diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 528cdf5..138e131 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "animatr",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 76d954e..0309a69 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import {
   PhArrowClockwise,
   PhArrowCounterClockwise,
@@ -132,12 +132,29 @@ const loadError = ref<string | null>(null)
 const savedToast = ref<string | null>(null)
 const currentProjectId = ref<string | null>(null)
 const currentProjectName = ref<string | null>(null)
+// Dirty = scene has changed since the last save/load. Deep-watches
+// store.scene; save/load paths clear it after the next tick so the
+// replacement itself doesn't leave the project flagged as unsaved.
+const isDirty = ref(false)
 
 usePlaybackLoop()
 const store = useSceneStore()
 const clipart = useClipartStore()
 const history = useHistory()
 
+watch(
+  () => store.scene,
+  () => {
+    isDirty.value = true
+  },
+  { deep: true },
+)
+
+async function markClean() {
+  await nextTick()
+  isDirty.value = false
+}
+
 function rewind() {
   store.setPlayhead(store.playbackIn)
 }
@@ -168,6 +185,7 @@ async function saveProject() {
   currentProjectName.value = rec.name
   setLastOpenedId(rec.id)
   showSavedToast(t('app.savedToast', { name: rec.name }))
+  await markClean()
 }
 
 async function renameProject() {
@@ -225,6 +243,7 @@ async function importFromFile() {
     currentProjectId.value = null
     currentProjectName.value = file.name.replace(/\.[^.]+$/, '')
     loadError.value = null
+    await markClean()
   } catch (err) {
     const msg =
       err instanceof ProjectFileError ? err.message : (err as Error).message || String(err)
@@ -235,7 +254,7 @@ async function importFromFile() {
   }
 }
 
-function openFromRecent(project: StoredProject) {
+async function openFromRecent(project: StoredProject) {
   const cloned = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(project.scene))
   store.loadScene(cloned)
   history.resetTo(cloned)
@@ -243,15 +262,17 @@ function openFromRecent(project: StoredProject) {
   currentProjectName.value = project.name
   setLastOpenedId(project.id)
   loadError.value = null
+  await markClean()
 }
 
-function startNewProject() {
+async function startNewProject() {
   const blank = createBlankScene()
   store.loadScene(blank)
   history.resetTo(blank)
   currentProjectId.value = null
   currentProjectName.value = null
   loadError.value = null
+  await markClean()
 }
 
 function showSavedToast(msg: string) {
@@ -308,6 +329,11 @@ function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
       history.redo()
       return
     }
+    if (key === 's' && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey) {
+      e.preventDefault()
+      void saveProject()
+      return
+    }
   }
   if (!isEditable(e.target) && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey && !e.altKey && !e.shiftKey) {
     const key = e.key.toLowerCase()
@@ -453,8 +479,14 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
         <button class="icon-btn" :title="t('app.recentProjects')" @click="welcomeOpen = true">
           <PhFolderOpen :size="16" />
         </button>
-        <button class="icon-btn" :title="t('app.saveProject')" @click="saveProject">
+        <button
+          class="icon-btn save-btn"
+          :class="{ dirty: isDirty }"
+          :title="isDirty ? t('app.saveProjectDirty') : t('app.saveProject')"
+          @click="saveProject"
+        >
           <PhFloppyDisk :size="16" />
+          <span v-if="isDirty" class="dirty-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>
         </button>
         <button class="icon-btn" :title="t('app.documentSettings')" @click="settingsOpen = true">
           <PhGearSix :size="16" />
@@ -656,6 +688,29 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
   color: var(--text);
 }
 
+/* Unsaved-changes indicator on the save button. A small accent dot
+   pinned to the top-right of the icon, visible at a glance. `position:
+   relative` on the button lets the dot anchor inside it. */
+.save-btn {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.save-btn.dirty {
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+
+.dirty-dot {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 4px;
+  right: 4px;
+  width: 7px;
+  height: 7px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--accent);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--panel);
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
 .sidebar {
   grid-area: side;
   background: var(--panel);
diff --git a/src/components/CanvasStage.vue b/src/components/CanvasStage.vue
index a0d7fd7..f3c57f4 100644
--- a/src/components/CanvasStage.vue
+++ b/src/components/CanvasStage.vue
@@ -840,11 +840,14 @@ const stackItems = computed<StackItem[]>(() => {
 })
 
 function shadowCfg(props: AnimatableProps): Record<string, unknown> {
+  // Konva's default shadowOpacity is 1, so returning {} for the "no
+  // shadow" case isn't enough — the shape would reuse whatever values
+  // were set on a previous render. Always emit explicit values and let
+  // `shadowEnabled` be the single source of truth. The gate matches
+  // the canvas/preview path: opacity > 0 AND some blur or distance.
   const opacity = props.shadowOpacity ?? 0
-  if (opacity <= 0) return {}
   const blur = props.shadowBlur ?? 0
   const distance = props.shadowDistance ?? 0
-  if (blur <= 0 && distance <= 0) return {}
   const angle = props.shadowAngle ?? 90
   const rad = (angle * Math.PI) / 180
   return {
@@ -853,6 +856,7 @@ function shadowCfg(props: AnimatableProps): Record<string, unknown> {
     shadowOpacity: opacity,
     shadowOffsetX: Math.cos(rad) * distance,
     shadowOffsetY: Math.sin(rad) * distance,
+    shadowEnabled: opacity > 0 && (blur > 0 || distance > 0),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/DocumentSettings.vue b/src/components/DocumentSettings.vue
index 3ebe87c..c65370c 100644
--- a/src/components/DocumentSettings.vue
+++ b/src/components/DocumentSettings.vue
@@ -454,11 +454,11 @@ section {
 
