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The most recently opened (or pinned) project appears as a large hero card at the top. Up to 5 additional recent projects appear in a horizontal slider below it. Pinned projects always appear first regardless of when they were last opened.

On iPad, up to 8 additional projects are shown in the horizontal row beneath the hero card.

Tap a project to open it. Long-press a pinned project on the Home screen to unpin it via the context menu. To pin a project, long-press it in the Projects tab.

Pin up to 8 tools here for one-tap access. To add favourites, tap Pick favourite tools on the Home screen (visible when no favourites are set yet), or long-press any tool in the Recent Tools row or the Tools tab and choose Add to favourites. Use the Arrange button (↑↓) in the section header to reorder your picks.

On iPhone the favourites appear as a 4-column grid. On iPad they are shown in a 2×2 paged panel — swipe left to see the next page if you have more than 4 favourites.

Long-press any favourite to open the context menu — remove it from favourites, move it to the top, or open the full Arrange sheet.

Automatically tracks the last tools you opened — up to 6 on iPhone and up to 10 on iPad. No setup needed, just use the app and this list fills in on its own.

Tap Clear to wipe the history. You can also hide any of the three Home sections entirely in Profile → Settings.

The Projects tab is a scrollable dashboard showing your upcoming shoots and active productions at a glance.

Next Shoot banner — if any project has a shooting day within the next 3 days, a banner card appears at the very top showing the project name (highlighted in the project colour), the date, and any assigned locations. Tap the card to jump directly into that Shooting Day. If multiple shooting days fall within the 3-day window the banner becomes a horizontal slider — swipe left and right to move between them.

Next shoot badge — every project card shows a colour-coded chip next to its title indicating when the next upcoming shooting day is:

• Red — 0 to 3 days away
• Yellow — 4 to 7 days away
• Green — 8 to 14 days away

No chip is shown if the next shoot is more than 14 days away or if no future shooting days exist.

Pinned section — pinned projects are grouped under a Pinned header at the top of the list, visually separated from the rest. Long-press any project card to pin or unpin it, or use the context menu.

Shooting Calendar — tap the ⋯ button in the top-right toolbar and choose Shooting Calendar. This opens a full-screen list of all upcoming and past shooting days across every project. Tap a row to open that project. Long-press a row for the option to export the shooting day directly to the iOS Calendar app.

A freeform notepad for creative ideas, references, mood board notes, script thoughts, or anything else that doesn't fit a structured tool.

Each note has a title and a body. Notes can be pinned to the top, reordered, renamed, and deleted. There is no limit on how many notes a project can have.

The Script section has two tabs: Scenes and Script.

Scenes — your script breakdown. Add scenes manually or import them from a PDF screenplay. Each scene has a number, name, INT/EXT, DAY/NIGHT, and location. You can also:

• Mark a scene as a Black Screen
• Link the scene to a physical location from your Locations list
• Assign crew members to the scene — the scene's details row splits the count into Actors and Crew members
• Manage shots per scene — tap any scene to open its detail view showing the full shot list sorted by scene and shot number (done shots sink to the bottom). From here you can add, edit, duplicate, delete, and mark shots as done or undone. Scene and shot numbers are assigned automatically and shown as a prefix (e.g. 01:03) before the shot's optional name. Shot fields: name (optional), INT/EXT, DAY/NIGHT, location (with optional link to a script location from the PDF breakdown), focal length, shot size (ELS / LS / American / MS / MCU / CU / ECU), sun orientation, duration (minutes/seconds), and notes.
• Reorder or move shots between scenes — tap the ↑↓ button in a scene's detail view toolbar to open the Arrange Shots sheet. Drag shots into a new order, or use a shot's arrow menu to move it to a different scene; confirming renumbers every affected shot automatically.
• Schedule scenes to Shooting Days for automatic import into the Planner
• Reorder scenes — tap the ↑↓ button in the toolbar to open the Arrange Scenes sheet. Drag scenes into the desired order and confirm to reassign numbers (01, 02 …) to all scenes and their shots automatically.

