The #1 Selling Screenwriting Program in the World.With Final Draft 12, you can brainstorm, visualize, outline, report, tag, collaborate and customize your writing environment like never before.
Why is Final Draft 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
Features include:
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 and 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
- Night & Focus Mode: Night Mode inverts your screen to cut down on eye strain, while Focus Mode eliminates unwanted distractions.
- Track Changes: Keep a record of edits to your script, then choose whether to accept or reject them.
- Import PDF: Import a PDF and convert it into a fully editable Final Draft file.
- Real-Time Collaboration: Collaborate simultaneously with your writing partners IN REAL TIME on both the script and the Beat Board.
- Speech to Script: Speech to Script customizes Mac’s Dictation feature so you can write your screenplay without ever touching a keyboard.
- Insert Images: Insert images on title pages, in the script or even in the Beat Board to help visualize your story.
- SmartType: Use SmartType to cut down on keystrokes by auto-filling commonly used names, locations, and more.
- Alternate Dialogue: Use Alternate Dialogue to store as many different versions of lines as you can imagine.
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 and 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.
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
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