From idea to working editor
TapReel evolves into DashViolet. Early web previews, private GitHub collaboration, and autosave recovery are in place. The three-timeline Advanced Editor is in development.
Goal: Reliable editing, saving, and playback.Turn your photos and videos into meaningful movies with music, chapters, transitions, and creative tools — without the complexity of traditional editing software.
Early-development preview. Features and exports are evolving; this is not a commercial release.
Start with familiar tools today, while we build smarter ways to create tomorrow.
Import photos and video, arrange clips, preview your story, and make adjustments.
Editor previewMake transitions feel natural with your favorite songs and timing tools.
Improving in developmentWork with chapters, titles, transitions, and precise timing in an approachable editor.
Advanced editor in progressPlanned help with automatic movies, suggested edits, chapters, and scene selection.
Coming soonOur vision includes restoring color, improving faded photos, and preserving family memories.
Planned featureDesigned for an easy desktop and mobile experience, with native apps as later targets.
Mobile apps plannedUpload family photos and videos and decide what belongs in your story.
Arrange your timeline, adjust chapters, and add creative finishing touches.
Preview your movie, refine it, and export when the result feels right.
Our roadmap is ambitious and transparent. These are proposed targets, not guaranteed delivery dates.
TapReel evolves into DashViolet. Early web previews, private GitHub collaboration, and autosave recovery are in place. The three-timeline Advanced Editor is in development.
Goal: Reliable editing, saving, and playback.One-tap movie creation, beat synchronization, chapters, titles, smooth timelines, and initial testing with real users.
Goal: A first-time user creates a 60-second movie in under two minutes.Launch DashViolet.com publicly with planned subscription options, short-form video templates, user feedback, and an iPhone App Store submission if testing succeeds.
Target: Web launch by June 2027; iPhone submission by June 2027.Android release if development allows; AI-assisted chapters, highlight selection, and an expanding creative template library.
Target: Android release by September 2027.Focus on stable releases, community feedback, creative partnerships, and recurring subscription customers.
Goal: First 100 paying subscribers, then an ambitious 500–1,000.Make family movies accessible to anyone, including people who find conventional editors difficult, with smart assistance and intuitive controls.
Goal: Beautiful results with less frustration.Some memories deserve more than a folder on a computer.
My mother wanted me to make a slideshow of family photographs for a time when she would no longer be here. I wanted it to be something truly special — a beautiful movie that captured her life, our family, and the memories that mattered most.
But the video-editing tools I tried never let me create it as easily, or as beautifully, as I imagined. The process felt much harder than it needed to be.
That experience became the reason for DashViolet. I want anyone to be able to bring together old photographs, music, and precious moments and turn them into a movie they are proud to share. Whether it's a celebration, a family history, or a tribute to someone we love, the technology should help tell the story — not get in the way.
“Dream big. Build boldly. Never stop creating.”
Our mission: Make beautiful video storytelling easy for everyone, so family memories and creative ideas can become movies worth sharing. The fastest way to turn your memories into amazing videos.
Mark A. Radler
Founder, DashViolet
That’s our product goal: make movie creation so natural that first-time users can focus on their memories, not the controls.
Explore the Editor Preview ↗Yes. The web editor has a public development preview. Features may change and some workflows are still being tested.
Violet AI is planned. Individual AI features will be released and tested as development progresses.
Our iPhone App Store submission target is June 2027, subject to native testing and approval. Android release is targeted for September 2027, subject to development and testing.
Pricing has not been finalized. We are evaluating affordable subscription options for a future commercial launch.
We’re preparing a signup list for preview news and future release announcements.
Visit the Current Preview ↗Email signup will appear here once it is connected and tested.Character designs, branding, development milestones, and roadmaps. Select an image to enlarge.
See progress, suggest updates, and track bugs and fixes. Our feature plans are proposals, not promises.
We're developing the Original, Edited, and Pro FX timeline workflow. The private GitHub repository and autosave recovery merge are established. The next step is checking the preview, exporting sample projects, and improving the editing experience.
Status: In development · Not yet releasedRequest simpler controls, better music syncing, photo restoration, AI tools, or another feature you'd like to see. Proposals are reviewed before development.
GitHub sign-in and repository access are currently required.Describe what you tried, what happened, what you expected, your device/browser, and the editor version. Screenshots help us reproduce problems.
The development repository is private. Public feedback forms are planned.Oct 18: v0.5.12 review screenshot confirms the Advanced Editor interface.
Oct 18–19: Autosave and Project Recovery merged to main (commit 848863e).
Oct 19: New three-timeline editor is underway; review pending.
We publish confirmed milestones separately from ideas and unverified test reports. Updates here are editorial summaries, not an automatically synchronized feed.