diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 534e45701..cb2297ad3 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "HyperFrames by HeyGen. Write HTML, render video. Compositions, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 750470b4a..dd602d6fe 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 94163099c..67b242d93 100644
--- a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "displayName": "HyperFrames by HeyGen",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index 47de46561..14ed86841 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,51 @@ Recent HyperFrames releases, including user-facing features, fixes, and migratio
 
 {/* New release entries are prepended by `bun run changelog:draft <version> --write`. */}
 
+<Update
+  label="HyperFrames v0.7.83"
+  description="Released - 2026-07-30"
+  tags={["Release", "Studio", "Producer", "Product Launch Video"]}
+>
+Lays the measurement groundwork for opening the drawElement fast path to short compositions: renders now report their live DOM element count and whether the short-comp routing band would apply, while routing itself stays unchanged behind a default-off flag. Also carries a batch of Windows and browser-resolution fixes, audio-mix corrections, and transparent GIF output.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Producer:** Surface init telemetry from parallel workers — the band's missing motion axis ([23854f7c6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/23854f7c6a328ef1f6913160af345c9fda70b036))
+- **Producer:** Open the DE single-worker inversion to short comps under an element ceiling ([0749cd9ff](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0749cd9ff83ad41c72c7dc6be1b224e9bc27731b))
+- **CLI:** Roll circuit-breaker state over across config wipes ([dfe92b2aa](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/dfe92b2aabcea8d934e4696f9dfe063307fccdf7))
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Stop popovers and tooltips clipping at panel edges ([f81ac7457](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f81ac745726d3195d07b79d7de9c31357ce8ab43), [#2890](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2890))
+- **Producer:** Fail closed when no live element count is available ([4dbf0d90b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4dbf0d90b05de2c3db7c983641c8785fd9988148))
+- **Producer:** Count live DOM, not source markup, for the short-band gate ([def98f79c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/def98f79c3fa746e805c6fbe9ee51392c267ea1e))
+- **Producer:** Keep large local fonts file-backed ([87791fd01](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/87791fd01d93ee82226bf09d98a4dfe339c42307), [#2864](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2864))
+- Exclude hidden audio from render mix ([b7160f69b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b7160f69bba87254f8d33853df21a8be862605e1), [#2870](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2870))
+- **Parsers:** Validate Windows FFmpeg discovery candidates ([4ad1cf455](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4ad1cf4551b724e7d54f82f86b233ef734545250), [#2871](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2871))
+- Preserve plateaus in sampled audio automation ([04e0ccce4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/04e0ccce429c0c7c579cd06db09e7bad8fb550f3), [#2863](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2863))
+- **CLI:** Select host-compatible cached browser ([85f0c9d35](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/85f0c9d3546b1973dfba884fe6d2a7a8188d4ad3), [#2861](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2861))
+- **CLI:** Honor check navigation timeout ([fdc593289](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/fdc5932897ea3ecf778d520da77e6f6d493017d5), [#2860](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2860))
+- **CLI:** Simplify nextInstallState's dead hadFired branch (review nit) ([ec76985f4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/ec76985f4072469762388739f16b1c6904e84519))
+- **Producer:** Address R2 review findings — element undercount and kill-switch attribution ([7bb9e3cbf](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/7bb9e3cbf920e04d01854a839d01619cb3615ab4))
+- **Render:** Preserve transparency in GIF output ([6cfb05e38](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6cfb05e38bcb0ad02fa848500b462f0193a639b1), [#2327](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2327))
+- **Studio:** Resolve Chrome on Windows ([d8d626537](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/d8d626537bf6a830711f38e24cc8756bc26f8d48), [#2878](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2878))
+
+## Docs & Examples
+
+- **Product Launch Video:** Use real screenshots for site showcases ([860954d71](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/860954d71c15dcd7d47ce9d8bda55009010f08f7), [#2881](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2881))
+- **Product Launch Video:** Catch motion jumps at frame cuts ([5466bcecc](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/5466bceccef70a3663f5a92bc567455fd018f050), [#2880](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2880))
+- **Audio:** Avoid weak music openings in short launch videos ([30900c346](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/30900c3465f457bf65f07ed4b4b55c384286bd20), [#2882](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2882))
+- **Skills:** Name the media-treatment policy targets instead of alluding to them ([6cab53a68](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6cab53a681bf159ffe34f66506a8004e38213fae), [#2879](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2879))
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Studio:** Split ease mode controls out of EaseCurveSection ([e0b190947](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e0b19094758044b6e6b9e57d8a13e19d738c6952))
+- **Studio:** Remove fully rolled-out studio feature flags ([cef3b86c9](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/cef3b86c95cb257be7c61ac3bdc4dd6dc9692e11), [#2889](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2889))
+- **Producer:** Make the short-comp band baseline-first and its attribution decisive ([e9de2fa14](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e9de2fa14f61f503287c9d87ec0487c165ecbcba))
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.82...v0.7.83).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.7.82"
   description="Released - 2026-07-29"
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index de90a030e..30b59f939 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "AWS Lambda adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — handler, client-side SDK, and CDK construct.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 6347737e7..8a33622bd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "HyperFrames CLI — create, preview, and render HTML video compositions",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 82a901ba0..02d53a797 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 476acdcc7..a6b8051fa 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "Seekable web page to video rendering engine (Puppeteer + FFmpeg)",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
index 0e2ae183f..d9758ead6 100644
--- a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
+++ b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/gcp-cloud-run",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "Google Cloud Run + Workflows adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — request handler, client-side SDK, and Terraform module.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 056930d9a..5c6ca080e 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index d4bb6a6a2..d6e89bf52 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 495d72960..7039bf441 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index d3f141413..9159ee839 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "HTML-to-video rendering engine using Chrome's BeginFrame API",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/sdk/package.json b/packages/sdk/package.json
index f311c1f1f..1b77af5b2 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "Headless, framework-neutral HyperFrames composition editing engine",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
index d3ed65852..2315fab3a 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "WebGL shader transitions for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/package.json b/packages/studio-server/package.json
index 53aea84b5..44860c0fe 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index fe9002693..ce58c1944 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.7.82",
+  "version": "0.7.83",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/releases/v0.7.83.md b/releases/v0.7.83.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0868c90f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.7.83.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.7.83
+
+Released on 2026-07-30.
