Final Draft 13 4+

It all starts with a script

Cast & Crew Production Software, LLC

    • 4.1 • 27 Ratings
    • $199.99

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Description

Write your screenplay with Final Draft 13, the best-selling screenwriting software in the world.

Final Draft 13 is used by production companies, studios, and filmmakers worldwide including James Cameron, JJ Abrams, Guillermo del Toro, Jon Favreau, Aaron Sorkin and Sophia Coppola. Final Draft automatically formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standards so you can focus on what you do best – writing. Final Draft 13 offers a fully customizable writing environment where you can plan, outline, collaborate and share your story, transforming your idea into a production-ready script.

Works seamlessly with the Final Draft Go app for iPhone and iPad (sold separately).

KEY WRITING FEATURES INCLUDE:

Automatic Formatting - Your story is automatically formatted into a script according to industry standards.

Advanced Editing - Insert ScriptNotes™, track changes, store multiple lines of dialogue plus more.

Powerful Story Planning - Brainstorm, visualize, outline and navigate through your draft with the Beat Board™ and Outline Editor™.

Real-time Collaboration – Collaborate simultaneously with your writing partners in real time on both the script and the Beat Board.

Write Wherever, Whenever - Write on multiple devices, including Windows or Mac.

Customize Your Workspace – Customize your toolbar for the way you work and use Midnight, Night, and Focus Mode to reduce distractions and eyestrain.

Autosave – Backup your script automatically as you write.

Watermarking in Printing and PDF Options - Print your watermarked script or save directly to PDF in script format.

Retina and Full Screen Support - Distraction-free writing in full screen mode and retina display compatibility.

Image Support - Insert images into your script to help visualize your story.

Multi-Language Support - Write in over 95 different languages.

NEW IN FINAL DRAFT 13:

Writing Stats – Set goals, get valuable insights into your writing habits and productivity, identify trends, and take your work to the next level.

Emoji – Sprinkle emoji across scripts, beats, title pages, and ScriptNotes. Craft more realistic onscreen text and social media exchanges.

Typewriter – New Typewriter view option automatically scrolls to keep the line you’re working on centered, improving focus and ergonomics.

Navigator 2.0 - Customize your Navigator for a full view and control of your script. Outline directly in the Navigator, edit scene headings, monitor inclusivity stats, and so much more.

Character Development Tools - Use the new Navigator 2.0 to explore your characters. Track how much screen time each character gets, see how often different characters interact, even assign characters voices to read your script back to you.

Midnight Mode - a sleek new alternative dark view theme.

Enhanced Outline Editor™ & Improved Beat Board™ - Add, label, and customize lanes in Outline Editor and customize the look of beats in Beat Board view.

Structure Lines - Assign colors to outlines, acts, sequences, and scenes to track them visually in your script.


PRODUCTION FEATURES INCLUDE:

Title Page - Create and easily include a professional Title Page with your script.

Revision Mode - Revise your script as often as you'd like and track changes. Save different revisions for production purposes.

Page Locking - Omit scenes, lock pages and A-pages, and apply revision set colors to A-pages and B-Pages.

Colored Production Pages for Revisions - Colored border allows for writing ease, with solid color production pages in PDF for distribution.

Character Highlighting – Easily see characters’ dialogue in color. Great for table reads or tracking a character’s dialogue throughout your script.

Customizable Reporting - Final Draft offers eight different reports for production including Scene, Character, and Location reports.

What’s New

Version 13.2.1

• Updated Easy-Write template
• Mac: Fix for sign-out issue caused by macOS Sequoia
• Minor bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

4.1 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

The_Big_Greek ,

This is fascinating . . .

Final Draft is the leading software for screen writing. It has been around forever - and it does not have a manual. This is not a typo- it does not have a manual.

Also - it has a number of useful tools, but the scene tool can't print in landscape.

Since it went this far, being this bad, there is no reason for it to improve I guess.

Will continue using it - but wish it was better.

ericfeigenbaum ,

Crashing!

Crashing too often. On two different systems, both running MacOS 14.4, updated to the latest version of FD, and still seeing crashes (no warning, no file backup, the app just quits suddenly). It seems to mostly happen when the navigator is open, so hopefully they will fix it soon, but seriously guys, there's just no excuse for this. Especially for a mission-critical piece of software that people rely so heavily upon. This is 100% unacceptable for a piece of professional software.

Developer Response ,

Hi, we're very sorry you're having these issues. Our support team will contact you for more troubleshooting and hopefully we can get to the bottom of this.

Movieman222 ,

CRASHING ALL THE TIME

I DON'T ANY APPLE SUPPORT, I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND I WANT IT BACK ASAP. FINAL DRAFT (THE COMPANY) PUTS THE BLAME ENTIRELY ON THE APP STORE. DO NOT PURCHASE IN THE APP STORE. I WRITE FOR FIVE MINUTES THEN LOSE ALL OF MY PROGRESS EVERY SINGLE TIME. I PAID 300$ FOR BROKEN SOFTWARE. WORST PURCHASE I HAVE EVER MADE.

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  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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