Night & Focus Mode
Night Mode inverts your screen to cut down on eye strain, while Focus Mode eliminates unwanted distractions.
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The Industry Standard Screenwriting Software
The number-one selling screenwriting software in the world
Used by 95% of the entertainment industry
Best choice for screenwriting
Final Draft paginates your script to entertainment industry formats
Over 300 templates for screenplays, teleplays, comics, immersive storytelling, graphic novels, and stage plays
Write using Windows, Mac, or in Final Draft Go for iPhone & iPad (app sold separately)
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If one could marry a program - or even elope with one - I would choose Final Draft. After all it has been a wise, patient and loyal writing partner that has been by my side for almost fifteen years.
Final Draft makes it so much easier – and it’s motivating when what you’re working on looks like a script.
Final Draft is a program made to perform one task with excellence – the writing of a screenplay – by people who support Final Draft users with passion and understanding.
Final Draft actually makes getting to the final draft faster, easier and more fun than any other screenwriting program I’ve tried. I love it!
Powerful Story Planning
With Final Draft 12, you can brainstorm, visualize, outline, report, tag, collaborate and customize your writing environment like never before.
Enhanced Beat Board™
Limitless space to organize your ideas in a customizable, visual way. Plan set pieces, store character research, and much more.
- Beats can be anything – plot points, character arcs, research, or location ideas
- Beats can contain both stylized text and images
- Connect beats using Flow Lines
- Color code for easy reference with a vibrant color palette
- Send Beats directly to your script for easy access
New Outline Elements & Outline Editor™
Transfer your Beat Board to the Outline Editor for high-level outlining. Send your Outline to Script using Outline Elements.
- Use multiple lanes to organize your screenplay's structure
- Adjust the size of beats in the Outline Editor for a bird's eye view of your script
- Show the Outline in your script for easy access
- Unique indents allow for planning structure on multiple levels
ScriptNotes™
Add comments to your script as ideas come to you.
- Add ScriptNotes that appear as flags on the page for easy reference
- Click the flag to open and edit notes in a popover
- New flags show how many notes per paragraph
- Popovers sync to ScriptNotes in the Navigator
Streamlined Writing & Editing Tools
Easier Formatting
Use your creative energy to focus on your story and characters — let Final Draft take care of the rest.
Title Page
All Final Draft templates come with industry standard title pages that are easy to modify, save, and print or save to PDF
Tab & Enter
Use just the Tab and Enter keys to write your script quickly and easily.
Format Assistant
Be confident your script is professionaly formatted before you print or email it.
Reformat Tool
Speed through the reformatting process when importing different file types.
Automatic Backup Folder
Protect your work with automatic file backups.
Unicode Support
Final Draft 12 ships with fonts which support over 97 different languages. Users can also add their own fonts to type in additional languages.
Pagination & Page Management
Automatically format and paginate to industry standards. Meet page count requirements using Final Draft 12 custom formatting tools.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Customize your workflow and save time.
Agile Production
Final Draft is used by 95% of film, television and multimedia productions to get from page to screen.Revision Mode
Mark and review all changes to take a script through production. Set your revision colors, lock pages, omit scenes - Final Draft makes it easy.
- Add, edit or remove scene numbers throughout your script
- Lock Pages so your revisions don’t affect your page numbers
- Export to PDF in Revision Mode with industry standard colors
- Protect your script with customizable watermarks on PDFs and printed pages
- Omit a scene to make last minute changes without disrupting production
Tags Mode
Powerful reporting, your way - create custom reports on any element of your script.
- Dig into your script by tracking customizable story elements and character traits
- Get ready for production by Tagging costume, props, locations and more
- Break your script down for budgeting and scheduling
Pricing
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For iPhone and iPad
Creativity is now portable. Write your screenplay anywhere and seamlessly sync your updates.
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Screenwriting Contest
Final Draft's Big Break is an annual, international feature film and television screenwriting contest designed to help launch the careers of aspiring writers.
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