Everything we’ve shipped.

New

• Turn on browser notifications for project activity — from Settings, or a one-time prompt in the notification bell — so you get an alert even when Studioscope isn't open in a tab.

Improved

• Moving around the rest of the app — dashboard, projects list, planning, settings — now feels like a desktop app. Click and you're there, with no wait on a reload.
• If video playback still can't start after the automatic fallback, the player now offers a downloadable Review copy as a last resort.
• Uploading a large video no longer freezes the tab while Studioscope prepares the review-ready version in the background.
• Login, signup, password reset, and onboarding pages have been redesigned with the same clean branding as the rest of the site.

Fixed

• Fixed video captions not turning on in Chrome, Edge, and Android — they previously only worked reliably in Safari. Also fixed browser notifications silently stopping in Safari after a page refresh.
• Downloading a file's original now actually downloads the original, instead of a preview copy.
• Fixed studio usage and storage figures that could show up as negative numbers after deleting videos.
• Fixed studio billing that could charge for far more streaming and storage bandwidth than was actually used — you're now billed for bytes actually delivered to viewers, not the full file size every time.
• Downloading a contract or scope PDF before both sides had signed sent you to an error page — it's now clearly disabled with an explanation until signing is complete. Also fixed an occasional error when two people saved a project's team-member list at the same time.
• Fixed the studio address preview shown during signup sometimes not matching the address you actually ended up with.

New

• Attach a caption track to a video deliverable — upload an .srt, edit cue wording as a client, and download it with the original editing timeline offset restored.
• Audio deliverables now get a real player with a waveform, instead of "no preview available for this file type."
• Hovering a video's timeline now shows a scrub-preview thumbnail for the frame under your cursor.
• A privacy notice is now reachable from the app — a studio's own, if they've set one, or Studioscope's by default.
• Studio staff are now notified when a client approves a deliverable, requests changes, or signs a scope.

Improved

• Video now automatically falls back to a lower-quality copy when the main stream is blocked by a viewer's network, with a clear error and a Retry button instead of failing silently.
• Video quality in Chrome no longer gets stuck at the lowest resolution, and review-proxy files are smaller for lower-motion footage like screen recordings.
• A studio's own custom domain no longer shows Studioscope's public marketing pages or signup form to a client.
• The invoice form now explains what happens when you mark an invoice as issued, and shows your studio's payment details on file before you save.
• Project tabs — Files, Members, Chat, and the rest — now switch instantly instead of showing a loading skeleton every time.

Fixed

• Clients can no longer see the full project team roster, and a client's email is now hidden from hired teammates.
• Studio-plan studios could not set a custom brand accent color, due to a check that only meant to allow Pro-tier — fixed.
• Signing a scope as the studio now uses a real draw-or-type signature panel, and the finalized PDF shows both signature images correctly instead of placeholder text.
• Fixed several image-preview bugs — GIFs now animate instead of freezing or failing to load, and images over 20MB now get a proper thumbnail instead of appearing broken.
• Fixed dragging a task to Unassigned or Unscheduled on the planning board not saving, and screen readers announcing the wrong column when dragging a card.
• Closing a video preview now stops its audio instead of leaving it playing in the background, and unpublished files correctly show a Draft label.
• Timeline comment markers now stay inside the video player instead of spilling off-screen on a phone, and opening a past cut from a client thread keeps that thread's comments visible.
• Clients can now open files staff post to them in chat, which previously failed to load.
• The Files tab now reflects a client's approval decision immediately, instead of occasionally still showing a stale Draft status.

New

• You can now rename and delete folders in the Files tab, including everything inside them — not just create them.
• Guests opening a shared review link can now play video right in the browser instead of only downloading it, and can leave comments pinned to an exact moment in the video.
• Subscribe to a project's schedule as a live calendar feed in Google, Apple, or Outlook Calendar — it stays up to date automatically instead of offering only a one-time download.

Improved

• The dashboard was rebuilt around a queue of what's actually blocking progress, separating what needs your attention from what's waiting on the other side, for both studio staff and clients.
• The share page guests see was redesigned to only show what they can actually do — no more fake "awaiting your review" status or a version picker with nothing to pick from — and it now clearly shows whether comments and downloads are allowed and when the link expires.
• Studioscope is now usable on a phone — pages no longer scroll sideways, tables and boards reflow to fit the screen, and dialogs no longer trigger unwanted zooming or run off-screen.
• Studios with a verified sending domain can now send email under their own studio name and set a reply-to address, so client replies land in their own inbox instead of ours.
• Notification emails from Pro and Studio-plan studios are now fully branded as the studio's own, with no mentions of or links to Studioscope, plus guidance on setting up DMARC for better delivery.
• The sending-domain setup card in Settings now shows a clear status badge instead of plain text.
• Calendar subscription links in Settings can now be viewed again after the page reloads, instead of forcing you to reset them — which breaks any calendar already subscribed — just to see the URL.

