rebuilt element editor with grouped categories, reference history, and a new Character medium.

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    Organize elements by category, revisit references you've used before, and create Character elements — with element mentions and pickers now grouped by category and clearer naming and failure states throughout.

  2. Dropbox import & export

    Pull assets straight from Dropbox onto the canvas and send finished work back.

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    Import from and export to Dropbox with a native folder picker and a recent-destinations shortcut, working across shared workspaces. Joins the existing Google Drive integration.

  3. FAUNA reads your documents

    Drop a PDF, Markdown, or text file on the canvas and FAUNA reads it into the conversation.

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    Ask questions about a brief, a script, or your notes without copy-pasting — FAUNA pulls the file's contents directly into the chat.

  4. @mention references in Inpaint

    Pull reference images straight into your inpaint prompts.

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    @mention other images on your canvas to bring a style or subject from elsewhere in your project into an inpaint edit.

🔐 API & SDK

  1. Direct-bytes asset upload

    Upload files directly to the API with SSRF-safe URL fetching and upfront size limits.

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    A faster, safer upload path for programmatic workflows, with consistent project_id handling across endpoints.

  2. assets.upload()

    SDK helper — a one-call helper for uploading assets from the TypeScript SDK.

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    Skip the manual upload plumbing and move files into your workflows in a single call.

🧠 Improved

  1. Canvas zoom

    New zoom controls, fullscreen image zoom with a magnifier indicator, and zoom-to-cursor from the keyboard or HUD make navigating large canvases far smoother.

  2. Keyboard-friendly model dropdown

    Enter selects the top result, arrow keys move the highlight, and Escape closes the menu, so you can pick a model without leaving the keyboard.

  3. Clickable links in comments

    URLs in comments now render as clickable links.

  4. Sharper fullscreen previews

    Images within 150MP are now served at original resolution, with larger images downscaled to a higher cap.

  5. 8K video upscaling

    The video upscaler output cap is raised to 8192×8192 (Topaz).

  6. Clearer generation errors

    Error toasts no longer include internal provider field-path noise, so the message tells you what actually happened.

  7. Inline API key errors

    Problems creating an API key now show right where you're working instead of failing silently.

  8. "Import" instead of "Upload"

    The add-node menu item is renamed to better match what it does.

🛠 Fixes

  1. Smoother canvas

    Fixed flickering and display glitches several of you reported during navigation.

  2. Image nodes hold their shape

    Changing the aspect ratio no longer breaks the image node's box.

  3. Inpaint precision

    The inpaint brush and crop handles now line up exactly with your cursor.

  4. Consistent batch outputs

    Batches no longer come back with mismatched aspect ratios or black bands; auto aspect ratio now resolves correctly.

  5. Multi-image @mentions in Kling

    Reverted a change that broke referencing multiple images at once.

  6. FAUNA reliability

    FAUNA now recovers the chat after a mid-turn connection drop, no longer strands queued messages, matches @mention node names to the canvas, stops scattering or scrambling nodes on dense canvases, and can rename action nodes.

  7. Techniques

    Split Text slots now map to distinct technique outputs.

FLORA Weekly

No. 072,

Dropbox Integration, Zoom Controls & a Faster Canvas

FLORA now connects directly to Dropbox — import assets and export finished work without leaving your canvas. This week also brings precision zoom controls, a major canvas performance push for large projects, and smarter video generation that fixes inputs instead of rejecting them.

📦 New

  1. Dropbox Integration

    Import from and export to Dropbox right from your canvas
    Pull assets in through your library or send finished work out via the export node with a native folder picker.

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    Works across shared workspaces, remembers your last destination, and keeps everything in sync — no more downloading and re-uploading between tools.

  2. Zoom Controls

    Precision navigation in the editor and fullscreen view
    Zoom now anchors to your cursor with keyboard and HUD controls, a clear zoom indicator, and dedicated controls in fullscreen image view — so inspecting fine detail in large generations is effortless.

  3. Reference Images in Inpaint

    @mention any image on your canvas inside inpaint prompts
    Guide your edits with visual references instead of describing them — point the model at exactly the style, object, or texture you want painted in.

  4. FAUNA Understands Video & Audio

    Connect video or audio nodes and FAUNA gets it
    FAUNA now eagerly analyzes video and audio context on your canvas, so you can ask about a clip's content, pacing, or sound the same way you already do with images.

  5. Lock Selection

    Lock nodes in place from the selection toolbar
    Freeze finished sections of your workflow so a stray drag can't disturb layouts you've already perfected.

  6. Optional Technique Inputs

    Build more flexible reusable workflows
    Technique creators can now mark inputs as optional, so one technique can serve both quick runs and fully customized ones.

  7. 8K Video Upscaling

    The video upscaler output cap is raised to 8192×8192
    Push your footage to true 8K resolution for final delivery.

🧠 Improved

  1. Canvas performance

    A dedicated optimization push for large projects: smoother panning and zooming, no more hover stutter, faster toolbar interactions, and snappier rendering on canvases with hundreds of nodes.

  2. Video generation is more forgiving

    Undersized videos are now automatically upscaled to meet model requirements instead of being rejected, preprocessing is more reliable, and resolution/duration errors are clearer about what to change

  3. Downloads handle huge images

    Images over 150MP now download reliably, and "Download original" is always available

  4. Billing transparency

    See a full cost breakdown per generation in your usage page, get a clear notice on your dashboard if there's a billing issue, and overdue invoices recover automatically when you update your payment method

  5. Project search

    Finds matches from the first character you type

🔐 API Changes

  1. Retrieve workspace techniques by ID

    via the public API, with clearer authentication error messages for faster debugging

🛠 Fixes

  • Multi-image @mentions now work correctly in Kling video generations
  • Gemini image generations no longer fail on certain input assets
  • FAUNA responses stream smoothly from the first word, and queued messages render in the right order
  • Publishing techniques works reliably again
  • Auto aspect ratio now correctly matches your input image's dimensions when running techniques
  • Generated media frames size themselves to match the actual output
  • Long ProRes exports complete instead of timing out
  • PDF imports show proper page thumbnails in the library and publish flow
  • Video nodes use the real dimensions of your footage for aspect ratio