#FINAL DRAFT PRO PRO#
I started out a Final Cut Pro man, while my editor was firmly Avid. When we were cutting The Nines, I realized that editing software has benefitted tremendously from the battle between Avid and Apple, with new features, better interfaces, and dramatically lower prices. I’m hoping the upcoming Screenwriter 6 gives Final Draft some real competition, because that’s what’s lacking. The shipping versions of Screenwriter, Montage and Celtx aren’t better, particularly when it comes to revisions. There’s certainly some inertia on my part, but given a better alternative, I’d switch in a heartbeat. Despite its annoyances, I end up using Final Draft because what it gets right generally outweighs what it gets wrong. Whenever I complain about Final Draft, I get a nice note from the developers asking me to help out with the next version, and a few emails from companies working on competing applications. 2 Since it seems to be using the standard print architecture, you’d think that choosing the “Print Title Page” option in the Print dialog box would have some effect. What’s more, at least on the Mac, Final Draft is using the built-in. Does it really make sense to have this be an application-wide preference, housed in a panel that has nothing to do with printing, saving or the specific document you’re working on? It’s pretty much the last place I’d think to look for it. After all, sometimes you’ll want to include the title page, sometimes you won’t. But this is a pretty questionable place to put this checkbox.
#FINAL DRAFT PRO MANUAL#
Yes, I’ll admit that I didn’t read the manual with version 7 of Final Draft.
#FINAL DRAFT PRO PDF#
pdf will also include the title page even if that window is still open 1 - provided you have a certain checkbox checked in “Preferences.” The Title Page should be attached at the top of the screenplay where it should be 🙂 Save the new PDF file somewhere and open it up. With your screenplay still open, go to File > Save As - then select Adobe Acrobat Document (*pdf) – or whatever your computer says. It saves automatically to your screenplay.Ĥ. The Title page WON’T attach itself to the PDF if the Title Page is still open when you try to Save as. If you leave the title page open, then try to save as a PDF, it won’t work. This is the part that I got hung up on forever. Fill in the blanks, then just CLOSE THE TITLE PAGE. With your saved screenplay still open, go to Document > Title Page.
It turns out, the issue is whether the “Title Page…” window is open or closed. Josh was using Final Draft version 6.0.6.0. But then you end up emailing two documents, increasing the confusion on the other end. The obvious workaround is to save the title page as a separate file, which is what I’ve often done. pdf, Final Draft won’t always include the title page. Reader Josh C wrote in with one solution to a problem that’s been frustrating me for months.
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