diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/events/project.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/events/project.cljs
index bc9ce5c..f0c9283 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/events/project.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/events/project.cljs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
             [arthur.flow.take :as take]
             [arthur.fx.http :as http]
             [arthur.synth :as synth]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
             [re-frame.core :as rf]))
 
 (defn- analysis-payload [analysis]
@@ -577,9 +578,16 @@
         ::save! {:id    (when-not (false? can-edit?) pid)
                  :base  (get-in db [:project :seq])
                  :cid   cid
-                 :label (or (:label clip) (name id))
+                 :label (or (not-empty (get-in db [:project :name]))
+                            (:label clip) (name id))
                  :clip  clip}}))))
 
+(rf/reg-event-fx
+ ::rename
+ (fn [{:keys [db]} [_ value]]
+   {:db (assoc-in db [:project :name] (not-empty (str/trim value)))
+    :dispatch [::save {:auto? true :force? true}]}))
+
 (rf/reg-event-fx
  ::project-setting
  (fn [{:keys [db]} [_ key value]]
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/topbar.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/topbar.cljs
index 9411589..5435f3a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/topbar.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/topbar.cljs
@@ -13,55 +13,68 @@
             [arthur.ui.share :as share]
             [arthur.ui.snapshots :as snapshots]
             [arthur.ui.undo :as undo]
-            [re-frame.core :as rf]))
+            [re-frame.core :as rf]
+            [reagent.core :as r]))
 
-(defn- exporter []
+(defn- exporter [open?]
   (let [{:keys [target zoom busy? done total]} @(rf/subscribe [::export/state])
         targets @(rf/subscribe [::export/targets])]
     [:<>
-     ;; ONE SELECT over everything exportable: each symbol, and each instance
-     ;; in the open one. They are one list because they
-     ;; are one kind of request — render this, alone.
-     ;;
-     ;; The option VALUE goes through `export/target-value`, never `name`: a
-     ;; symbol id is `:sym/face-8625` and an instance is a uuid, and writing
-     ;; either through `name` loses what identifies it.
-     [:select {:value (export/target-value target)
-               :disabled busy?
-               :title "what to render"
-               :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::export/set-target
-                                         (export/target-id (.. % -target -value))])}
-      (doall
-       (for [{:keys [label] :as target} targets]
-         ^{:key (export/target-value target)}
-         [:option {:value (export/target-value target)}
-          (str (when (:isolate target) "· ") label)]))]
-     [:select {:value zoom :disabled busy?
-               :title "integer zoom"
-               :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::export/set-zoom
-                                         (js/parseInt (.. % -target -value) 10)])}
-      (doall (for [z export/zooms] ^{:key z} [:option {:value z} (str z "x")]))]
-     [:button {:disabled busy? :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::export/start])
-               :title "a lossless PNG sequence and the mixed audio, in one zip"}
-      (if busy? (str "rendering " done "/" total) "export")]]))
+     [:button {:disabled busy? :on-click #(reset! open? true)} "export…"]
+     (when @open?
+       [:<> [:div.export-scrim {:on-click #(when-not busy? (reset! open? false))}]
+        [:section.export-dialog {:role "dialog" :aria-modal true :aria-label "Export"}
+         [:h2 "Export"]
+         [:label.export-field "what to render"
+          [:select {:value (export/target-value target) :disabled busy?
+                    :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::export/set-target
+                                              (export/target-id (.. % -target -value))])}
+           (doall (for [{:keys [label] :as t} targets]
+                    ^{:key (export/target-value t)}
+                    [:option {:value (export/target-value t)}
+                     (str (when (:isolate t) "· ") label)]))]]
+         [:label.export-field "scale"
+          [:select {:value zoom :disabled busy?
+                    :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::export/set-zoom
+                                              (js/parseInt (.. % -target -value) 10)])}
+           (doall (for [z export/zooms] ^{:key z} [:option {:value z} (str z "×")]))]]
+         [:p.dim "PNG sequence and audio in a ZIP archive"]
+         [:div.row
+          [:button {:disabled busy? :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::export/start])}
+           (if busy? (str "rendering " done "/" total) "start export")]
+          [:button {:disabled busy? :on-click #(reset! open? false)} "close"]]]])]))
 
