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+title: AniMathIO v1.8.3 – Export and Text Sizing Fixes
+slug: launching-v1.8.3
+tags: [release, v1.8.3]
+authors: MemerGamer
+---
+
+AniMathIO v1.8.3 is a bug-fix release. It fixes exported videos showing selection handles, makes new text boxes fit their content, and corrects the version reported by the MCP server.
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+## Fixes
+
+- **Selection handles in exports.** Exported videos no longer show the selection handles (the Konva transformer) around the selected element. This applies to exports started from the editor and from the MCP `export_video` tool.
+- **Text boxes fit their content.** Text added from the editor or through the MCP `add_text` tool now gets a box sized to its text, so words no longer wrap mid-word in a fixed 100x100 box.
+- **MCP server version.** The MCP server now reports the app's real version.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- Updated glob to 14.0.3 and moved minimatch to 11.0.4 where compatible, which addresses two security advisories.
+- Some older minimatch 3.x and 5.x copies used by development and build tools have no patched release, so `npm audit` still reports them until those tools update.
+
+## Get the update
+
+Download AniMathIO from [animathio.com](https://animathio.com) or read the [release notes on GitHub](https://github.com/AniMathIO/AniMathIO/releases/tag/animathio-v1.8.3). Downloads are available as AppImage, deb, snap, flatpak, and a Windows installer. See the [full changelog](https://github.com/AniMathIO/AniMathIO/compare/animathio-v1.8.2...animathio-v1.8.3) for every change since v1.8.2.