Fixed

• Fixed several dead ends in the client scope-review flow — a draft no longer shows a fake "awaiting your signature" button, signing works again after a studio responds to suggested changes, and clicking a scope link from an email now goes straight to the right project.
• Fixed invites silently failing to grant access when the invited email had different letter casing than the account signing up.
• Fixed popups like creating a project or inviting a client running off the top or bottom of the screen on a shorter window, making the confirm button unreachable.
• Fixed the sending-domain verification check getting stuck on "pending" even after it was actually verified, added a way to remove a sending domain, and downgrading off a paid plan now properly frees up your custom and sending domains.
• Fixed a rare case where a temporary loading hiccup on the Settings page could incorrectly boot a studio admin out to "choose a studio" instead of showing a real error.
• Fixed inviting a client sometimes showing "Invitation created" even though the invite email failed to send, leaving you unaware the client never got it.
• Fixed downloading an original file in Safari opening it in a new tab instead of actually saving it.

New

• The Schedule tab got rebuilt — add a standalone task without first building a milestone, jump straight in with quick-add, and assign tasks to specific people with time estimates.
• Apply a ready-made project blueprint — photo shoot, video production, and more — to lay out milestones and tasks with real dates in one step, instead of building the plan by hand every time.
• Clients can now see their project's schedule — the milestones and tasks that matter to them — instead of an empty tab.
• Studios with hired teammates can now scope them to specific projects — a team member only sees the projects they're assigned to, not the whole studio.

Improved

• Budgets, invoices, and scope documents are now visible only to the studio founder and the client — other team members no longer see studio-wide revenue or pricing.
• Link previews for Pro and Studio plan custom domains now show your studio's own name and logo instead of Studioscope's.
• Replying to your welcome email, or a billing email, now reaches a real inbox instead of bouncing.

Fixed

• Fixed a handful of spots — signing a document, setting your password, logging in — where a dropped connection could leave things stuck instead of completing.
• The storage caption on free-plan projects showed the wrong limit (50 GB instead of 3 GB) — fixed.
• Storage limits are now enforced consistently against your plan's real cap, instead of occasionally allowing more than intended.

New

• Deliverables can now have real version history — upload a revised cut and Studioscope detects it automatically and tracks it alongside the original, with approval status kept separate per version instead of one status for the whole file.
• Every file now has two separate discussion threads — internal notes visible only to your studio, and a client thread that only appears once you release that version to them.
• Files now show real thumbnails instead of generic file-type icons, for both videos and images.
• Invite people to a single project instead of the whole studio, and resend an invite straight from the Members panel if it goes unanswered.
• The image viewer now supports zooming in, a filmstrip to jump between images, and a slider to compare two versions side by side.

Improved

• Uploads now resume automatically after a dropped connection instead of restarting from scratch, and a failed upload explains what actually went wrong.
• Clients can now see the shared history of a file's earlier approved versions, not just the latest one.
• The Files tab got a visual refresh, with live progress shown while files upload.
• Deleting something now asks with a proper on-brand confirmation dialog instead of the browser's plain popup.
• Empty projects, file lists, and other blank screens now show helpful guidance instead of a bare empty page.
• Notification settings now let you turn product update emails and the newsletter on or off independently.

Fixed

• Google sign-in, which had stopped working entirely, is fixed. Signing out now fully clears your session.
• Deleting or archiving a project could fail partway through and leave old files and videos behind — both now clean up completely.
• Deleting a file also removes it from your deliverables list, instead of leaving a ghost entry behind.
• Files a client uploaded could vanish from their own file list — fixed, along with occasional broken previews on very large photos.
• Signing in on the wrong studio's address no longer loads a broken page — you're sent to pick the right studio.
• Studio tab icons now show up reliably in Safari and update when you change your logo; a proper icon now appears if you add your studio to your phone's home screen.
• Several account and notification emails had broken links, orphaned verification codes, or the wrong branding — all fixed, and every email now shows your studio's real logo.
• Dark mode no longer sometimes displays as light when your device is set to follow the system theme.
• Visiting a studio address that doesn't exist now redirects cleanly instead of erroring, and reserved words are blocked when picking a studio address at signup.

New

• Pro and Studio plans now show your own logo as the browser tab icon, and your studio's name in every page title, instead of Studioscope's.
• A "What's new" button in the header shows the latest product updates.

Improved

• Clients who belong to only one studio now go straight to their dashboard after signing in, instead of seeing a studio picker first.
• On a Pro or Studio plan's own sign-in page, it's your studio's name and colours — not a Studioscope sign-up pitch.

Fixed

• The browser tab icon no longer breaks on free-plan studios and the main site.

New

• Scopes have a rebuilt builder on the studio side and a cleaner signing view for clients — same document, two surfaces that finally match.

Improved

• Clients only see the parts of a project that exist for them. Tabs that aren't built yet, and studio-wide storage, no longer appear in the portal.

Fixed

• Creators can add a line to a scope mid-negotiation without starting the quote over.

New

• Change your plan from Settings → Billing without leaving Studioscope. Upgrades take effect immediately and the price difference is prorated.
• Turn an approved scope into an invoice in one step, with your studio's billing details and numbering, and send it as a PDF.
• Pro studios can run the client portal on their own domain, with their own logo and name on client emails.

Improved

• Promo codes can be applied at checkout.

Fixed

• Draft invoices are no longer visible to clients before you send them.