Xavier de Belle

The Workshop — 12 builds, all in-browser

Tools
I Built

Every one of these started as a problem I hit on a shoot, in a studio, or on a Monday night. None of them need an install. All of them live here so I can find them again.

Project Phases, Budget Tracker and Idea Bank can also sync between your devices — that part is by invitation. Ask for access →

01 / Portfolio Makers

Lay It
Out

Settling a set before it goes out, then three ways to lay images down and get them off the screen.

02 / de Belle Photography Tools

Run The
Studio

The studio machinery — everything a couple touches between booking the day and taking delivery of it.

03 / Personal

Just For
Me

Built for myself rather than for a client or a shoot. Where the money goes, where the ideas go, and what's worth writing down.

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Budget Tracker

Planned against actual, month by month. Every line runs on its own frequency, what you have already saved sits beside what you spend, and a month can be copied forward or started from a template. Simulate a move before you make it, see what the stock market could do with the rest, and export the lot as a spreadsheet or PDF.

FinanceSaves locally
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09

Idea Bank

Dump it, rank it, ship it. Every idea scored on impact, confidence and ease, plotted on a matrix, then pushed across a board until it's done.

ThinkingSaves locally
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Project Phases

A project broken into phases, each phase into steps, and a timer on every one of them. Drag a step anywhere, including into another phase — its logged hours go with it. The log is the only place time lives; every total on the board and in the report is summed back out of it. A Client tab keeps meeting notes, points to raise, and the homework the client owes you.

TimeSaves locally
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Notes

Open it and type. The first line is the title, everything saves as you go, and a dash and a space makes a bullet. Pin what matters, search the rest.

WritingSaves locally
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Journal

A page a day. How it went, three good things, and whatever else needs writing down. A calendar, a streak to keep, and what you wrote on this day last year.

WritingSaves locally
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Cards

Every loyalty card in one place. Scan the barcode once, with the camera or from a photo, then show it at the till: big, sharp, and readable by any scanner.

WalletSaves locally
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04 / Maria’s Tools

Maria’s
Tools

Built for Maria. The family recipes, what to make tonight and what to buy for it; and a calendar.

05 / Events

Gather
People

One-off builds for real gatherings. Made for a specific day and a specific crowd, then left standing.

06 / Art & Experiments

No Brief,
No Client

Generative pieces with no deliverable attached — which is the entire point. Best full screen.