The scene header is organised in four rows: INT/EXT and DAY/NIGHT chips plus the location, with the scheduled shooting day (icon + date) aligned to the right; the scene name; the notes; and a details row with shot count, total estimated duration, and separate Actor / Crew member counts.

Script — PDF viewer for the imported screenplay. Tap the Import Scenes button in the toolbar to scan the PDF for slug lines in the standard format:

• INT. LOCATION - DAY
• EXT. LOCATION - NIGHT

Detected scenes appear in the import sheet where you can assign them to Shooting Days before adding to your breakdown. Tap the trash icon to remove the PDF without affecting already-imported scenes.

Tip: Script locations (slug line names) extracted from the PDF can be linked to physical location entries in the Locations section, keeping your breakdown and scouting data connected.

A dedicated location scouting tool. Each location entry has four tabs:

• Info — name, status (Prospect / Scouted / Approved / Rejected), star rating, full address, GPS pin (tap to open the map picker and drop a pin), availability windows, scouting date, scout name, contact person details, general notes, and linked script locations from the PDF breakdown.
• Visual — photo gallery (up to 20 photos per location, tap to preview full-screen), lighting notes for four time-of-day conditions (Morning / Noon / Golden Hour / Night), sunrise and sunset times (enter manually or tap Calculate from GPS if coordinates are set), and weather notes.
• Logistics — practical checklist covering access (parking, truck access, loading area), on-location facilities (power supply with notes, internet/mobile signal, toilets, catering, weather shelter), and risk flags (noise / acoustics issues, safety risks, nearby airports or highways).
• Legal — rental pricing, permit requirements, usage restrictions, and general legal notes.

The Legal tab offers three rental pricing modes:

• Flat — a single fixed fee for the location
• Hourly — a rate per hour (enter hours when importing into a budget)
• Daily — a rate per day (enter days when importing into a budget)

Below the rental price there are two informational deposit fields: Advanced Deposit (a returnable deposit paid upfront) and Security Deposit (a non-returnable security deposit). Both are for reference only and do not affect budget totals.

Locations can be nested: create a parent location (e.g. a studio) and add sub-locations beneath it (e.g. individual stages). Tap the script location icon in the toolbar to view all script slug lines extracted from the PDF and link them to physical location entries.

Manage all crew members and cast for the project in one place. Entries are shown as a photo-card grid, with Crew and Cast displayed in separate sections.

For each person you can store:

• Full name, phone, and email
• A profile photo (tap the photo area to pick from your library)
• One or more roles — choose from a full list of crew roles and cast roles
• Financial details: Day Rate or Flat Rate, transport fees, and lodging cost
• Free-text notes

Once a crew member is assigned to scenes in the Script breakdown, a Schedule section appears in their profile showing every scene they are assigned to along with the Shooting Day date.

Tap a card to edit. Long-press for Edit / Delete options. The grid automatically separates crew from cast based on the assigned roles.

Plan your production day by day. Each project can have multiple Shooting Days, and each day is divided into three tabs:

Planner — scenes scheduled for the day are listed in order. Tap a scene to open its shot list where you can add, edit, duplicate, delete, and mark shots done. Shots are sorted by scene and shot number. Tap the ↑↓ button in the toolbar to open the Arrange Scenes sheet and reorder all project scenes — confirming reassigns scene numbers (01, 02 …) and updates every shot automatically.

Scene and shot numbers are assigned automatically and shown as a prefix (e.g. 01:03) before the shot's optional name. Shot fields: name (optional), INT/EXT, DAY/NIGHT, location (with optional link to a script location from the PDF breakdown), focal length, shot size (ELS / LS / American / MS / MCU / CU / ECU), sun orientation, duration (minutes/seconds wheel pickers), and notes.

