This afternoon, I opened up a recently-created Final Draft script in TextMate, to see how easily I could pull out the text. As one would expect, there was a lot of incomprehensible goobledygook. But there was also a surprising amount of detritus left over from previous projects — notably Big Fish. It’s a little troubling […]
Software
Final Draft buys Script magazine
Today’s Variety reports that the makers of Final Draft have bought Script magazine and some related assets from Forum Publishing. The deal probably makes sense for Final Draft. Rather than buy a big ad every month, why not just buy the whole magazine? Plus, Final Draft probably has a huge mailing list from its software […]
Macworld review of Montage
Macworld has a review of Mariner Software’s Montage, which is pretty much right on the money. They give it two out of five mice, admiring its interface while pointing out that it doesn’t do nearly as much as it should: page locking, scene numbering and many other standard features are still on the drawing board. […]
From FD to MMS
Some thoughts on the two major screenwriting platforms.