I miss the two-column documentary template. I always have to go back to Word for every documentary film project. It's so back to the 90's. Just tell me they added it and I'll update FD immediately.
I hate to tell you but nope, FD 13 doesn't have what you would like. There is Final Draft AV 2.5 that is floating around but that is a different program, but it would do exactly what you are looking for. I hope that helps.
Dude! No one has a gun to their head to upgrade. All THREE of those features have value to some writers - hence them pestering FD to integrate them. Not everyone writes the same way, but losing one's focus is likely common to all of us. The FIRST time I didn't have to break my concentration in order to place an emoji (MUCH more relevant in today's world) would mean the upgrade paid for itself. Regardless, these are all icing, not cake. I would vouchsafe that the Navigator 2.0 and Beat Board improvements are the most valid reasons to fork over cash. I was tired of having to do all that in Scrivener.
I get that with Scrivener. I would be fine paying something for the upgrade not the price point they had though. If it was a 30 dollar upgrade fee, no problem but charging me 100 bucks for those upgrades I think is gouging. Do they have a gun to your head no...however, they also made it that you are no longer to open old screenplays (version FD12 and lower) in FD 13. I think that is a little shady. Now you sort of have to upgrade, possibly for your job depending on what you use FD for. Thank you for your comment! I agree that people find different value in tools, I just wish they would have made the pricing a little more in line with what you are actually getting compared to what they have done in the past.
@@ScreenwritingScribe I JUST upgraded (25% promotion) and JUST opened a FD12 and a FD11 script, both without a single issue. Not sure what restriction you are talking about. $30 upgrade fee??? You DO realise they have to pay programmers and run a company, yes? The last upgrade was a good two years ago so I would argue that you're really only paying $49/year for upgrades (or less if you grab it during one of the promotions). That's nothing!
@@alexiskobalt7450 Thank you for letting me know they did resolve the FD 12 and FD 11 issue. When I bought it several months ago, we were not able to look at our previous scripts from older versions of FD. So that must have been in the last update, which I uploaded. That is good. We can agree to disagree on how much the upgrade should cost. I believe programmers should be compensated for their work. I just don't believe this was really an upgrade more like an update. there are so many more cool things they could have done or at the very least they could have fixed some of the UI stuff for the PC version. Either way, I wish you well on your writing and for expressing your opinion!
@@ScreenwritingScribe Oh! Yeah, I would have joined in your anger if I had paid the full upgrade price 90 days ago and not been able to open older scripts. A bug like that on Release Date is inexcusable. I think the BIG upgrade will be FD14 which will include AI - for better or worse.
You go the on this one as well. Maybe they had somebody on the production team who was writing a screenplay and needed it? It seems like it would be a feature that would be like number 15 out of twenty features, and not the main selling point.
Agree. They have a lot to fix in the PC version they could have concentrated on that at least. Instead we get something that should been a free update instead of a paid upgrade
I miss the two-column documentary template. I always have to go back to Word for every documentary film project. It's so back to the 90's. Just tell me they added it and I'll update FD immediately.
I hate to tell you but nope, FD 13 doesn't have what you would like. There is Final Draft AV 2.5 that is floating around but that is a different program, but it would do exactly what you are looking for. I hope that helps.
Dude! No one has a gun to their head to upgrade. All THREE of those features have value to some writers - hence them pestering FD to integrate them. Not everyone writes the same way, but losing one's focus is likely common to all of us. The FIRST time I didn't have to break my concentration in order to place an emoji (MUCH more relevant in today's world) would mean the upgrade paid for itself. Regardless, these are all icing, not cake. I would vouchsafe that the Navigator 2.0 and Beat Board improvements are the most valid reasons to fork over cash. I was tired of having to do all that in Scrivener.
I get that with Scrivener. I would be fine paying something for the upgrade not the price point they had though. If it was a 30 dollar upgrade fee, no problem but charging me 100 bucks for those upgrades I think is gouging. Do they have a gun to your head no...however, they also made it that you are no longer to open old screenplays (version FD12 and lower) in FD 13. I think that is a little shady. Now you sort of have to upgrade, possibly for your job depending on what you use FD for. Thank you for your comment! I agree that people find different value in tools, I just wish they would have made the pricing a little more in line with what you are actually getting compared to what they have done in the past.
@@ScreenwritingScribe I JUST upgraded (25% promotion) and JUST opened a FD12 and a FD11 script, both without a single issue. Not sure what restriction you are talking about. $30 upgrade fee??? You DO realise they have to pay programmers and run a company, yes? The last upgrade was a good two years ago so I would argue that you're really only paying $49/year for upgrades (or less if you grab it during one of the promotions). That's nothing!
@@alexiskobalt7450 Thank you for letting me know they did resolve the FD 12 and FD 11 issue. When I bought it several months ago, we were not able to look at our previous scripts from older versions of FD. So that must have been in the last update, which I uploaded. That is good. We can agree to disagree on how much the upgrade should cost. I believe programmers should be compensated for their work. I just don't believe this was really an upgrade more like an update. there are so many more cool things they could have done or at the very least they could have fixed some of the UI stuff for the PC version. Either way, I wish you well on your writing and for expressing your opinion!
@@ScreenwritingScribe Oh! Yeah, I would have joined in your anger if I had paid the full upgrade price 90 days ago and not been able to open older scripts. A bug like that on Release Date is inexcusable. I think the BIG upgrade will be FD14 which will include AI - for better or worse.
@@alexiskobalt7450 I agree I think FD 14 will be the big update with A.I.
Not sure what you need emojis for in a screenplay.
You go the on this one as well. Maybe they had somebody on the production team who was writing a screenplay and needed it? It seems like it would be a feature that would be like number 15 out of twenty features, and not the main selling point.
Outright money grab. Disgusting company.
Agree. They have a lot to fix in the PC version they could have concentrated on that at least. Instead we get something that should been a free update instead of a paid upgrade