 section h3 {
   margin: 0;
-  font-size: 10px;
+  font-size: 13px;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  color: var(--text-dim);
+  color: var(--text-dim-strong);
   letter-spacing: 0.08em;
-  font-weight: 500;
+  font-weight: 600;
 }
 
 .row {
@@ -558,9 +558,9 @@ input[type='number'] {
 }
 
 .hint {
-  font-size: 11px;
-  color: var(--text-dim);
-  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: var(--text-dim-strong);
   margin: 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.vue b/src/components/Timeline.vue
index f595927..64855ad 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.vue
@@ -2825,13 +2825,13 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
           v-for="opt in EASING_OPTIONS"
           :key="opt.value"
           class="kf-menu-item"
-          :class="{ active: menu.currentEasing === opt.value && !menu.isHeld }"
-          :disabled="menu.isFirst || menu.isHeld"
+          :class="{ active: menu.currentEasing === opt.value }"
+          :disabled="menu.isFirst"
           @click="applyEasing(opt.value)"
         >
           <span class="kf-menu-icon">
             <PhCheck
-              v-if="menu.currentEasing === opt.value && !menu.isHeld"
+              v-if="menu.currentEasing === opt.value"
               :size="12"
               weight="bold"
             />
@@ -2839,7 +2839,6 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
           {{ opt.label }}
         </button>
         <div v-if="menu.isFirst" class="kf-menu-note">{{ t('timeline.firstKfHint') }}</div>
-        <div v-else-if="menu.isHeld" class="kf-menu-note">{{ t('timeline.holdDisabledHint') }}</div>
       </div>
       <div class="kf-menu-divider"></div>
       <button
diff --git a/src/devtools/tests.ts b/src/devtools/tests.ts
index 53767d8..d867d38 100644
--- a/src/devtools/tests.ts
+++ b/src/devtools/tests.ts
@@ -685,6 +685,20 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
       expect(r).toContain('shadowColor')
       expect(r).toContain('out.blur')
     })
+
+    test('runtime rangeOut falls back to scene.duration (not last keyframe)', () => {
+      // Regression: the runtime used to fall back to `effectiveEnd(scene)`
+      // — the time of the last keyframe — when scene.outTime was unset.
+      // That made fullscreen preview loop at the last kf, ignoring any
+      // blank tail before the OUT mark and any still-frame-past-end
+      // extension. The fallback is now scene.duration, matching the
+      // editor's `playbackOut` getter.
+      const r = generateRuntimeScript()
+      // The old helper must be gone entirely.
+      expect(r.indexOf('effectiveEnd')).toBe(-1)
+      // And the current fallback must be scene.duration.
+      expect(r).toContain('scene.outTime==null?scene.duration:scene.outTime')
+    })
   })
 
   suite('playback — transport', () => {
@@ -4350,6 +4364,35 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
       expect(title === 'timeline.renameScriptTrackDialog.title').toBe(false)
       expect(confirm === 'timeline.renameScriptTrackDialog.confirm').toBe(false)
     })
+
+    test('sidebar noClips / noButtons empty-states both suggest "yet"', () => {
+      // Regression: the clip library used to read "No clips" while the
+      // button library read "No buttons yet". Minor inconsistency that
+      // the user called out — both should suggest "more coming", not
+      // "there will never be any".
+      expect(i18nT('sidebar.noClips')).toContain('yet')
+      expect(i18nT('sidebar.noButtons')).toContain('yet')
+    })
+
+    test('holdDisabledHint key is gone (held kfs keep easing now)', () => {
+      // Regression: "Still frame — easing disabled" used to appear in
+      // the keyframe context menu and the easing buttons were grayed
+      // out. A held kf's easing still matters for the segment INTO it
+      // from the previous keyframe, so the restriction was wrong.
+      // Pin that the note is no longer emitted.
+      const v = i18nT('timeline.holdDisabledHint')
+      expect(v === 'timeline.holdDisabledHint').toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test('app.saveProject tooltip mentions the Ctrl/Cmd+S shortcut', () => {
+      // Regression: Cmd/Ctrl+S was added as a keyboard save shortcut
+      // alongside the dirty-state dot. Surface it in the tooltip so
+      // the shortcut is discoverable; assert both the idle and the
+      // unsaved-changes variant stay in sync with the handler.
+      expect(i18nT('app.saveProject')).toContain('Ctrl/Cmd+S')
+      expect(i18nT('app.saveProjectDirty')).toContain('Ctrl/Cmd+S')
+      expect(i18nT('app.saveProjectDirty')).toContain('unsaved')
+    })
   })
 
