What we changed after the first closed beta.

Fifty artists used the upload flow for six weeks. Their feedback rewrote three screens and removed one entirely.

Benedict Dresel Tech, Luminium · 14 July 2026 · 5 min read

The upload flow was the single most-abandoned screen in the first closed beta. Here is what we learned, and what changed.

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