Keep several named timelines in one project

You can now save and open several named timelines in one project, with one marked Main, from the new switcher beside Save version.

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Chat can list, create and edit named timelines

Chat can now list your timelines, create a new one, and read or edit any timeline by name, not just the one open in the editor.

Applicants can start with an optional QC review step

Director applicants can now be asked to watch a past film beside its script and leave timecoded comments on its mistakes before the film assessment.

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References accept zip, PowerPoint, Final Draft and caption files

You can now add .zip, .pptx, .ppt, .xlsx, .fdx, .srt and .vtt files to a project's References, on the client plan page and in the production drawer.

See who else is editing which intake question

The live intake form now draws a coloured ring and a name tag on the question someone else is in.

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See where each cast card comes from and browse by group

You can now see the script passages each character, location or prop was taken from, and click a citation to open it in the script panel.

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Briefing course adds written answers and a chat beside the lesson

Directors can now answer Multi (pick every right option) and Text (written answer, graded automatically) questions, and ask a briefing chat for help.

Clients can change a character's voice in the Director's Notes chat

Clients can now ask the Director's Notes chat for a voice change and hear the new take in the same session.

Clients can attach their own recording to become a voice

Clients can now attach a recording in the Director's Notes chat and use it as a character's voice.

Clients can ask Director's Notes chat for outfits and sets

Clients in the Director's Notes step can ask the chat for an outfit or set, such as a wedding dress, and see a preview right in the chat.

Director's Notes chat remembers your earlier requests

Clients can now say 'like I said last time' in Director's Notes chat, and it knows what they asked for in earlier rounds on the same item.

Export your entities as a sheet and a zip

You can now export your project's entities from the library's Export menu.

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Clients add references from their plan page

VIP clients can add photos, voice clips, documents and links from the References section of their plan page once intake is submitted, and until the film is delivered.

Each reference file is now its own entry

Clients now see one card per file in the intake References step, where a character, location or prop with several files used to be a single card.

Story import sorts cast, sets and props into cleaner cards

Importing a story now builds cards with firmer rules about what counts as a prop, a location or part of another card.

Start frames choose each character's outfit from the scene script

Start frames now read each scene's script to decide what every character, location or prop should look like.

Regenerate start frame opens in the scene, not over everything

You can now keep using the chat and the top bar while a Regenerate start frame proposal is open.

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Clients get 10 chat edits per item, up from 3

In the Director's Notes chat, a client can now make 10 edits per item (entity image, voice or poster) in each round, up from 3.

Chat hands unmet asks to the team as notes

The Director's Notes chat now stops editing when more edits are unlikely to get the client what they want, and saves the ask as a note for the team.

Agreement now covers blurry footage and out-of-sync audio

Clients are now covered for out-of-focus, blurry or low-detail footage and for sound effects or music out of sync with the picture.

GPT Image Sunburst and Flare now run on version 2.6

GPT Image Sunburst and Flare now use OpenAI's version 2.6, which is about 50% faster, at the same token rates as before.

Entity export zips are far smaller to download

Entity exports now download much smaller, because character, set and look images are saved as JPEG instead of PNG.

Four audio transitions for any audio cut

Choose from four audio transitions on any cut, each with a Smooth or Linear curve.

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Use a grabbed frame as another shot's start frame

Grab a frame in the editor and set it as the start frame of an existing shot.

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Use your own recorded vocal as a take's lip-synced audio

You can now upload a song or spoken line and have the on-screen character lip-sync to it exactly as recorded.

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See and tick your plan tasks right in chat

Checked-in directors can ask chat what's left and tick plan tasks without leaving the chat.

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Chat on VIP films knows the client and can read their records

Chat on a VIP film now knows the team's memory of the client and the film, and can read the emails, calls, intake answers, milestone plan and references.

Get warned about take setup problems before you pay

The warnings dialog now flags a start frame that contradicts how the action opens, or props the action uses that nothing places, before you confirm a take.

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Props start where your shot says they do

Shots now say where every prop a later cut uses starts, and start frames show props already in the room.

Episodic scripts open on a season page with episode summaries

Scripts with episode headers now open on a season page listing each episode with its cover, title and summary.

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Scenes that cross a build batch edge stay one scene

A scene that runs across the edge of a build batch now stays one scene instead of splitting in two.

Chat asks which shot you mean when a request is unclear

When you say 'that one' or 'it' and nothing settles what you mean, chat now asks before acting.