TuringShot 1.4.8–1.4.9: Focus Arrival, Aperture & Pointer Trail

Two updates that fundamentally change how focus effects look and feel — plus a brand-new visual that follows your pointer everywhere.

Focus Arrival — Directional Entry Animation

The old "Impact Animation" was an experimental effect with limited control. Focus Arrival replaces it with a proper directional entry system:

• Direction: Left / Right / Top / Bottom — the focus area slides in from your chosen direction
• Intensity: Soft / Medium / Strong — controls how dramatic the entry feels
• Default: On / Left / Soft for a natural, subtle entrance

The effect is designed so that focus activation feels intentional — like a well-edited video transition, but happening live on your screen. No post-editing needed.

Aperture — Camera Iris Opening Effect

When zoom starts, Aperture makes the focus area open wide first, then close down to target size — like a camera iris. This creates a sense of depth and intentionality that a simple "circle appears" can't match.

• Intensity: Soft / Medium / Strong
• Strong gives the most visible opening-then-closing motion
• Works together with Focus Arrival — two independent axes of animation

The old experimental "Dim Ramp" was removed — Focus Arrival and Aperture are now the two clean axes for all focus entry animation.

Pointer Trail — Comet-Like Cursor Visual

During Ctrl+A interaction, a comet-like trail follows your pointer movement. This is not drawing — it's a separate ephemeral overlay that disappears on its own and never interferes with your actual drawing strokes, undo, or erase operations.

• Length: Short / Medium / Long
• Fade: Fast / Medium / Slow
• Thickness: Thin / Medium / Thick
• Glow: Off / Weak / Medium / Strong

The trail is rendered using spline interpolation — no dotted-line feeling, just a smooth curve that naturally follows your pointer. Default: On / Short / Slow / Thin / Strong.

Interaction Stability

1.4.9 also fixed edge cases where holding the interaction hotkey too long could cause system sounds or leave the state stuck. The key-repeat consumption and fallback release paths were reinforced so even misaligned key inputs recover cleanly.

Current Feature Count: v1.4.9

With these additions, TuringShot now has 6 core live effects:

1. Live Screen Zoom — free, with Sharpest sampling
2. Focus Highlight — with Focus Arrival + Aperture
3. Magnifier Lens — glass-style local magnification
4. Screen Drawing — 4 modes + line smoothing
5. Pointer Trail — comet-like cursor visual (NEW)
6. Text Memo — multiple windows, 0% opacity