Enhancements:

• Comparisons
  
  Fringe totals in comparison's "original" column can now be updated.
  
  Fringe totals are now correctly displayed in comparisons when posted by production level.
  
  Account totals are now displayed correctly in comparisons when fringes are posted by account.

• Contractual Charges
  
  Contractual charge totals are now properly displayed

• Cut and Paste
  
  Negative values are now properly handled by cut and paste operations.

• Fringes
  
  Improved stability of Setup Fringes

Introducing a New License Model

Creative Planet's acquisition of Movie Magic Budgeting has brought about many new products and features: the removal of the dongle, backwards compatibility with dongle versions of the software, including Versions 5.0 through 5.2, a more-stable platform, enhanced customer support and the ability to download the application from anywhere in the world via the Web - at CreativePlanet.com. With our commitment to product development, this new, unlimited license model enables users to once again own this industry-standard film and television estimation tool.

With the return of the license model for Movie Magic Budgeting, users receive an unlimited-use license to the software that does not require the intrusive dongle and which costs less than historically priced versions. Since the product is also downloadable from the Web, users no longer have to carry around installation disks.

No more dongle! Enhanced customer support! The ability to work with previous versions of the application all paves the way for effortless software use and upgrades.

What's New in Version 5.7 of Movie Magic Budgeting

Movie Magic Budgeting's latest update version, 5.7, includes several bug fixes for both Windows and Mac users.

• In countries where applicable, commas are now recognized as a thousand's separator in numeric values. Filenames can also be created using all language character types
• New print option: "Print Fields Equal To 1 or 0." This option allows printing of detail with values of less than 2
• Application creates page breaks when "Page Break by Production Level" is chosen
• Improved look of comparison printouts
• Errors eliminated when printing by account range when other reports are selected
• Will print subgroup names even if rate field is empty. Can print multiple copies of reports
• Insertion cursor stays on page even when line that had keyboard focus stays visible on screen
• Number (#) format dialogue now properly displays country name
• Budget change notification reflects dollar amount in negative or positive
• Corrections made to Recent Files list
• Labor Rates Interface City field has been renamed to location to accommodate those locations that are not city specific
• Currency field has been enlarged allowing more viewable characters

• Movie Magic Budgeting is now a 32-bit application. This means enhanced speed, reliability and memory handling as well as ability to handle long file names
• No Dongles - Dongles are no longer required to run Movie Magic Budgeting
• New Exporting Formats - New exporting formats that include all detail for spreadsheet exports, etc
• New Accounting Formats - New account exports have been added as well as improvements to existing formats
• Recent File List - A list of recently used files appears under the file menu for quick access
• New Manuals - Completely rewritten reference and tutorial manuals
• New HTML Help System - A completely rewritten redesigned help system is now available within the application
• Numerous Bug Fixes, like fringes being orphaned, file read/write compatibility with networks, etc