FadeIn Pro screenwriting software

Randall_Oelerich

Randall_Oelerich

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Really liking it, has become my software of choice for scripts.
http://www.fadeinpro.com/
Liberal license-- all your devices, easy registration/activation, Windows/Linux/Mac/Andoid. Cheap price. I would like to see more writers support ($) Fade In as it is not so corporate and expensive as other commercial sw software and the developer supports it on multiple operating systems. I was disillusioned with the recent Final Draft 8 to Final Draft 9, really not much of a change for spec screenwriters and it is so expensive compared to FadeIn Pro or Trelby (free).
 
I haven't heard of this. I'm not crazy about Celtx and FD is waaaay to pricey for a hobbyist, so I'll give the trial a whirl.
 
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I haven't heard of this. I'm not crazy about Celtx and FD is waaaay to pricey for a hobbyist, so I'll give the trial a whirl.
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When FadeIn first came out I did not like the dark interface so I asked the developer to make it also as a lighter interface and now you can go into the settings and choose a light or dark GUI interface, and even then use a slider to choose how dark or how light. Plus you can customize the 'paper' (on screen) background and lots more, really is nice. Seamlessly imports and exports Final Draft (.xml) screenplay files as well as text, rich text, etc. Does not import/export Movie Magic Screenwriter files but I do not know of any program that does except for MMS itself, because MMS uses such a cryptic file format, which is why I stay clear of MMS (and I own a paid version of MMS, as well as a paid version of FD8). I am not happy that FD limits you to 2 devices and does not support Linux but such is the nature of software that spends so much time on anti-piracy concerns. You will have to edit the format settings of FadeIn to loose, etc. if you want a similar page count as in FD, and all elements can be edited for spacing, etc. I use the Movie Magic Screenwriter courier font for whatever sw software I use, really beautiful font. Give FadeIn a try, I think you might like it.
 
Randall_Oelerich said:
When FadeIn first came out I did not like the dark interface so I asked the developer to make it also as a lighter interface and now you can go into the settings and choose a light or dark GUI interface, and even then use a slider to choose how dark or how light. Plus you can customize the 'paper' (on screen) background and lots more, really is nice. Seamlessly imports and exports Final Draft (.xml) screenplay files as well as text, rich text, etc. Does not import/export Movie Magic Screenwriter files but I do not know of any program that does except for MMS itself, because MMS uses such a cryptic file format, which is why I stay clear of MMS (and I own a paid version of MMS, as well as a paid version of FD8). I am not happy that FD limits you to 2 devices and does not support Linux but such is the nature of software that spends so much time on anti-piracy concerns. You will have to edit the format settings of FadeIn to loose, etc. if you want a similar page count as in FD, and all elements can be edited for spacing, etc. I use the Movie Magic Screenwriter courier font for whatever sw software I use, really beautiful font. Give FadeIn a try, I think you might like it.
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I've been beating the Fade-In drum at various meetings and venues for filmmaking. For 'free' I still recommend Celtx. But for $50 for Fade-In, unless one is really strapped, Fade-In is for me the 'go to' solution.

The fact that one can import/export various FD file types (Ok, there's some strange formatting I got on one FDR file... but I think FDX files are ok...), and import/export to a number of formats... just pretty much sells the product by that fact alone.

And it does ok in terms of output for PDFs and has a few features for generating production documents.
 
SarahMilro said:
If you want something free and always accessible online, try adobe story.
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I know nothing about Adobe Story (AS). Does it let you import/open and export/save screenplays in final draft .xml format? rich text format? save to PDF? Does AS let you apply normal, tight, and loose spacing? Does AS let you adjust the formatting of each element? Does AS sync the screenplays to one's local computer in addition to having it on Adobe's cloud storage? I would want all of the aforementioned features in whatever sw software I use.

I do routinely use Dropbox for screenplays in progress, so easy to work on them with FadeIn or other software, whatever device I am on, whether online of offline, and have the screenplays always synced.

On Adobe Story's terms of use policy it reads: "When you upload content to the Services, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable, and transferrable license to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify (so as to better showcase your content, for example), publicly perform, and translate the content as needed in response to user driven actions (such as when you choose to store privately or share your content with others). This license is only for the purpose of operating and improving the Services." That could be totally harmless, but it does cause me a little concern given the nature of screenplays.

I might try out Adobe Story just to see what it is about. I would definitely want my content synced to my PC though, or I would pass on it personally. I once quit google gmail because of google's lack of privacy policy, and forgot to change my email address on a few online services-- and when that happens you are really screwed when those services will not do the change without sending you and email to your old email address (in this case my now non-functional gmail account) to security purposes; so I was screwed, had no way of getting my email changed. That could potentially lock someone out of accessing one's million dollar spec screenplay. :)
 
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Adobe Story does what I need it to do until I'm ready to put it into Final Draft.

You can also try writerduet.com
 
what I did like about Fade in Pro was the dual page view, that no other software producer seems to have embedded, not even final draft.

for mac users, if I am not wrong, a new application came out some two years ago. I am not sure about the name, but I remember it was based on a "fountain" code, if I am correct.

I can recall it had some major fail in its conception (like you needed to constantly "preview" your work to get rid of all that snippets if I am not wrong) but it was based upon a healthy concept, which is never get your hands off the keyboard..

and they had a nice promo .. :)
 
I've extensivly used all the main players, minus Movie Magic. Final Draft, Celtx, Trelby, Story. I just switched to Fade In. The cross platform support is really nice. I have an Adobe CC subscription and have been using Story for the past year - Love it's project management features, but screenwriting wasn't the best. I'm also bouncing back and forth between Windows and Linux daily, and I use a Mac at work. I was using Trelby for Linux, but development seems to of stopped. For now, it's Fade In for me. I love that it imported my Story scripts flawlessly and it handles a 97 page script like nobody's business. And being truly cross platform, I can open my Fade In file on any OS now. Really like that part.
 
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