The desktop version can manipulate a script in any way required and export that information to software used by the various departments on set. There isn’t much to say about the desktop Final Draft that hasn’t already been said, it works because the creators have had a long time to make it work for everybody, writers and ADs. Screen from the Final Draft 8 App for the iPad The competitors made their programs Final Draft compatible to stay in the game. When the production people started using Final Draft to do their jobs, then various writers went along because if the script file had to be in FDR or later FDX on set, then you might as well go to the source. Legend has it that it was these departments that developed modern screenplay format in the first place, before the writers could unionize and complain, but I digress. Actually, I mostly want to talk about the iPad app version and how it integrates with the desktop software.įinal Cut became the screenwriting analog of how MS Office left WordPerfect broken by the side of the road wondering who was that masked writing program that just slashed my jugular by making nice with the Assistant Director, Script Supervisor and Production Manager. Believe it or not, but there are still competitors lurking out there (Movie Magic, Celtx, etc.), so perhaps this review is required. Final Draft 8 as the latest version in a long line (twenty years at least) of software designed to automate the process of getting our words into proper screenplay format would seem nearly so ubiquitous that pack your bags, fellas, it’s all over but the shouting would be the phrase of the day.
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