diff --git a/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/frame_alpha_census.rs b/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/frame_alpha_census.rs
index 5a2bda9d..3a80f974 100644
--- a/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/frame_alpha_census.rs
+++ b/crates/sylpheed-formats/examples/frame_alpha_census.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ fn census(name: &str, img: &t8ad::T8adImage) {
 fn main() {
     let root = PathBuf::from(std::env::var("SYLPHEED_DISC").expect("SYLPHEED_DISC"));
     let ar = PakArchive::open(root.join("dat/GP_TITLE.pak")).expect("GP_TITLE");
-    for build in [5usize, 6] {
+    // Builds default to the two the port ships and can be overridden, so the
+    // same census serves the title (4) and the `PRESS (A)` plate (2).
+    let args: Vec<usize> = std::env::args().skip(1).filter_map(|a| a.parse().ok()).collect();
+    let builds: Vec<usize> = if args.is_empty() { vec![5, 6] } else { args };
+    for build in builds {
         let by = ar.read(&ar.entries()[build]).expect("entry");
         let b = ui_layout::parse_build(&by).expect("build");
         println!("=== GP_TITLE build {build} ===");
diff --git a/tools/re-capture/menu_blend_capture.sh b/tools/re-capture/menu_blend_capture.sh
index e950b5b9..9caaf984 100755
--- a/tools/re-capture/menu_blend_capture.sh
+++ b/tools/re-capture/menu_blend_capture.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo "WINDOW=$win"
 # gets there on its own; a run that tapped every 4 s delivered 88 presses and
 # ended on a black screen.
 s=""
-deadline=$(( SECONDS + 420 ))
+deadline=$(( SECONDS + ${DEADLINE:-1200} ))
 while [ $SECONDS -lt $deadline ]; do
   s="$(screen)"; echo "t=${SECONDS}s $s"
   [ "$s" = "title" ] && break
@@ -70,10 +70,28 @@ shot "$OUT/menu.png"
 echo "MENU at ${SECONDS}s"
 
 if [ "${SCREEN:-menu}" = "extras" ]; then
-  # EXTRAS is the second item; the menu opens on NEW GAME.
-  python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap DOWN 0.2; sleep 1
-  python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap DOWN 0.2; sleep 1
-  python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap A 0.3; sleep 4
+  # EXTRAS is the LAST of the five items and the menu opens on NEW GAME. Do not
+  # count presses: on 2026-08-31 four DOWNs landed on OPTIONS because one was
+  # dropped. Press until the cursor STOPS MOVING instead, which needs no item
+  # count and no row calibration -- `ring_row.py`'s ROW0/SPACING are x11grab
+  # constants and are 45 px out on a `screenshot` grab (see METHOD.md), but the
+  # raw row it returns is still a monotone function of the item.
+  row(){ shot /tmp/mbc_row.png; python3 - <<'PY'
+from PIL import Image
+import sys; sys.path.insert(0,"/work/tools/re-capture")
+import ring_row
+try: print("%.1f" % ring_row.ring_row(Image.open("/tmp/mbc_row.png")))
+except Exception: print("nan")
+PY
+  }
+  prev="$(row)"; echo "  cursor row $prev"
+  for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
+    python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap DOWN 0.2; sleep 2
+    cur="$(row)"; echo "  cursor row $cur"
+    [ "$cur" = "$prev" ] && break
+    prev="$cur"
+  done
+  python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap A 0.3; sleep 5
   s="$(screen)"; echo "  after EXTRAS attempt: $s"; shot "$OUT/extras.png"
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/re-capture/ui_blend_map.py b/tools/re-capture/ui_blend_map.py
index 3285698c..89f0a233 100755
--- a/tools/re-capture/ui_blend_map.py
+++ b/tools/re-capture/ui_blend_map.py
@@ -45,29 +45,32 @@ def blend_name(raw):
     return "%s+%s" % (FACTOR.get(src, src), FACTOR.get(dst, dst))
 
 
-def sprite_sizes(build):
-    """name -> (w, h), straight off the disc via the formats crate."""
+def sprite_sizes(builds):
+    """name -> (w, h), straight off the disc via the formats crate.
+
+    `builds` is a list because the live title is TWO builds composited -- 4 draws
+    the art and 2 draws the `PRESS (A)` plate over it -- so a capture of the
+    title contains elements from both and a one-build size table cannot name
+    them all.
+    """
     out = subprocess.run(
         ["cargo", "run", "--release", "-q", "-p", "sylpheed-formats",
-         "--example", "frame_alpha_census"],
+         "--example", "frame_alpha_census", "--"] + [str(b) for b in builds],
         capture_output=True, text=True, cwd="/work",
         env={**__import__("os").environ, "SYLPHEED_DISC": "/disc"}).stdout
-    sizes, cur = {}, None
+    sizes = {}
     for line in out.splitlines():
-        m = re.match(r"=== GP_TITLE build (\d+) ===", line)
-        if m:
-            cur = int(m.group(1))
-            continue
         m = re.match(r"(\S+\.t32)\s+(\d+)x(\d+)", line)
-        if m and cur == build:
+        if m:
             sizes[m.group(1)] = (int(m.group(2)), int(m.group(3)))
     return sizes
 
 
 def main():
     path = sys.argv[1]
-    build = int(sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--build") + 1]) if "--build" in sys.argv else 5
-    sizes = sprite_sizes(build)
+    spec = sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--build") + 1] if "--build" in sys.argv else "5"
+    builds = [int(b) for b in spec.split(",")]
+    sizes = sprite_sizes(builds)
     lines = open(path).read().splitlines()
     rows = []
     for i, line in enumerate(lines):