Changelog

Software Update Dialog

• Redesigned release notes panel with formatted text, section headings, and bullet lists
• Theme-aware styling for dark and light mode
• Version label alongside the Release Notes header

Improvements & Fixes

• Reduced application size by removing unused library
• Fixed a potential startup crash
• Fixed macOS installer where Intel build could overwrite Apple Silicon build

What’s New

Ratebook & Smart Rates

• Assign rates from a central rate card directly to budget line items, with automatic calculation from daily / weekly / monthly snapshots.
• Smart rate calculation mode — each line item remembers how its rate was derived, so edits stay consistent when quantities or multipliers change.
• Per-contact rate cards are now fully wired into the budget flow, carrying snapshot rates and applied fringes onto each line item.
• Undoable rate-card assignments — import or reassign a rate with full undo/redo, restoring every affected field.

Redesigned Rate Card Library

• Unified folder + card tree — folders and cards now live in a single recursive tree panel, replacing the previous split layout.
• Drag-and-drop cards between folders with clear drop-target highlighting.
• Right-click context menus on folders and cards for quick rename, delete, duplicate, and folder operations.
• Full row click target — selecting a card or folder now works from anywhere on its row.
• Selection highlight redesigned to match the inspector accent used elsewhere in the app.

Fringes Panel (Project & Library)

• New Fringes panel on the Project Rate Cards page — create, edit, and manage fringes alongside your rate cards without leaving the view.
• Library fringes — define reusable fringe groups and definitions at the library level, scoped per folder for cleaner organisation.
• Import & export rate cards as native .fbrc JSON or CSV, with fringes automatically bundled and re-imported alongside their cards.
• Shared fringe panel and toolbar used consistently between the Project Rate Cards view and Budget Settings.
• Per-card fringe state — applying or removing a fringe on one card no longer affects others.
• Shared role tiles — role selection UX unified between rate card views.

Industry-Standard Rate Card Fields

• Both project and library rate cards now capture the fields productions actually budget against — daily / weekly / monthly rates, hold, travel, rehearsal and fitting rates, overtime, kit rental, per diem, housing, and transport budgets.
• Contract type, start/end dates, and notes are stored alongside each card.

Revamped Contacts (Cast & Crew)

• All-new inspector panel — a premium side panel for viewing and editing contact details, rates, availability, and dietary requirements without leaving the contacts list.
• Demographic tracking — capture Gender and Race/Ethnicity for inclusive production reporting, stored securely per project.
• Expanded rate types — more financial rate options including daily, weekly, and flat fee structures.
• Column visibility & sorting — show or hide exactly the columns you need. Sort by any column, with full horizontal scroll support for wide tables.
• Dietary requirements — track dietary needs per contact with live updates directly from the inspector.
• High-fidelity contact export — export your cast & crew list to a polished PDF (with live preview) or Excel, with customisable filters and layout options.
• Smart Contact Import — easily import cast and crew from Excel or CSV files with an interactive column mapping interface.
• Redesigned Contact Filters — new segmented controls for filtering by department or role with a modernized “glass” aesthetic.
• Modernised contact creation — redesigned dialog with availability parity, role/character management, name validation, and a consistent glass aesthetic throughout.

Unified Export Dialogs

• Payment Schedule export — new export dialog with date range picker, monthly/weekly/daily column increment, budget/actual/variance column toggles, sub-item visibility, page layout options, and live PDF preview.
• Cashflow export — new export dialog with date range, increment selection, opening balance input, row visibility toggles, and live PDF preview.
• Actuals export — single unified export button now opens a dialog (matching the Detailed Budget) with column selection and production phase filters.
• All export dialogs support both PDF (with live preview) and Excel (.xlsx) output.

Improvements & Fixes

Contacts

• Global contacts now fully persist — gender, race, profile image, dietary requirements, and dietary notes all survive an app restart.
• Inspector styling aligned between the project and global contacts views.
• Contact avatar moved from the Description column to the Tags column for a cleaner rolodex layout.

Budget

• Category cut / copy / paste now works from the clipboard manager, mirroring line-item behaviour.
• Context menu, undo/redo, and formula child migration fixes.
• Apply Global now correctly skips math rows and formula rows from the context menu.
• Global variable values propagate to line items when loading a budget template.

Actuals

• Expense card focus bounce fixed — editing an expense no longer jumps the scroll position or loses layout.
• Layout refinements across the expense card and details pane.

Payment Schedule

• Contact management persistence fixes — assigned contacts are now saved and migrated correctly from older project files.
• DatePicker typecast bug fixed — start/end dates now read correctly from the picker.

General

• Inspector Details/Rates toggle now matches the glass pill style used in the settings panel.
• Stability improvements — improved database migration reliability and resolved a potential crash during contact creation.

