Final Draft AV 2.5 Win/Mac
With Final Draft AV is the option-packed, dedicated script writing tool for audio-visual screenwriters -- anyone who writes for commercials, documentaries, or corporate videos needs it! Three different script layouts to choose from -- they can be saved as Stationery templates for future reuse Custom headers & footers let users add names, addresses, page numbers, episode numbers & more Online Knowledge Base answers any questions you may have, day or night
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Final Draft AV 2.5 Win/Mac Reviews
In other words, for as long as this product has been around, Final Draft hasn't attended to some basic issues. So save.early and often. If you're doing AV scripting (TV, particularly), this is a must. But there are too many missing or problem features. Make it exportable to.doc format for Word, make it zoomable, and above all, figure out what the code issue is that's shutting it down and it will be a MUCH better program.
And when it comes to sharing.if the person receiving your script doesn't have Final Draft AV, you'll have to export as a.pdf or a rich text file. Then, there doesn't seem to be a zoom function for Windows (there is for Mac), so you're stuck with a full page at a time, which isn't great if your eyes aren't as strong as they used to be. It's MUCH easier than struggling with Word columns or templates, and it delivers a very professional looking product. First, it has an irritating tendency in Windows XP to shut down due to errors.
Really, it is a pain, with everything out there to make a script that will only be a few minutes - it takes over 3 hours of sweat to get it right. The program doesn't do a lot, but what it does do it does with precision and ease. It is worth it. If you write AV two column scripts, GET THIS PROGRAM. Thank heaven that the guys at Final Draft have made a program that keeps the columns lined up. I have been struggling with Word with Tables to create two column scripts for over 10 years.
Don't know cause I haven't tried. It is extremeley slow to use. Very frustrating. This is true when I use it with my IBook 600 mz or with my dual core 2g. This program is worth nothing unless you only use if for one or two pages, which I guess would not take up too much memory. I bought this to work on a long form documentary. Good Luck I have about 70 pages and it takes 5 minutes to just open up.
I need to be able to create scripts for my clients, so I don't know what I'm going to do. But I may have no choice at some point to buy something else. I am so disappointed with this software. It crashes and seems to be extremely sluggish. I expected much better from a product that costs so much. I've got to get my work done and not have to constantly be frustrated with the way the software stumbles along.
It actually does what it promises to do. The manual is very well written, which should be no surprise. Because many operations can be completed with a single keystroke, and because it is flexible, it cuts the time of writing a script in half (compared to Microsoft Word). I recommend modifying the keyboard shortcuts by moving them to function keys. Much easier than 2-key commands. However, it is a good value, and it has no competition. In more than a month of use, it crashed on me once, but I have not lost any data.
I am using F1, F2, F3 and F4. In particular, it locks the user into only 4 structures: character, dialog, video, and parenthetical. It still needs a little polishing. This needs to be modified to conscribe to news reporting and reality television norms such as Voice Over, On Camera, and other common elements of modern scripts.
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