v4.0.455

remotion-dev/remotionv4.0.455May 1, 2026by JonnyBurger

AI Summary

Introduces the new HtmlInCanvas component for rendering HTML content within the canvas, alongside support for drop-shadow effects.

Key Highlights

Add HtmlInCanvas component
Fix audio-only Audio falling back to Html5Audio
Support for drop-shadow in web-renderer

New Features

HtmlInCanvas component
Drop-shadow rendering support

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* [**`remotion`: Add `<HtmlInCanvas>` component**](https://www.remotion.dev/docs/remotion/html-in-canvas) by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7158
* `@remotion/media`: Fix audio-only `<Audio>` falling back to `<Html5Audio>` by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7215
* `@remotion/player`: Don't wait for AudioContext to resume when we are muted by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7216
* `@remotion/web-renderer`: Support for drop-shadow by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7191
* `@remotion/web-renderer`: Ancestor scale with drop-shadow precompose by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7201

## Experts
* Welcome Ashok Reddy! by @ashokDevs in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7211

## Internals
* Prototype HTML-in-canvas transitions by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7206

## New Contributors
* @ashokDevs made their first contribution in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/7211

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/compare/v4.0.454...v4.0.455