Added the new “Gels” feature for Fixtures and Frames!

• Released April 29, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Gels

• Add Gels to Fixtures

  • Manage on the diagram or the Patch view

  • Colors and names visible with the item label

  • Set all Gels’ visibility in the Layers > Types sidebar

• Add Gels to Frames

  • Use Gels instead of a rag material

  • Color and opacity visible on the diagram

• Drag Gels to reorder; copy and paste Gels among items

• Choose from a set of built-in standard colors

  • CTO and CTB

  • Common diffusions

  • ND and clear (like Heat Shield)

• Pro accounts have access to over 2000 additional gels from the Cloud Library

  • Specific Gel numbers and colors from manufacturers like Lee, Rosco, and GamColor

Improvements & fixes

• Allow multiple subscriptions to be created at once, to help with switching between App Store and web-based

• Updated mobile UI for viewing shared Projects (it could be impossible to exit the Diagram editor)

• Allow uploads of larger images (Scenario will optimize them before syncing)

• Fixed a bug where the diagram editor would only appear on half the screen when app-switching on iPad

v3.5.1

• Updated to include Cloud Library Gels for Pro accounts

v3.5.2

• Fixed a bug where changes to item names would not be saved on touch devices, when finishing with the Enter key

Updates to Actor, Camera, and Fixture items on the diagram

• Released April 8, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Actor “roles”

Just like the “cam” feature for cameras, “role” makes it easier to use recurring characters in a project or diagram.

• Create roles in a whole project’s scope, or specific to a diagram

• Style with item type, stroke/fill color, and name (changing these anywhere updates the whole scope)

• Add easily from quick items

Camera-specific lens package scope

In many cases, it makes more sense to associate lens packages with camera packages, than with projects or diagrams. This is useful when using camera bodies with different mounts or formats, or for multi-cam TV where each camera has its own lens.

• If a camera has a Cam assigned, you can add lenses to the “Cam” scope

• This lens package will use the scope of the Cam itself (project or diagram), so it’s available anywhere the Cam is

Fixture beams

For Pro accounts with Cloud Library access

Visualize a fixture’s beam spread on your diagram, the same way you can see a camera’s field of view.

• Available for most Cloud Library fixtures (and updating the rest of them)

• For variable beams, adjust spot/flood within the fixture’s limits

• Choose whether the beam is always visible, or only when the fixture is selected

• Choose whether the beam is blocked by Wall items

Other fixes

• When a shot is marked Done or Won’t Do, and that shot contains multiple cameras connected by arrows, the arrows are also made lighter (like the cameras)

The new Frame item, plus other fixes and improvements

• Released April 1, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Frame items

Frames are a super-flexible item for light control planning. Now you can:

• Create a Frame at any size

• Choose that Frame’s pipe style, rag material, and control grid

• Adjust the Frame’s tilt between flat and upright

See Frames for more details!

Diagram editor improvements

• Added “Frames” and “Name Labels” to the Layers > Types sidebar, so you can hide or lock all of them with one click

• Hold spacebar and click-and-drag to move the diagram canvas

• Added a space between Frame Images and borders, to make colors more noticeable

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could display a half-white screen when app-switching on iPad

Shot List, Patch List, and more diagram export options

• Released March 12, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Shot List

This tool provides maximum flexibility for how you want to work.

• Build the list from either "direction” (or some combination of the two)

  • Add cameras to the diagram and add details later

  • List all your shots and then drag them onto the diagram

• Label shots with their number, as well as other details (INT/EXT, DAY/NIGHT, etc)

• Keep track of shot status (To-Do, Done, Won’t Do)

• Add dividers for context (lighting turnaround, meals, etc)

• Export the shot list as a PDF

Multiple images per shot

Add up to 10 images to a shot’s “frame images”

• Include storyboards, viewfinder images, etc

• Open the frame images modal to view, add, remove, and re-order

• All images are included in the PDF export

Patch List

• Displays all fixtures on the diagram, sorted by whether or not they have a Channel and Address value

• Update DMX values and add notes in a list view

• Displays “patch conflicts” when two channels are assigned the same address

• Export the list as a PDF

Export options

• For a diagram, choose to export as a PDF, PNG, or JPG

• For Shot List and Patch List, choose portrait or landscape orientation for a PDF

Bug fixes

• Right-clicking an item and choosing “Edit Name” would not display the name label if it was hidden; now it displays temporarily

• Some items (such as cars) were still being added as Fixtures; now they’re generic Items

Sync projects to Google Calendar, and new diagram features.