+
+Lays the measurement groundwork for opening the drawElement fast path to short compositions: renders now report their live DOM element count and whether the short-comp routing band would apply, while routing itself stays unchanged behind a default-off flag. Also carries a batch of Windows and browser-resolution fixes, audio-mix corrections, and transparent GIF output.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Producer:** Surface init telemetry from parallel workers — the band's missing motion axis ([23854f7c6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/23854f7c6a328ef1f6913160af345c9fda70b036))
+- **Producer:** Open the DE single-worker inversion to short comps under an element ceiling ([0749cd9ff](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0749cd9ff83ad41c72c7dc6be1b224e9bc27731b))
+- **CLI:** Roll circuit-breaker state over across config wipes ([dfe92b2aa](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/dfe92b2aabcea8d934e4696f9dfe063307fccdf7))
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Stop popovers and tooltips clipping at panel edges ([f81ac7457](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f81ac745726d3195d07b79d7de9c31357ce8ab43), [#2890](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2890))
+- **Producer:** Fail closed when no live element count is available ([4dbf0d90b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4dbf0d90b05de2c3db7c983641c8785fd9988148))
+- **Producer:** Count live DOM, not source markup, for the short-band gate ([def98f79c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/def98f79c3fa746e805c6fbe9ee51392c267ea1e))
+- **Producer:** Keep large local fonts file-backed ([87791fd01](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/87791fd01d93ee82226bf09d98a4dfe339c42307), [#2864](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2864))
+- Exclude hidden audio from render mix ([b7160f69b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b7160f69bba87254f8d33853df21a8be862605e1), [#2870](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2870))
+- **Parsers:** Validate Windows FFmpeg discovery candidates ([4ad1cf455](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4ad1cf4551b724e7d54f82f86b233ef734545250), [#2871](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2871))
+- Preserve plateaus in sampled audio automation ([04e0ccce4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/04e0ccce429c0c7c579cd06db09e7bad8fb550f3), [#2863](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2863))
+- **CLI:** Select host-compatible cached browser ([85f0c9d35](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/85f0c9d3546b1973dfba884fe6d2a7a8188d4ad3), [#2861](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2861))
+- **CLI:** Honor check navigation timeout ([fdc593289](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/fdc5932897ea3ecf778d520da77e6f6d493017d5), [#2860](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2860))
+- **CLI:** Simplify nextInstallState's dead hadFired branch (review nit) ([ec76985f4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/ec76985f4072469762388739f16b1c6904e84519))
+- **Producer:** Address R2 review findings — element undercount and kill-switch attribution ([7bb9e3cbf](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/7bb9e3cbf920e04d01854a839d01619cb3615ab4))
+- **Render:** Preserve transparency in GIF output ([6cfb05e38](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6cfb05e38bcb0ad02fa848500b462f0193a639b1), [#2327](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2327))
+- **Studio:** Resolve Chrome on Windows ([d8d626537](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/d8d626537bf6a830711f38e24cc8756bc26f8d48), [#2878](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2878))
+
+## Docs & Examples
+
+- **Product Launch Video:** Use real screenshots for site showcases ([860954d71](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/860954d71c15dcd7d47ce9d8bda55009010f08f7), [#2881](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2881))
+- **Product Launch Video:** Catch motion jumps at frame cuts ([5466bcecc](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/5466bceccef70a3663f5a92bc567455fd018f050), [#2880](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2880))
+- **Audio:** Avoid weak music openings in short launch videos ([30900c346](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/30900c3465f457bf65f07ed4b4b55c384286bd20), [#2882](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2882))
+- **Skills:** Name the media-treatment policy targets instead of alluding to them ([6cab53a68](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6cab53a681bf159ffe34f66506a8004e38213fae), [#2879](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2879))
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Studio:** Split ease mode controls out of EaseCurveSection ([e0b190947](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e0b19094758044b6e6b9e57d8a13e19d738c6952))
+- **Studio:** Remove fully rolled-out studio feature flags ([cef3b86c9](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/cef3b86c95cb257be7c61ac3bdc4dd6dc9692e11), [#2889](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2889))
+- **Producer:** Make the short-comp band baseline-first and its attribution decisive ([e9de2fa14](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e9de2fa14f61f503287c9d87ec0487c165ecbcba))
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.82...v0.7.83