Focal length suggestions — chips below the focal length field are drawn from two sources: lenses stored in your Inventory (primes by focal length, zooms expanded to relevant standard values within their range) and focal lengths already used in other shots within the same scene. Chips are sorted from shortest to longest.

On Set — a full-screen swipe-based take logging view designed for active shooting:

• Swipe left to mark the shot as done (requires at least one Good take) or advance to the next shot if no good take exists yet
• Swipe up to open the take detail sheet — set the take status (Good / Hold / Bad / NG), attach On Set tags, and add notes
• BAD TAKE / GOOD TAKE buttons log a take and stay on the current shot
• Undo (↩) button reverses the last logged take, shot advance, or done mark
• Filter button in the toolbar switches to undone-shots-only view
• Drag the shot strip at the top to jump to any shot directly
• Done shots show a small green checkmark in the strip

Review — a day summary showing total scenes, shots, and logged takes, a breakdown by status (Good / Hold / Bad / NG), and a quality check listing every shot that has no Good take yet. Export as a PDF takes report to share with the team.

The export button in the Planner toolbar opens a sheet with two tabs:

• Export Shotlist — generates the standard PDF shooting schedule. Choose All shots or Active (undone only) before exporting.
• Call Sheet — a fully editable production call sheet you can send to the team before the shoot.

Call sheet fields include:

• General call time, 5-slot weather forecast (Night / Morning / Noon / Evening / Late Night — automatically populated from WeatherKit if a GPS-linked location is set and the shoot is within 10 days), sunrise and sunset times
• Individual call times per crew member
• Key contacts to highlight on the sheet
• Shooting locations (auto-detected from the day's scenes) with basecamp address and nearest hospital with contact
• Custom day schedule (add as many time-labelled rows as needed)
• Scene list with script page count (in eighths) and per-scene notes
• Cast section with individual H&MU call times and set call times
• Department notes for Camera, Sound, Art, Wardrobe, Makeup, Grip, and General

Tap Export Call Sheet PDF to share the finished document.

Tip: Use the Script tool to import scenes from a PDF screenplay and assign them to shooting days automatically.

Create one or more packing lists per project to track what gear to bring. Check items off as you pack them — the list shows your progress as a count and percentage.

Link a list to specific Shooting Days and tap the lightbulb button to open the Gear Suggestions sheet. The app reads focal lengths from the Shotlist and finds matching lenses, cameras, and related accessories (filters, media, batteries) from your Inventory. It also suggests Gear Setups that contain any of the matched items.

The app learns from your packing history: once you've added a particular item together with the same camera or lens at least 3 times, it starts appearing under Frequently Packed Together. If you consistently skip it, the suggestion fades out on its own.

Items already packed in the list are not shown again. Select what you need and tap Add to add everything at once.

Packing lists can be linked to Budget Plans — the entire list is added as a single gear line item using the day rate of each included item multiplied by the number of days used. This keeps your budget in sync with what you're actually bringing.

Lists can be duplicated for similar shoots and exported as a PDF.

Build detailed, itemised budgets for each project. A project can hold multiple budget plans — tap ⋯ in the toolbar to add a version (e.g. high/low budget alternatives), rename, or remove a version. Each plan can be exported as a PDF quote or a CSV spreadsheet.

Budget sections:

• Budget Basis — choose the project type (drawn from your My Rates profiles) and set the billing day length in hours. This determines how hours-to-days conversion works throughout the plan.
• Licensing & Usage — flat fees for music licences, stock assets, usage rights, territories, and platforms.
• Shooting — your personal day or hourly rate for the shoot. Switch between Hour and Day mode using the segmented control. In Day mode, tap the Shooting row to open the per-day hours sheet where you can set actual hours and overtime rules for each shooting day separately.
• Postproduction — editing, colour grading, sound design, VFX, and extra revision fees. Switch between day-rate and hourly display independently of Shooting.
• Travel — add one or more travel blocks to log distance, transport flat fee, food per day, and lodging per night separately for each leg of a journey. A summary row at the top of the section totals all blocks together. Mileage cost is calculated using the rate set in My Rates → Travel & Per Diem.
• Gear — three buttons at the top to add a whole packing list, owned items, or rental items (see below). Tap Add other to add a custom gear cost with Flat or Day billing (e.g. props rental, expendables).
• Production Costs — on-set costs such as catering or vehicle hire.
• Location Costs — rental fees for shooting locations.
• Custom Costs — free-form label + amount rows for anything that doesn't fit another category.

