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Tech deep dives, tips & tutorials, image editing insights, and the latest updates from WobblePic.
WobblePic v1.5.3 Release Notes — Paste an Image Straight into WobblePic
WobblePic v1.5.3 lets you copy a picture anywhere — a browser, a screenshot tool, an image editor — and paste it into WobblePic with Ctrl+V, where it opens immediately, ready to wobble. The file list now shows localised folder names like the tree does, and the encoding overlay no longer hangs over an empty folder.
WobblePic v1.5.2 Release Notes — Settings Move Out of the App Folder
WobblePic v1.5.2 moves settings, logs and caches to Application Support on macOS and %APPDATA% on Windows. That restores the macOS code signature, stops settings being silently discarded on all-user Windows installs, and speeds up startup. Folders also show their localised names, and the app reopens the folder you were last in.
WobblePic v1.5.1 Release Notes — MP4 Recording, Wobble Presets, and 2.2x Faster Capture
WobblePic v1.5.1 saves wobble recordings as MP4 through the OS's own H.264 encoder, adds GIF output, names three wobble presets, and more than doubles the recording framerate. Free for Windows and macOS.
WobblePic v1.4.6 Release Notes — Signed & Notarized macOS Build
WobblePic v1.4.6 ships a code-signed and Apple-notarized macOS build, so the app opens with a normal double-click — no more Gatekeeper workaround. Windows is a version-sync rebuild with no functional changes.
Three Social Media Clip Ideas You Can Make in WobblePic in 5 Minutes
Three quick wobble clip recipes — food, pets, and product shots — that turn a regular photo into a shareable MP4 clip in five minutes or less. Step-by-step using WobblePic's built-in record feature.
A Beginner's Guide to Image Segmentation
A beginner-friendly intro to image segmentation: what it is, the three flavors (semantic, instance, panoptic), and where it shows up in everyday tools.
WobblePic v1.4.5 Release Notes — Quick Access File Browsing & Refined Wobble Feel
WobblePic v1.4.5 introduces Quick Access favorites in the directory tree, zoom-independent wobble with a redesigned Elasticity slider, ESC-triggered pin bounce, native Cocoa delete on macOS, an About dialog, and several smaller polish items.
Inside an Animated Image Player: State Machines, Frame Timing, and the Play/Pause Loop
Building a frame-accurate animated image player on Pillow, where the frame durations are not available until you decode — estimating them, correcting them mid-playback, and freezing the clock when the decoder falls behind.
Recording Real-Time Graphics: Streaming GPU Frames to Disk Without Dropping Any
How to capture real-time rendered graphics into a video file without stalling the render loop — using PBO async readback, ring buffers, and a background encoder thread. A general pattern that works for games, simulations, and interactive graphics apps.
WobblePic v1.3.7 Release Notes — Wobble Recording & Animated Image Playback
WobblePic v1.3.7 introduces two major new features: record your wobble interactions as WebP animations, and play animated WebP/GIF/APNG files directly in the main view. Also includes SAM2.1 segmentation upgrade, refined pin damping, and zoomed-state image navigation.
How Apple Neural Engine Differs from GPU and CPU
A practical guide to Apple's Neural Engine — what it is, how CoreML decides when to use it, and why a model with perfectly static 1024×1024 inputs can still be refused. Includes the 16 seconds we lost finding that out.
HEIC vs JPEG vs WebP vs AVIF: Which Image Format Should You Use?
A practical comparison of the four image formats most likely to land in your folder today — covering compression efficiency, browser support, transparency, animation, and when each one is the right choice.
Getting Started with AVIF: Why the New Image Format Matters
A practical introduction to AVIF — what makes it different from JPEG and WebP, how to encode it with free tools, how to serve it on the web with proper fallbacks, and where it makes the biggest difference today.
What Is Soft-Body Physics? A Visual Introduction
An accessible overview of soft-body physics — what it is, how it differs from rigid-body simulation, and how engines like mass-spring, FEM, and position-based dynamics bring jelly, cloth, and skin to life on screen.
Porting WobblePic to macOS: CoreML, DMG, and Cross-Platform Lessons
How we brought WobblePic to macOS — a CoreML backend that skipped the Neural Engine, a year of shipping an app Gatekeeper called damaged, .app bundles and DMGs, and the path bug that only appeared in release builds.
WobblePic v1.1.3 Release Notes — Now on macOS
WobblePic v1.1.3 brings native macOS support for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, with CoreML acceleration, trackpad pinch-to-zoom, Cmd key shortcuts, and more.
Best Free Image Viewers for Windows in 2026
A comprehensive guide to the best free image viewers for Windows — from lightweight classics like IrfanView to interactive newcomers like WobblePic. Find the perfect viewer for your needs.
WobblePic v1.0.5 Release Notes
WobblePic v1.0.5 introduces Ad-Free License, directory tree panel, AVIF/HEIC support, SharedMemory IPC, and virtual index caching.
WobblePic v0.9.7 Release Notes
WobblePic v0.9.7 brings Pin Deformation, Segment Move, ORT model support, bilinear mask upscaling, and GPU multi-vendor support via DirectML.
Improving SAM2 Segmentation Accuracy in WobblePic
How WobblePic turns SAM2's 256×256 logits into a mask that holds up in motion — upscaling before thresholding, feathering the boundary into the deformation weights, and refining a mask in image space rather than re-prompting the model.
WobblePic v0.9.4 Release Notes
WobblePic v0.9.4 is here with improved build optimization, reduced installer size, and better performance. See what's new in this release.
AI Segmentation with SAM2 in WobblePic
How WobblePic runs Meta's Segment Anything Model 2 locally to isolate the object you clicked — three different execution stacks, an encoder banished to a worker process, and a 16 MB embedding passed without a copy.
Getting the Best Wobble Effects: Tips & Tricks
Master WobblePic with these tips for choosing the right images, dragging techniques, and using AI segmentation to create the most satisfying wobble effects.
5 Creative Ways to Use WobblePic
Discover fun and creative ways to use WobblePic beyond simple image viewing — from social media content to presentations and memes.
5 Best Tools for Adding Motion Effects to Images in 2026
Five ways to make a still image move — physics, keyframes, generative AI, code, and painted motion paths — and what each one costs you in control, effort, and predictability.
Types of Image Editing Software: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to the main categories of image software — raster editors, photo managers, vector tools, viewers, and interactive apps. Learn which category fits your workflow.
Image Segmentation Explained: From Manual Selection to AI
A beginner-friendly overview of image segmentation technology — from manual selection tools in early editors to modern AI models like SAM2 that can segment anything with a single click.
How WobblePic's Physics Simulation Works
WobblePic's wobble comes from one spring per vertex, not a spring network — 263,169 independent springs pulling each point of a photo back to where it started. A look at the model, the grab, and what it costs per frame.