diff --git a/studio-app/src/agent-candidate-merge.test.js b/studio-app/src/agent-candidate-merge.test.js
index 82be799..007ffef 100644
--- a/studio-app/src/agent-candidate-merge.test.js
+++ b/studio-app/src/agent-candidate-merge.test.js
@@ -66,3 +66,47 @@ test('foreign project results cannot attach to the quick project even when artif
   assert.equal(mergeJobCandidate(project, job).changed, false);
   assert.deepEqual(project, before);
 });
+
+function freshResult(changes = {}) {
+  const project = freestyleProject('New takes'),
+    shot = project.entities.find((e) => e.type === 'shot');
+  shot.data.selectedAssetId = 'older-take';
+  const job = {
+    id: 'job-new',
+    status: 'succeeded',
+    recipe_id: 'h3-base-fl2va-v1',
+    client_ref: { project_id: project.id, shot_id: shot.id, shot_version: shot.version },
+    artifacts: [{ id: 'art-new', kind: 'video', content_type: 'video/mp4' }],
+    ...changes,
+  };
+  return { project, shot, job };
+}
+test('a new take becomes the current take of its shot', () => {
+  const { project, shot, job } = freshResult();
+  mergeJobCandidate(project, job);
+  assert.equal(shot.data.selectedAssetId, 'result-art-new');
+});
+test('a shot cut into segments keeps its current take', () => {
+  const { project, shot, job } = freshResult();
+  shot.data.videoSegments = [{ start: 0, end: 2 }];
+  mergeJobCandidate(project, job);
+  assert.equal(shot.data.selectedAssetId, 'older-take');
+  assert.ok(shot.data.candidateIds.includes('result-art-new'));
+});
+test('a take from an older shot version waits; an enhanced copy does not', () => {
+  const stale = freshResult();
+  stale.job.client_ref.shot_version = stale.shot.version - 1;
+  mergeJobCandidate(stale.project, stale.job);
+  assert.equal(stale.shot.data.selectedAssetId, 'older-take');
+  const enhanced = freshResult({ recipe_id: 'enhance-v1' });
+  enhanced.job.client_ref.shot_version = enhanced.shot.version - 1;
+  mergeJobCandidate(enhanced.project, enhanced.job);
+  assert.equal(enhanced.shot.data.selectedAssetId, 'result-art-new');
+});
+test('polling the same finished job again does not undo a later choice', () => {
+  const { project, shot, job } = freshResult();
+  mergeJobCandidate(project, job);
+  shot.data.selectedAssetId = 'older-take';
+  mergeJobCandidate(project, job);
+  assert.equal(shot.data.selectedAssetId, 'older-take');
+});
diff --git a/studio-app/src/cloud-model.js b/studio-app/src/cloud-model.js
index f7d1af6..2386122 100644
--- a/studio-app/src/cloud-model.js
+++ b/studio-app/src/cloud-model.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ENHANCE_RECIPE } from './enhance-take.js';
 import { formatMoneyMicros } from './money.js';
 import { translate } from './i18n/locale.js';
 import { boundVideoRange } from './video-cut-model.js';
@@ -871,6 +872,15 @@ function importArtifact(project, job, artifact, { shot, old, same, audioSeen, no
   if (shot && !isAudio) {
     shot.data.candidateIds = [...new Set([...(shot.data.candidateIds || []), id])];
     if (old) shot.status = 'review';
+    // A new take becomes the shot's take (owner, 2026-11-02). Two cases stay the person's call:
+    // a take from an older version of the shot (an enhanced copy never is, its source is the
+    // same take), and a shot already cut into segments, which belong to the current file.
+    if (
+      artifact.kind === 'video' &&
+      (!old || job.recipe_id === ENHANCE_RECIPE) &&
+      !(shot.data.videoSegments || []).length
+    )
+      shot.data.selectedAssetId = id;
   }
   return id;
 }
diff --git a/studio-app/src/storyboard-cloud.test.js b/studio-app/src/storyboard-cloud.test.js
index 064b355..e9c4c17 100644
--- a/studio-app/src/storyboard-cloud.test.js
+++ b/studio-app/src/storyboard-cloud.test.js
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ test('successful saved storyboard job uses shot version without mistaking the se
     assert.equal(result.data.oldVersion, false);
     assert.equal(
       !!h.store.exportProject().entities.find((e) => e.id === h.shot).data.selectedAssetId,
-      false,
+      true,
     );
     h.store.editProject(
       (p) =>
diff --git a/studio-app/src/storyboard-domain.test.js b/studio-app/src/storyboard-domain.test.js
index b4ff4e9..e2d4942 100644
--- a/studio-app/src/storyboard-domain.test.js
+++ b/studio-app/src/storyboard-domain.test.js
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ test('profile look imageIds empty explicitly clears gallery while absent imageId
   assert.deepEqual(looks[0].images, []);
   assert.deepEqual(looks[1].images, ['photo']);
 });
-test('look voice binding and chosen asset remain explicit; succeeded new jobs do not auto-adopt', () => {
+test('look voice binding stays explicit; a succeeded new job becomes the chosen take', () => {
   const p = fixture();
   const hero = character('hero', 'photo', 'main-voice');
   hero.data.voices.push({ id: 'other', assetId: 'look-voice', clipStart: 3 });
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ test('look voice binding and chosen asset remain explicit; succeeded new jobs do
     client_ref: { project_id: 'project', shot_id: 'shot', shot_version: 1 },
     artifacts: [{ id: 'new-result', kind: 'video', mime: 'video/mp4' }],
   });
-  assert.equal(view(p).shots[0].chosen, 'keep');
+  assert.equal(view(p).shots[0].chosen, 'result-new-result');
   assert.ok(view(p).shots[0].versions.some((v) => v.artifactId === 'new-result'));
 });
 test('storyboard preflight snapshot invalidates when shared look, clip start or global style changes', async () => {