What’s New

Revamped Contacts (Cast & Crew)

• All-new inspector panel — a premium side panel for viewing and editing contact details, rates, availability, and dietary requirements without leaving the contacts list.
• Demographic tracking — capture Gender and Race/Ethnicity for inclusive production reporting, stored securely per project.
• Expanded rate types — more financial rate options including daily, weekly, and flat fee structures.
• Column visibility & sorting — show or hide exactly the columns you need. Sort by any column, with full horizontal scroll support for wide tables.
• Dietary requirements — track dietary needs per contact with live updates directly from the inspector.
• High-fidelity contact export — export your cast & crew list to a polished PDF (with live preview) or Excel, with customisable filters and layout options.
• Modernised contact creation — redesigned dialog with availability parity, role/character management, name validation, and a consistent glass aesthetic throughout.

Unified Export Dialogs

• Payment Schedule export — new export dialog with date range picker, monthly/weekly/daily column increment, budget/actual/variance column toggles, sub-item visibility, page layout options, and live PDF preview.
• Cashflow export — new export dialog with date range, increment selection, opening balance input, row visibility toggles, and live PDF preview.
• Actuals export — single unified export button now opens a dialog (matching the Detailed Budget) with column selection and production phase filters.
• All export dialogs support both PDF (with live preview) and Excel (.xlsx) output.

Improvements & Fixes

Budget

• Global variable values now correctly sync to line items when loading a budget template.

Contacts

• Dietary selections made in the inspector are now persisted and immediately reflected in the contacts list.
• Inspector and creation dialog aligned to the app’s glass aesthetic with improved input contrast and consistent gender/race selectors.

General

• Inspector Details/Rates toggle now matches the glass pill style used in the settings panel.

Key Enhancements

Customizable Workspace Themes

• Disable background gradients — new toggle in Global Settings to replace the animated gradient background with a clean, flat solid colour.
• Theme colour tint — choose between the default cinematic navy/slate tones or a neutral grayscale palette. Available for both dark and light modes.

Enhanced PDF Export on Detailed Budget page

• Adjustable font sizes — new slider in the PDF export dialog lets you scale fonts smaller to fit more content per page.
• Better page layout — improved portrait mode rendering with proper column spacing and customizable “Generated by” text on the header.

Improvements & Fixes

Budget Interface & Globals

• Formula text wrapping — long formulas in minimised rows now wrap to multiple lines instead of overlapping.
• Globals UI Fixes — resolved issues with cards not stretching to full width, formula text overlapping, and the editing state getting stuck.
• Context Menu — fixed the “Add Category” option being unclickable in tree view mode.

Calculations & PDF Polish

• Correct percentage display — math rows now show the correct percentage (e.g. 10.00%) instead of a multiplier.
• Cleaner formula rows — removed unnecessary “(Formula)” labels from exported descriptions.

Security

• Updated Tmds.DBus.Protocol to address GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9.

Key Enhancements

• Global Template Repository — any template you save is now available across all your projects, allowing you to build a personal library of production scaffolds that grow with you.
• Refined “Save as Template” Workflow — creating reusable templates is now smoother than ever. Added support for custom categories, letting you organize your library exactly how you want.
• Clean Template Previews — removed distracting currency labels from built-in templates. The built-in templates are now currency agnostic and have blank rates.

Improvements & Fixes

• Smart Currency Handling — added safeguards when applying templates that use a different currency than your current project. You’ll now be notified of any mismatch, giving you the choice to stick with your project settings or adopt the template’s currency.
• Under-the-Hood Storage — migrated template persistence to global database for faster loading and better reliability across project sessions.
• UI Polish — improved layout and spacing in the Template Selection dialog for better readability on high-resolution displays.

New Features

• Import Projects — a new “Import Project” button in the Project Hub makes it easy to bring your existing FilmBase projects directly into the app.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Improved App Icon — app icons on both Windows and macOS now have transparent backgrounds and better readability.
• Accurate Budget Totals — fixed a calculation bug to ensure budget category totals sum up correctly in all specific scenarios.
• Better Formula Formatting — improved the visual styling of formula rows within your budgets, making the text colours more accurate and easier to read.
• License Verification Fix — resolved a display issue in the Project Hub so your active license validation state always shows accurately.
• Smoother Mac Updates — under-the-hood adjustments so that users on older Mac versions transition more reliably to newer updates.

New Features

• Import Projects — a new “Import Project” button in the Project Hub makes it easy to bring your existing FilmBase projects directly into the app.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Accurate Budget Totals — fixed a calculation bug to ensure budget category totals sum up correctly in all specific scenarios.
• Better Formula Formatting — improved the visual styling of formula rows within your budgets, making the text colours more accurate and easier to read.
• License Verification Fix — resolved a display issue in the Project Hub so your active license validation state always shows accurately.
• Smoother Mac Updates — under-the-hood adjustments so that users on older Mac versions transition more reliably to newer updates.