A BLOCK rule stops the job before it costs money, and that is the whole point
Why the app says no on your PC rather than letting the service say yes and bill you.
Alex Mercer5 min read
Build notes: how Scena Studio is made
Release notes that needed an explanation: what changed in Scena Studio, why, and what it cost. Smaller changes are in the changelog.
6 guides · updated 29 Oct 2026
Start here, in this order
- 1.0.0: an episode, end to end, in one windowThe first build that goes from a script sheet to an exported episode without opening a browser.
- Why Windows, why WinForms, why not a web appThe queue has to survive a closed tab and the keys should never leave the machine.
- 1.1.0: the consistency check now runs on your own GPUEvery rendered clip is scored against its locks before you keep it, and nothing leaves the machine to do it.
Design decisions
Why the app does things the way it does.
Nineteen services, one queue: what a gateway actually solves
How the queue decides where a shot goes, and what happens when a key dies mid-batch.
Alex Mercer8 min read
Reference sets that survive a whole series, not just an episode
NOAH, 12SCH, Classroom01: a code, one image and a rule about which episodes it applies to.
Alex Mercer7 min read
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