Adding gear:

• + Packing list — adds a whole packing list as a single line item, priced at the day or half-day inventory rate of each included item multiplied by the number of linked shooting days. Switch between Day and Half-day per list.
• + Owned — pick individual items from your Inventory; set Day or Half-day billing, number of days, and unit count.
• + Rental — add vendor or rental items from Inventory at their supplier day rate.

Populating production costs:

• Import from Crew — select crew members from the project's Crew list; their day or flat rate is pulled in automatically. Tap + / − next to a day-rate member to adjust the number of days.
• Import from Shooting Days — pulls in crew members who already have shooting days assigned, pre-filled with their assigned day count.
• Add manually — label + amount rows for any other on-set cost.

Populating location costs:

• Import from Shooting Days — pulls in every location linked to your shooting days.
• Import from Locations — lets you manually select any location in the project, even if it's not yet assigned to a shooting day.

Each imported location shows its rental type (Flat / Hourly / Daily) from the Location's Legal tab. For Hourly and Daily types, a + / − quantity stepper lets you set the number of hours or days — the total updates automatically.

Financial modifiers:

• Discount (−%) — applied to the subtotal first.
• Rush Fee (+%) — added on top after discount.
• Exclusivity (×) — multiplies the result for exclusive use agreements.
• VAT — calculated last on the rounded net subtotal.

Tap Apply modifiers to to choose which sections the modifiers affect. Excluded sections are passed through at their base value. The Recap section at the bottom shows all subtotals, modifier steps, and the final total including VAT.

Export:

• PDF Quote — professional invoice-style document with supplier and client info, line items, and totals.
• CSV — a flat row-by-row breakdown for Excel or accounting software, with one row per item and subtotals per section.

• Slow Motion Calculator — find out how long a slow-motion clip will appear on the timeline when played back at a different frame rate. The result panel also shows a 50 Hz / 60 Hz flicker safety indicator based on the 180° shutter rule.
• ND Filter Calculator — find the right ND stop when you change your frame rate or shutter angle but want to keep the same exposure. Works in either Shutter Time or Shutter Angle mode.
• Depth of Field Calculator — calculate near/far focus limits and total depth of field for any camera, lens, and aperture combination. Uses built-in sensor presets or your own from Profile → My Presets.
• Hyperfocal Calculator — calculate the hyperfocal distance for maximum depth of field, or find the aperture needed so that a given focus distance becomes the hyperfocal. Includes a built-in circle of confusion calculator.
• Time to Seconds — convert a timecode (HH:MM:SS) into total seconds for quick duration arithmetic.
• Time → Frames — a two-way converter: Frames → Time gives the timecode (HH:MM:SS:FF) and seconds for a frame count, Time → Frames turns seconds or a timecode back into a total frame count. The result is copied automatically. App only.

• Anamorphic Desqueeze — calculate the real desqueezed resolution from a squeezed anamorphic recording and get the resulting aspect ratio.
• Aspect Ratio Converter — enter any pixel width and height to get the simplified aspect ratio, or pick a common preset like DCI 4K or Scope.
• FPS Converter — see how a clip's duration changes when you change its playback frame rate.
• Shutter Angle Converter — instantly convert between shutter time and shutter angle for any frame rate.

