Final Draft

Final Draft

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RoughDraft

RoughDraft

Richard Salsbury
Final Draft RoughDraft

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Final Draft:

About

Used by 95% of film and television productions. Final Draft is the choice of professional screenwriters and filmmakers around the world. Final Draft® 11 automatically paginates and formats your script to industry standards allowing writers to focus on what they do best: writing. Collaborate simultaneously with your writing partners IN REAL TIME - around the corner - or around the world. Speech to Script customizes Mac’s Dictation feature so you can write your screenplay without ever touching a keyboard. Use SmartType to cut down on keystrokes by auto-filling commonly used names, locations and more. Insert images on title pages, in the script or even in the Beat Board to help visualize your story. Use Alternate Dialogue to store as many different versions of lines as you can imagine. Eliminate distractions and get down to business with night mode.
RoughDraft:

About

RoughDraft is a freeware word processor for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. Although suitable for general use, it has features specifically designed for creative writing, novels, short stories, articles, plays, and screenplays. It's designed to be as practical as possible, offering all the features you need, but without being complicated or awkward to use. Special modes for plays and screenplays make formatting easy. A side panel that makes common operations quicker and more convenient. Instant backup of all open files to the device of your choice, a very convenient way to make sure you don't lose your work. Automatic creation of cover pages for manuscript submissions with word and page counts. Automatic insertion of user-defined words, for character names or commonly used words. Four extra clipboards for inserting longer phrases or paragraphs. A comprehensive but simple printing system, including a print preview.
Final Draft:

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported
RoughDraft:

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported
Final Draft:

Audience

Screenwriters and film makers
RoughDraft:

Audience

Anyone interested in a freeware word processing solution designed for creative writing
Final Draft:

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported
RoughDraft:

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported
Final Draft:

API

Offers API Not Supported
RoughDraft:

API

Offers API Not Supported
Final Draft:

Screenshots and Videos

RoughDraft:

Screenshots and Videos

Final Draft:

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported
RoughDraft:

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported
Final Draft:

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 2.0 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 2.0 / 5
support 2.0 / 5
RoughDraft:

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Final Draft:

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Formats just like standard Hollywood script and has a few nice reformatting features and scene/character reports.

Cons

  • You can't hot key element type but have to mouse navigate; any imported scripts (even if output by final draft) have to have each element hand adjusted among other manual changes. There is zero support for languages with 'orbital' vowels and consonants - Particularly Thai and Khmer. I have opened numerous support requests and am always told it will be supported in a future version but has not been considered as of interest by their development team for over 5 years now. Both languages support unicode - word and open office and celtx all support but not final draft - and you can't paste in either - you just get non printing characters even if the system supports this languages for every other app (Windows 10 latest updates). So every script I work on in SE Asia has to be translated into english to format in final draft exported and translated back and then manually formatted to match the Hollywood 'paramount' format final draft provides. The developers are paid to work, right? All real software supports internationalization right? 😡😡
Final Draft:

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported
RoughDraft:

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported
Final Draft:

Company Information

Final Draft
United States
finaldraft.com
RoughDraft:

Company Information

Richard Salsbury
Founded: 2005
www.salsbury.f2s.com/rd_overview.htm
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Final Draft:

Categories

Screenwriting Supported
RoughDraft:

Categories

Word Processors Supported
Final Draft:

Integrations

Cinergy Supported
Clapperbie Supported
HTML Not Supported
Microsoft 365 Not Supported
Microsoft Word Not Supported
Previs Pro Supported
ProWritingAid Supported
Slugline Supported
Studiovity Screenwriting Supported
Tabularia Supported
Trelby Supported
RoughDraft:

Integrations

Cinergy Not Supported
Clapperbie Not Supported
HTML Supported
Microsoft 365 Supported
Microsoft Word Supported
Previs Pro Not Supported
ProWritingAid Not Supported
Slugline Not Supported
Studiovity Screenwriting Not Supported
Tabularia Not Supported
Trelby Not Supported
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