   suite('timeline — scrub-handle obscured logic', () => {
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages.ts b/src/i18n/messages.ts
index c6850b7..0752a8b 100644
--- a/src/i18n/messages.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/messages.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ export const en = {
     play: 'Play (Space)',
     stop: 'Stop',
     recentProjects: 'Recent projects',
-    saveProject: 'Save project (browser storage)',
+    saveProject: 'Save project (Ctrl/Cmd+S)',
+    saveProjectDirty: 'Save project (unsaved changes, Ctrl/Cmd+S)',
     documentSettings: 'Document settings',
     export: 'Export',
     mainTimeline: 'Main timeline',
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export const en = {
     clipLayerCount: '{n} layers',
     renameTooltip: 'Rename',
     deleteTooltip: 'Delete',
-    noClips: 'No clips',
+    noClips: 'No clips yet',
     shape: {
       rect: 'Rect',
       circle: 'Circle',
@@ -243,7 +244,6 @@ export const en = {
     easingEaseOut: 'Ease Out',
     easingEaseInOut: 'Ease In-Out',
     firstKfHint: 'First keyframe — easing has no effect',
-    holdDisabledHint: 'Still frame — easing disabled',
     stillFrame: 'Still frame',
     duplicate: 'Duplicate',
     delete: 'Delete',
diff --git a/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts b/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts
index cdb7cea..fc890fa 100644
--- a/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Scene } from '@/types/scene'
 
-const RUNTIME_VERSION = '13'
+const RUNTIME_VERSION = '14'
 
 const ENGINE_SOURCE = `(function(){
   if (window.AnimatrPlayer && window.AnimatrPlayer.__v === '${RUNTIME_VERSION}') return;
@@ -128,36 +128,17 @@ const ENGINE_SOURCE = `(function(){
     })).then(function(){return imgs;});
   }
 
-  function effectiveEnd(scene){
-    var max=0;
-    for(var i=0;i<scene.layers.length;i++){
-      var kfs=scene.layers[i].keyframes;
-      for(var j=0;j<kfs.length;j++){ if(kfs[j].time>max) max=kfs[j].time; }
-    }
-    var instances=scene.clipInstances||[];
-    var clips=scene.clips||[];
-    var clipById={};
-    for(var ci=0;ci<clips.length;ci++) clipById[clips[ci].id]=clips[ci];
-    for(var ii=0;ii<instances.length;ii++){
-      var inst=instances[ii];
-      var cl=clipById[inst.clipId];
-      if(!cl) continue;
-      var trimS=inst.trimStart||0;
-      var trimE=inst.trimEnd||0;
-      var end=inst.startTime+Math.max(0,cl.duration-trimS-trimE);
-      if(end>max) max=end;
-    }
-    if(max<=0) return scene.duration;
-    return Math.min(max,scene.duration);
-  }
   function mount(container,scene,opts){
     if(!container)return;
     opts=opts||{};
     var loop=opts.loop!==false;
-    // Honour explicit in/out points; fall back to 0 and the animation's own end.
+    // Honour explicit in/out points. When outTime isn't set, play the
+    // full timeline (scene.duration) — matches the editor's playbackOut
+    // getter. Using the last keyframe as a fallback made still-frame
+    // endings and trailing silence (intentionally empty space before
+    // the OUT mark) unreachable, so the preview looped early.
     var rangeIn=Math.max(0, Math.min(scene.duration, scene.inTime==null?0:scene.inTime));
-    var autoEnd=effectiveEnd(scene);
-    var rangeOut=Math.max(rangeIn, Math.min(scene.duration, scene.outTime==null?autoEnd:scene.outTime));
+    var rangeOut=Math.max(rangeIn, Math.min(scene.duration, scene.outTime==null?scene.duration:scene.outTime));
     var sceneEnd=rangeOut;
     var cs=getComputedStyle(container);
     if(cs.position==='static')container.style.position='relative';
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 185d417..4893063 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export const APP_VERSION = '0.8.0'
+export const APP_VERSION = '0.8.1'
 export const APP_NAME = 'RUWIO'
diff --git a/todo b/todo
index e7af558..edb76ef 100644
--- a/todo
+++ b/todo
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ der clip-art drawer muss bevor er reingeschoben wird schon so tun als hätte er
 
 
 
+die inline hilfe texte in den settings sind zu klein. das kann man nicht lesen
 
-
+warum ist eigentlich still frame easing disabled? man muss doch zu einem still-frame hin easen können. verstehe den grund nicht
 
 
 
@@ -142,3 +143,5 @@ der clip-art drawer muss bevor er reingeschoben wird schon so tun als hätte er
 
 
  ich würde an dieser stelle mal ein paar regression-tests hinzufügen und dann committen
+
+wenn man den leeren teil des content-views zieht (außerhalb der canvas constraints) muss canvas move auch ohne control key gehen
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