Special Instructions & Overrides

Special Instructions on the CS Front fills from the breakdown: props, wardrobe, stunts and the other department categories. If an item is wrong for today only, change it on the call sheet. The override lives on that day's call sheet. The breakdown and other days are untouched.

Edit the Special Instructions section in place. Remove an item from a department and scene, or add one that isn't in the breakdown, and the call sheet saves it as an override.

A grey chip on the right edge of Special Instructions counts the overrides, for example 3 overrides. Click it for the list. There is one row per item, tagged with the department and scene:

• + means the item was added for that department and scene
• − means it was removed
• Save to breakdown on a row writes that department and scene's override into the breakdown
• Save all to breakdown at the bottom does every override at once

Each row in the list has its own undo. On a removed item, click the restore arrow to put it back. On an added item, click the × to take it off. The other overrides stay.

If the breakdown itself was wrong, use Save to breakdown. It writes the result into the scene's breakdown and clears the override, and the section reads from the breakdown again. Save all to breakdown does it for every override at once.

Manage Departments sets which departments show in Special Instructions and in what order. Hover the section header and click the pencil, or right-click the header. In the panel you can:

• Switch any department on or off
• Drag rows by the grip handle to reorder them
• See custom categories from the Breakdown tab alongside the standard ones
• Rename custom categories. Standard department names can't be renamed

Categories are created in the Breakdown tab, for example Specialty Vehicles or VFX Plates. The Add a category in the Breakdown link at the bottom of Manage Departments takes you there. A new category shows up in the panel once it exists.