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While the newest version of Final Draft is $249, or $79 for an upgrade from a previous version, Fade In is currently just $49, and its usual price is $99, which is a big plus for the screenwriter on a budget (and pretty much every screenwriter I know is on a budget).įade In was developed by Kent Tessman, a filmmaker who was dissatisfied with Final Draft, though he had been using it for years:įinal Draft has always been a bit like writing in a funhouse mirror by strobe light. Glitchy text rendering, big chunks of the page not getting redrawn properly, traces of (non-)blinking caret left behind all over the place like breadcrumbs. To begin with, there's the issue of price. Click below to check out a review and get a breakdown of the features!
These days, there are plenty of new options, including Fade In, an application that gives Final Draft a run for its money (literally). I can remember being a teenager (many years ago), getting a copy of Final Draft for Christmas, and being really excited that I wouldn't have to hand-set all the margins and pagination in Word anymore, which everyone knows is excruciatingly annoying.
Or, at least, this was the situation for years.
But to old hands, the new tools are a must-have.When it comes to screenwriting software, there's Final Draft - and then there's everything else. Newcomers probably needn't splash out on it, seeing as other programs can export to the FD format. While, the tools and interface of Final Draft are inferior to those of cheaper rivals Scrivener, Storymill, Contour and Montage, this tool has the pros in mind and it's with production that it excels. Printing and PDFing have also been improved. A new workspace preference lets Final Draft open all the files you had open, in the order you were working on them. You can now also split the screen to view notes and script side by side.Īlso new to version 8 are improved templates, and a better spellchecker and a thesaurus. The index cards are 'double sided' so you can view the additional info and then organise scenes by drag and drop – you can do a similar thing with Scene View, which gives you a list of scenes, with any information you've added. The former lets you add information to scenes, while the Scene Navigator provides an easy way to view and sort the information and jump to pages. A Scene Properties Inspector (SPI) and a Scene Navigator. There are also two new palettes for managing structure and metadata.
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The interface is now far more Mac-like, with brushed metal windows and an OS X-standard customisable toolbar.ĬARD CARRYING: The new double-sided index card feature enables you to keep on top of your scenes ( Click here for high res version)
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But version 8 is an eye-opener.Īs well as adding some useful new features, the developers have stepped away from their previous approach of making everything look the same on Mac and Windows, so now everyone feels at home.
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Since writing doesn't stop with the screenplay but continues on-set, there are also some useful versioning and formatting tools so you can omit, lock and colour-code scenes according to revision number.Ī standalone application, Final Draft Tagger, lets production staff tag items in scripts such as costumes, then export them to scheduling applications.Ĭommanding £170 (or £160 for the download version) and used by everyone in the business, Final Draft 8 has rested on its laurels in recent years, particularly the Mac version. VIEW MORE: Split the screen to view your script and 'index cards' side by side, for easy reference ( Click here for high res version)