 (defn view []
-  (let [{project-name :name :keys [busy? seq] project-status :status}
-        @(rf/subscribe [::playback/project])
-        {footage-status :status} @(rf/subscribe [::playback/footage])
-        {export-status :status} @(rf/subscribe [::export/state])]
-    [:header.top
-     [:a.brand {:href "/" :title "your projects"
-                :on-click (fn [e] (.preventDefault e) (collab/navigate! "/"))} "arthur"]
-     [:span.status
-      (str (or project-name "untitled") (when seq (str " r" seq))
-           ;; One line, and the most recent thing to have happened wins it. A
-           ;; strip with three status slots is three empty boxes most of the time.
-           (when-let [said (or export-status project-status footage-status)]
-             (str " · " said)))]
-     [exporter]
-     [:button {:disabled busy? :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::collab/create])} "new"]
-     [openmenu/view]
-     [undo/view]
-     [snapshots/view]
-     [share/view]]))
+  (r/with-let [renaming? (r/atom false)
+               draft (r/atom "")
+               export-open? (r/atom false)]
+    (let [{project-name :name :keys [busy? seq status]} @(rf/subscribe [::playback/project])
+          {footage-status :status} @(rf/subscribe [::playback/footage])
+          {export-status :status} @(rf/subscribe [::export/state])
+          title (or project-name "untitled")
+          commit! (fn []
+                    (rf/dispatch [::project/rename @draft])
+                    (reset! renaming? false))]
+      [:header.top
+       [:a.brand {:href "/" :title "your projects"
+                  :on-click (fn [e] (.preventDefault e) (collab/navigate! "/"))} "arthur"]
+       [:button {:disabled busy? :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::collab/create])} "new"]
+       [openmenu/view]
+       [undo/view]
+       [snapshots/view]
+       (if @renaming?
+         [:input.project-name {:auto-focus true :value @draft
+                               :on-change #(reset! draft (.. % -target -value))
+                               :on-blur (fn [_] (commit!))
+                               :on-key-down (fn [e]
+                                              (case (.-key e)
+                                                "Enter" (do (.preventDefault e) (commit!))
+                                                "Escape" (reset! renaming? false)
+                                                nil))}]
+         [:button.project-title {:disabled busy? :title "click to rename project"
+                                 :on-click (fn [] (reset! draft title)
+                                             (reset! renaming? true))}
+          title (when seq (str " r" seq))])
+       [:span.status (or export-status status footage-status)]
+       [exporter export-open?]
+       [share/view]])))
diff --git a/static/arthur/app.css b/static/arthur/app.css
index a92c9f4..fb46057 100644
--- a/static/arthur/app.css
+++ b/static/arthur/app.css
@@ -194,6 +194,19 @@ input[type="range"] { width: 100%; accent-color: var(--sel); }
   color: var(--dim);
 }
 
+.project-title { max-width: 22vw; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+.project-name { width: 180px; }
+.export-scrim { position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 50; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .45); }
+.export-dialog {
+  position: fixed; z-index: 51; top: 50%; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+  width: min(360px, calc(100vw - 32px)); padding: 14px;
+  background: var(--pane); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 3px;
+  box-shadow: 0 8px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, .45);
+}
+.export-dialog h2 { margin: 0 0 12px; font: inherit; font-weight: 600; }
+.export-field { display: grid; gap: 4px; margin: 8px 0; color: var(--dim); }
+.export-field select { color: var(--fg); }
+
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    the open menu */
 
@@ -520,6 +533,10 @@ button.share-button:hover, button.share-button.on { filter: brightness(1.1); }
   letter-spacing: .07em;
 }
 
+.inspector-form { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 5px; margin-top: 7px; }
+.inspector-field { display: grid; gap: 2px; color: var(--dim); }
+.inspector-field input { width: 100%; color: var(--fg); }
+
 /* Label / value, once, for every read-only fact in the pane. */
 .facts { display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto 1fr; gap: 2px 8px; margin: 0; }
 .facts dt { color: var(--dim); }