• Timelapse Planner — calculate the shooting interval needed to produce a timelapse clip of a target duration, or find the final clip length for a given interval.
• Crop Factor Simulator — visualise the field of view difference between sensor sizes and focal lengths. Useful for comparing lenses across different camera bodies.
• Data Rates Planner — calculate how much storage a shoot requires and how long you can record on a given card or drive based on codec and duration. In the app you can import media cards from My Inventory to see how many cards you need.
• Flicker Checker — identify which frame rates are safe to shoot at under mains-frequency lighting (fluorescent tubes, older LEDs, etc.).
• Battery Planner — estimate how long your camera rig can run on battery power based on your gear's power draw. In the app, batteries and power-drawing devices can be imported straight from My Inventory, and the planner flags when you will need a battery swap.

A database of all your equipment organised into lists (e.g. Camera Kit, Lighting Kit, Grip Kit). For each item you can record name, category, serial number, purchase date, purchase price, condition, and custom attributes.

Key attributes used by other tools:

• Power draw (W) — used by Battery Planner
• Media capacity (GB) — used by Data Rates Planner
• Sensor size — used by DoF Calculator and Crop Simulator
• Mount — used by Packing List smart suggestions

Inventory lists can be exported as CSV or JSON and imported back. Individual items can be imported into Budget Planner as gear line items, and into Packing Lists.

Category order — tap the Arrange Categories button (visible when viewing a list) to drag categories into your preferred order. This order is saved per list and persists across sessions.

Save named gear configurations that you use regularly — for example "Wedding One-Camera Kit" or "Documentary Travel Rig".

Build a setup by selecting items from your Inventory. Setups can then be imported into Packing Lists as a starting point, and appear as smart suggestions in the Packing List tool when the setup contains lenses or cameras that match the shots in your Shotlist.

Three types of reusable presets:

• Sensor Presets — custom sensor dimensions (width × height in mm) used by Depth of Field and Crop Simulator. Create one for each camera body you own.
• Codec Presets — codec configurations (resolution, frame rate, bitrate) used by Data Rates Planner. Name them after the camera and recording mode.
• On Set Tags — custom labels you can attach to shots in the Shotlist (e.g. VFX, ADR, Safety, Pickup). Create a consistent set of tags for your productions.

Configure your personal billing rates so that Budget Planner can auto-fill cost line items. Sections include:

• Personal Labour — day rate, half-day rate, hourly rate
• Post Rates — editing, colour grading, sound, VFX
• Overtime Rules — extra pay multipliers after standard hours
• Travel & Per Diem — daily travel and accommodation allowances
• Policies — additional fees and standard terms
• Billing Details — your name, company, tax ID, and bank details used in PDF exports

You can save multiple rate profiles for different types of work (e.g. corporate vs. narrative).

Save client billing information so that Budget Planner can auto-fill the client section of a quote PDF.

For each client you can store a name, company, address, and tax ID. When exporting a budget as a PDF quote, select a saved client and their details are inserted automatically.

App-wide preferences and data management:

• Filmari Pro — shows your current licence status. Tap to open the paywall or to restore a previous purchase.

• App Theme — Light, Dark, or follow system setting
• Units — Metric or Imperial for distances and measurements
• Default Currency — shown in Budget Planner and My Rates
• Show on Home Screen — toggle which sections (Recent Projects, Favourites, Recent Tools) appear on the Home tab

• Guest Mode — require Face ID or Touch ID before opening selected sections. You can individually lock Inventory, My Setups, My Rates, My Presets, My Clients, and Budget Planner. Settings are always locked while Guest Mode is active. Useful when handing your device to someone on set.
• App Lock — lock the entire app via iPhone Settings → Filmari.

• Backup — export all your data to a single .filmaribackup file. Keep it somewhere safe.
• Restore — import a previously exported backup. This replaces all current data.
• Auto Backups — tap View to browse automatic backups created by the app and restore from any of them.
• Reset all data — permanently wipe everything and restart the app fresh.