Final Draft 8.0 International (Mac/PC CD)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 14 x 3.2 cm ; 54 g
• Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
• ASIN: B0023VR1II
• Release Date: 21 May 2009
  

By : Final Draft
Price : £183.99

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description
Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling application specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics, and stageplays. It combines powerful word processing with professional script formatting in one self-contained, easy-to-use package. There is no need to learn about script formatting rules - Final Draft automatically paginates and formats your script to industry standards as you write.

 

Final Draft 8.0 International (Mac/PC CD)

 

Product Features

• 100% Cross-Platform
• Final Draft scripts are identical on both Windows and Macintosh platforms and can easily be exchanged between both.
• Import/Export
• Files from any word processor can be imported easily, no need to re-type your script. Export to multiple file formats (including PDF) to easily and securely share scripts with anyone.
• Script Registry
• Final Draft is a preferred file format and the only scriptwriting software with an authorized agreement with the WGAw online registry service.
• Production Features
• Handles production functions with ease, including scene numbering, A and B pages, multiple revisions, character sides and specialized reports.
• Tagger
• A separate application that enables you to break down Final Draft scripts into their various elements and export them into any scheduling software.
• ScriptCompare
• Dynamically compares two scripts and highlights any changes, allowing you to easily see the differences from one file to the next.
• Templates
• Over 50 television show, movieand stageplay templates are included, completewith characters and locations.
• Format Assistant
• Checks your script for common formatting errors, such as missing dialogue, extra spaces, carriage returns and blank elements.
• ScriptNotes
• Pop-up windows which can hold ideas, notes, suggestions or scene fragments without taking up space onscreen.
• CollaboWriter
• Write, edit and discuss a script with other Final Draft users in real time, over the internet, anywhere in the world.
• Text to Speech
• Have your script read back to you by assigning different voices to your characters. Its like having a live script reading in your computer.
• Ask the Expert
• An interactive problem-solver with legendary screenwriting teacher Syd Field, television writer Larry Brody, playwright Jon Dorf and WGAws The Creative Rights Handbook

Customer Reviews

Thia ia the perfect software for Screenwriting. It lays out the correct format, and has so many time saving devices. It comes with an easy to follow users guide on the CDROM, complete with a tutorial. The thesaurus is more limited than that on say WORD, as is its vocabulary which leads to a lot of red lines under words it doesn't know, but you can tell the dictionary to "learn" words. There are some features I have yet to understand and some which I'm not so keen on, but overall it's made a huge difference to writing my screenplay.

I was initially impressed with Final Draft 8 - until I started using it regularly. I have never known a program have so many irritating faults - and create so many corrupt files. It's ridiculous - it's basically Word with some macros added in, but it is riddled with bugs, and is incredibly frustrating to use. I think it's a disgrace that it costs so much money, and is so completely, fundamentally flawed.
I can't count the number of files that have suddenly become 'corrupted' by Final Draft and then won't open. If you do buy this program - and I strongly advise you not to - make sure you save every single change you make into another format, so you can rescue your script later when Final Draft inevitably crashes.
The so-called automatic backup feature is next to useless - why bother automatically backing up files that Final Draft has itself corrupted?
There are plenty of other, free programs on the internet that do exactly the same job (Citrix for example). Save your money - and your sanity! - and steer well clear of this expensive, over-hyped mess.

 

Final Draft 8.0 International (Mac/PC CD)