Final Draft Final Draft AV 2.5 Screenwriting Software for Mac and Windows
The Final Draft AV 2.5 Screenwriting Software from Final Draft is a screenwriting suite designed specifically for screenwriters who work on commercials and corporate training videos. The software allows you to work in a two-column workflow, featuring a dedicated channel for video and another for audio. Since it is designed for screenwriters, Final Draft AV will automatically keep these columns aligned correctly when text is added or deleted from either one. This is an excellent tool for anyone writing scripts that require separate audio and video columns.
- Cross Platform Compatibility
- Final Draft AV is fully compatible with both Macintosh and Windows computers. This lets you easily collaborate with colleagues, even if they use a different type of computer than you do.
- File Import and Export
- Final Draft AV lets you import files from any word processor. It also features a variety of file export options, including output to Adobe PDF and direct teleprompter output. Final Draft AV files can also be freely exchanged with Final Draft files and vice versa.
- Formatting Tools
- Final Draft AV provides a number of formatting tools to help improve your workflow. These include automatic formatting options, customizable layout templates and a guideline to help you move text.
- Spotlight Support
- Users who run Final Draft AV on the Mac OS X Tiger platform will be happy to now that the Spotlight search fully supports the Final Draft AV file format. This lets you quickly and easily search your entire system for a specific word of phrase.
- Integrated Spell Checker and Thesaurus
- Final Draft AV features an integrated 120,000 word spell checker as well as a thesaurus. This helps you to eliminated misspellings from your scripts and to also find the correct word for a given situation.
| Application | Commercial Video Screenwriting |
| Compatibility | Windows and Macintosh |
| System Requirements |
Windows Computer: Pentium class or better processor Operating System: Windows ME, 2000 or XP Memory: 64 MB of RAM Hard Drive: 35 MB of available hard drive space Hardware: CD-ROM drive or an internet connection Mac Computer: G3 or better processor Operating System: Mac OS 10.2.8 and above Memory: 128 MB of RAM Hard Drive: 35 MB of available hard drive space, HFS+ hard drive format Hardware: CD-ROM drive or an internet connection |
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- Lacks Functionality
- Limited Compatibility
- Poor Design
- Poor Performance
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Comments about Final Draft AV 2.5 Screenwriting Software - Mac/Win:
This program has some appealing capabilities, but its imperfections drag it down.
A few examples:
As many have noted, its performance is very sluggish, even on a high-end workstation. Sometimes, you find yourself waiting for the cursor to come back when you click on a point in the text.
The save button is erratic, greyed out when it should be active and vice-versa. Occasionally, one resorts to the file menu for saving, since the button is inactive. This is not nice.
It apparently has no facility for dealing with scene length, as though one needn't worry about how long individual scenes and the whole work will take. That won't make any friends in the television business. Equally, it cannot count words, from which one could estimate time required, at least for the dialogue.
Double-clicking an existing project file will start the program...but it will NOT load that project. Instead, it begins a blank project, and the user must close that and then select and open the existing one. Is this considered acceptable? Not in our shop, it isn't.
There is no facility for exporting the audio/dialogue script text, making it awkward to generate the file needed for closed captioning. On some networks, that is mandatory, not optional.
Save your money. CELTX or Office Word 2007 will probably do just as well.
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- Price: $749.95
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