• Released February 18, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Google Calendar sync

We just added “Sign In with Google” to make account creation quicker; now, you can use that same Google account to sync Project dates.

• In Account > Connect, toggle on the option to “Sync Projects to calendar”

• Any Projects that have dates assigned will appear, but individual Projects can be toggled on/off at any time

• Shared Projects sync too (each user sets their own calendar preference)

Diagram features

• Curved walls - toggle Wall item control points between “corner” and “curve”

• Flip items - for multi-selected items and Groups, mirror their arrangement (horizontally or vertically) with a button in the Details sidebar

• Save to device Photos - when adding an Image item or Camera frame image, you can choose to take a photo directly in Scenario. Now, that photo is also added to your device’s camera roll.

Updates to login and navigation, plus a new camera feature.

• Released February 6, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Sign-In with Google and Apple

• Create a Scenario account and sign into it using a Google or Apple account

• If your email matches the email already on your account, no setup is needed

• Add a new account in the Account > Connect tab

  • This works even if the email address doesn’t match

  • You can connect one of each account

Left navigation bar

• The left nav bar is now visible on all screens wide enough to show it (not mobile)

• Added a new item: Editor, which is the Diagram editor

• Now ALL accounts – including Free Demo – can view the Projects and Network screens

  • Free Demo accounts are now able to see other users’ Projects that are shared with them, directly in the app (still cannot create your own Projects)

  • All users have access to in-app Help Chat, Roadmap, Add Ideas, Updates, and User Guide

Camera assignment

• Create different “cams” to indicate which camera is which (A cam, B cam, etc)

  • Customize colors and body style for each

  • Like lenses, cams can apply to a whole Project, or an individual Diagram

  • Copy and paste sets of cams, for reuse

• Hovering over the quick-add Camera shows a list of cams to drag and drop

• Changing a cam for a Camera in an Arrow path changes all connected Cameras

Bug fixes

• Moving Grouped items would sometimes revert to a previous position

• Bold formatted text appeared as a serif font in PDFs

Text formatting, and some Diagrams improvements

• Released January 30, 2026

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

Text formatting

• For item labels, style with text color and size, plus bold/italic/underline/strikethrough

• For Text items, also use bulleted/numbered lists and text justification, as well as styling individual text selections

• Toggle items’ label visibility on/off with a button, rather than having to delete the text to hide the label

• See Markup, Text, Images for more details

Diagram editor improvements

• In Cloud Library (for Pro accounts), select a Manufacturer and/or Category, and browse results without having to search

• On mobile devices with small screens, the bottom actions bar now “stacks” into two rows, instead of presenting vertically on the left side (for Markup, Text formatting, and any other item with lots of actions)

Bug fixes

• For Free Demo accounts, removed an option to duplicate Diagrams (Free Demo provides only one Diagram)

Keeping your work safe with a new “Deleted” folder, and some design updates.

• Released December 23, 2025

• Availability: all devices, all accounts

“Deleted” view

Although it’s possible to “undo” deleting a Project, Diagram, or List, sometimes mistakes happen, and you may find that one of them got away. But now there’s good news: it’s not gone!

To recover a deleted file, go to the Projects view (close the Diagram if you’re in one), and in the Project “status” drop-down, select “Deleted.”

• This shows all your deleted Projects, with the most recently deleted first

• Deleted Folders, Diagrams, and Lists can be found in the “container projects” with those names

• Select an item to “Restore” it to its original parent context

• Items stay in the “Deleted” view for 14 days after being deleted

Projects sidebar updates

We’ve simplified how selecting items works in the Project sidebar, so it’s easier to tell what’s actually selected.

• Only one item is selected at a time (with the blue highlight)

• The visible Diagram (and sometimes List) show the “eye” icons

• Using the bottom “Duplicate” and “Delete” buttons will always perform that action on the selected item

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that saved a .txt file with Diagram PDFs