Final Draft 11.1

Final Draft allows you to 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 stage plays. 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.

TOP WRITING FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Scene View Outline your script and reorder scenes using a simple draganddrop interface.
• Navigator View, sort and filter the important details of your Scenes, Scriptnotes and Characters. Easily store, access and color code scene summary, location, and other useful story data.
• Index Cards Build your script with Index Cards. Enter plot points, locations, comments, or notes. Colorcode and move index cards to easily organize your scenes. Send Index Card content directly to the script.
• ScriptNotes Make general or element specific colorcoded notes that won’t affect your script’s pagination.
• Templates Final Draft gives you access to over 300 templates for formats from today’s teleplays to immersive scripts, comic books, and Beat Board structure guides, plus the option to customize your own.
• Pagination Final Draft automatically formats and paginates to industry standards. Meet page count requirements by using any of the Final Draft 11 custom formatting tools.
• Watermarking in Printing and PDF Options You can print your watermarked script to any printer with standardized paper size or save directly to PDF in flawless script format.
• Panels System Split your screen in half so you can view scene outlines while simultaneously writing your script.
• Final Draft Courier Font We have created the ideal screenwriting font that is easy to read while meeting industry requirements.
• Writing Management Check content you’ve written to help you manage your writing goals.
• Format Assistant Be confident your script is professionally formatted before you print or email it.
• Retina and Full Screen Support Distractionfree writing in full screen mode and retina display compatibility.

TOP PRODUCTION FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Title Page Create and easily include a professional Title Page with your script.
• Revision Mode Revise your script as often as you’d like. Save different revisions for production purposes.
• Page Locking Omit scenes, lock pages and Apages, and set revision colors. You can take your script all the way from concept to final production.
• Colored Production Pages for Revisions Colored border allows for writing ease, with solid color production pages in PDF for distribution.
• Character Highlighting Easily see characters’ dialogue in color. Great for table reads or tracking a character’s dialogue throughout your script.
• Customizable Reporting Final Draft offers seven different reports for production including Scene, Character, and Location reports. Print or email reports separately from your script.

NEW IN FINAL DRAFT 11

Speech to Script

Use the Mac’s built-in dictation with the Final Draft Speech to Script feature for hands-free writing that’s as fast as your ideas.

Image Support

Insert images into your script, title page or the Beat Board to help visualize your story.

Tagging

Track and report on customizable story elements. Breakdown scripts for scheduling and budgeting.

Night Mode

Quickly shift to a dark screen for easier viewing when writing.

Multi-Language Support

Write in over 95 different languages.

IMPROVED Collaboration

Simultaneously edit your script remotely in real-time with writing partners.

IMPROVED Beat Board & Story Map

Add images to beats by dragging and dropping, drag content to and from the script while retaining formatting, color code with new vibrant custom colors, snap beats to grid, zoom, and export to PDF. See images in your Beats and Structure Points on Story Map.

What’s New in Final Draft 11.1

• Now create an Inclusivity Report
• Scene Report can include Tags
• Scene Report can sort by Production order
• Bug Fixes

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