Release notes

What’s new in LiveDeck Studio

Every 4.x update is free for licence holders and included in the 14-day trial. Current version: 4.31.0.

4.31

Trial and licence keys in the Mac download

OCTOBER 2026

14-day free trial in the direct-download Mac edition — click Start 14-day free trial; the days left show in the top bar.
Licence keys from this website: LiveDeck Studio menu → Licence… → paste your LDS- key → Activate. One Mac per key; Deactivate this Mac moves it.
Works offline: the licence re-checks about once a day and keeps working for 30 days without internet.

4.30

OCTOBER 2026

Book names complete as you type — “jo” offers John, Job, Joel, Jonah, Joshua…; “jo 3” becomes John 3.
Chapter and verse hints (“chapter 3 of 21 · 36 verses”), and a warning for a verse that does not exist. A book name alone opens 1:1.
Scripture preview in the Service column: the selected scripture shown as the slide it will become, with Preview and LIVE buttons.
Looping video and image elements in overlays and countdowns.
Scene look: gutters between windows, a colour, picture or looping video behind them, borders, rounded corners, and windows you place by hand.
A scene as its own input — keep Program on a camera while the scene waits on Preview or goes to a display.

4.29

OCTOBER 2026

Screen Capture picker: a whole display, one app window (captured even when covered), or a portion you draw on the screen.
Drag input tiles to rearrange them.
Smooth YouTube, Vimeo and web playback at up to 60 fps.
Toolbars no longer overlap in small windows.

4.28

OCTOBER 2026

Scripture Listen across every installed version — references, words, phrases and whole sentences.
Room to work in Songs & Bible: fold the control panel away, resize or hide the monitors, keep the service plan beside the Bible; several selected verses fit on one slide.
Dictionary autocorrect and suggestions.
Stage Display as an input — clock, countdown, message and the words on screen now and next, on any display, NDI® or another station.
Borderless full-screen outputs on external displays.
Windows: first-run fix; the installer now includes the Visual C++ runtime.

4.27

OCTOBER 2026

Scripture Listen: choose a microphone and LiveDeck listens to the preacher. A spoken reference — “John chapter three verse sixteen” — or a verse read aloud is found and offered as a chip; one click, or automatically in Open the verse mode. Uncertain matches are never opened on their own.
Full-height Bible panel.
Dictionary providers fixed.

4.26

SEPTEMBER 2026

Split screen up to 36 inputs: grid presets of 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 and 36; every cell stays 16:9.
Overlays on Preview: arm an overlay on Preview (PVW), send it straight to Program (PGM), or Take it on its own; AUTO fades overlays in with the transition.
Template library: more than 65 designs in eleven categories, with search, Use and Duplicate & edit. Your own templates can be shared with other stations — the same file works on Mac and Windows.
Graphics editor: text, shapes, images, gradients and dividers with fonts, outlines and shadows; in/out animations (fade, slide, wipe, scale, blur, typewriter); poster export as PNG/JPG or MP4.
AI Design: posters, flyers, social graphics, lower-third textures and loop videos from a description, with your own OpenAI, Gemini, Stability, Runway or Luma key.
Instagram Live: a portrait 9:16 version alongside landscape YouTube or Facebook from the same Program.
Fluid layout: drag the dividers between monitors, switcher, deck and control panel; sizes are remembered per window size.

Versions apply to macOS and Windows unless marked.