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Product updates, field guides, and field notes—each with links to docs and the hub where relevant. High-level milestones also appear on the changelog.
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ReadField guide · Jun 14, 2026
How to make a YouTube thumbnail (free, in your browser)
Why the thumbnail matters more than the title, the exact size to use, cutting out your subject cleanly, choosing a background, writing text that survives being tiny, and keeping a consistent look across a channel — all free and in the browser.
- Right size, every time
- Clean cutout + bold text
- Readable at tiny scale
Novus Stream Solutions (hub)
ReadField guide · Jun 10, 2026
How to compress an image without losing quality
What "losing quality" really means, lossy vs lossless, resizing before compressing, and the format and settings that shrink an image with no visible loss.
- Lossy vs lossless
- Resize before you compress
- No visible quality loss
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · Jun 8, 2026
How to remove EXIF metadata from your photos (and why)
What EXIF metadata is, the privacy risk of embedded GPS, when platforms strip it (and when they do not), and how to remove it yourself without uploading your photos.
- What EXIF reveals
- GPS location risk
- Strip it free, on-device
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
How to make a transparent PNG (free, no upload)
A step-by-step guide to exporting a true transparent PNG with NSS Background Remover, and why straight-alpha export matters.
- No upload, no signup
- True straight-alpha PNG
- Refine the edge by hand
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
How to upscale an image without losing quality
How AI upscaling adds real detail (not just pixels) and how to use 2× / 4× super-resolution in NSS Background Remover.
- 2× / 4× AI upscale
- Adds detail, not just size
- Free, on-device
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
How to make a music visualizer video
The fast path from a track to a finished, reactive visualizer video with Novus Visualizers.
- Upload → template → export
- Beat-synced reactions
- 4K MP4/WebM
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · Jun 7, 2026
How to add captions to a video for free
How on-device Whisper transcription turns the slow part of captioning into a few timing tweaks.
- On-device AI transcription
- Per-word timing
- Audio never uploaded
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · Jun 6, 2026
How to make a Spotify Canvas video (free, in-browser)
A step-by-step guide to producing a vertical, looping Canvas video from your own track without any desktop software.
- Vertical Spotify Canvas preset
- Beat-synced and looping
- Client-side export, you own it
Novus Visualizers
ReadField guide · Jun 4, 2026
How to make a favicon (ICO) from any image
What a favicon is, the sizes that matter, designing for tiny scale, transparency, and making a multi-size ICO from any image — free and on-device.
- The sizes that matter
- Design for tiny scale
- Multi-size ICO, free
NSS Background Remover
ReadField guide · May 19, 2026
How to make a lyric video for free (auto-synced captions, in your browser)
A step-by-step guide to making a lyric video with Novus Visualizers: on-device transcription, fixing timing, styling captions over a reactive background, and exporting for the platform you need.
- On-device Whisper captions
- Per-word timing, no upload
- Export vertical or 16:9
Novus Visualizers