Professional Multi-Column Scriptwriting Software

For years, the creative minds of advertising, documentary and industrial filmmakers, news and speechwriters have had to suffer through the rigors of standard word processors and graphics programs to generate a single professional-looking audio/video script... until now.

From the publishers of the premiere screenwriting software, Final Draft, comes Final Draft AV, a full-featured word processor specifically designed for multi-column, audio/video scriptwriting.

It combines powerful word processing with a variety of industry-standard formats, all in one self-contained, easy-to-use system.

Final Draft AV lines up multiple audio/video columns automatically and keeps them aligned when text is added, edited or deleted. There are no complicated commands to learn, no frustrating text boxes to deal with.

Whether you are creating a 60-second commercial, a 15-second radio spot, a half-hour speech or a four-hour training film, Final Draft AV's ease of use allows you to focus on writing, so you don't have to worry about style or placement of text. Packed with all the features you demand, Final Draft AV will have you writing in no time.

FEATURES

Automatic Formatting - The biggest problem in writing audio-visual scripts is keeping the columns and scenes aligned. With Final Draft AV, paragraphs stay aligned as you type. When you add text to a VIDEO paragraph the matching paragraph in the AUDIO column automatically stays with it. You never have to retype, rearrange or repaginate manually.

Ease of Use - To make entering your text as easy as possible, the Tab and Enter keys (Windows), or Tab and Return keys (Mac OS), are used to perform most of the formatting functions specific to writing scripts. These two keys provide all you need to quickly and easily write a script in the correct format.

100% Cross-Platform Compatibility - Scripts appear identical on Windows and Macintosh. Formatting and commands match completely. Writers will have no trouble moving one platform to another. Beneath the surface of Final Draft is a powerful word processor with all the Font, Style, Size, Justification and Alignment control you have come to expect from any generic word processor.

Importing and Exporting - Turn scripts you've previously created in any word-processing program into professionally-formatted, dual column scripts with ease. Scripts created in Final Draft AV may be saved in a format that most word-processing programs can read.

Multiple Layouts - All scripts can be viewed in 3 different layouts - AV, Radio and Linear. All three may be customized. If you change a script's layout, any text will be repositioned appropriately. The content of the text remains the same even though the layout has changed.

Customizable Elements - Control how each element appears for each Layout.

AV Layout Variations - The AV Layout may be modified.

Customizable Header and Footer - Add, rename or delete the fields in the customizable Header. Label the top or bottom of each page with the page number, revision, date, title, episode--any information you need.

NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 2.5

Rearrange Guide Line - The new Rearrange Guide Line provides the ability to drag-and-drop any video text and have it line up with any audio text - or vice versa. This enables scenes and shots to be easily reordered after they are written. This function is unique to Final Draft AV.

Improved Importing and Exporting Capabilities - Importing of RTF files with and without tables has been enhanced significantly. Both plain text files and Rich Text Files (RTF) can be imported. In addition, when there are 3 or more columns in a Microsoft Word™ table, a special import dialog appears to determine how the text will be formatted in Final Draft AV.

Teleprompter Export - Dialogues may now be separated by carriage returns.

Instant Elements - You can create a new Video Description or Dialogue element with a simple mouse click.

Spotlight - (Mac OS Tiger Only) Search through text within your Final Draft AV documents quickly and easily.

Script Registry - Final Draft AV is a preferred file format of the WGAw online registry service. Final Draft has an authorized agreement with the WGAw online registry service. (Note: You do not need to be a member of the WGAw to use this service.)

Foreign Language Spell-Checker & Thesaurus - Add-on British English, French, Spanish and German spell-checkers and thesauri are now available.

REQUIRES

Windows

35MB of available hard drive space

More Info

Click here for a step-by-step walkthrough of all the main features.

"Getting video and audio columns aligned is tedious work. Final Draft AV eliminates that ordeal and lets me focus on simply writing the script."

Any Field, Writer/Producer/Correspondent ABC News, PBS, etc...