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MarkRenshaw
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 10:21am Report to Moderator
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So Final Draft 10 is here in all it's glory. I have version 9, do you think it's worth upgrading or will I somehow manage to survive without it?

http://store.finaldraft.com/final-draft-10-upgrade.html


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I'm not upgrading - the current version has all I can use or need


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AnthonyCawood
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I'm not upgrading I use FadeIn now


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
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DustinBowcot
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The fact that there are 10 of them should answer the question for you. You shouldn't have to pay for screenwriting software... especially when it's free or easily template-d in office.
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Warren
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I use 9. I love my Final Draft. Will update just because I want to.


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Jeremiah Johnson
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I just bought 9 and it gave me a free upgrade to 10.  I just didn't realize it was going to be upgraded this soon!  I was using Trelby and it saves as a FDX file, but Final Draft won't make a PDF of the script after I import it from Trelby.  The file looks ok, but something is wrong with it and I have to rewrite if I'm going to make any changes on existing ones.

I will upgrade just because I'm just now using Final Draft and might as well go all in.


My Scripts:
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Bed Bugs
I Got The Shaft
No Clowning Around
Fool's Gold
Five Days for Redemption

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Father, Forgive Me
Sheriff of Nowhere
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Quoted from Jeremiah Johnson
I just bought 9 and it gave me a free upgrade to 10.  I just didn't realize it was going to be upgraded this soon!  I was using Trelby and it saves as a FDX file, but Final Draft won't make a PDF of the script after I import it from Trelby.  The file looks ok, but something is wrong with it and I have to rewrite if I'm going to make any changes on existing ones.

I will upgrade just because I'm just now using Final Draft and might as well go all in.


That's surprising: Have you tried "Print to PDF" rather than "Save as PDF.? To do the former, hit print and then select the "Print to PDF" at the bottom of the dialogue box.



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Jeremiah Johnson
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Yeah.  It still makes a 0 byte file.  I sent it to Final Draft along with a copy of my script.  They haven't got back to me yet and it's been over a week.


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Bed Bugs
I Got The Shaft
No Clowning Around
Fool's Gold
Five Days for Redemption

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Father, Forgive Me
Sheriff of Nowhere
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MarkRenshaw
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I think I'll stay with 9 for now. I think it's cheeky to offer it free to new customers but want me to fork out $80 just to get some new features I may never use!


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Jeremiah Johnson
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Quoted from MarkRenshaw
I think I'll stay with 9 for now. I think it's cheeky to offer it free to new customers but want me to fork out $80 just to get some new features I may never use!


I don't blame you.  I did pay 169 for version 9 with the free upgrade to 10.


My Scripts:
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Bed Bugs
I Got The Shaft
No Clowning Around
Fool's Gold
Five Days for Redemption

TELEVISION
Father, Forgive Me
Sheriff of Nowhere
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eldave1
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Quoted from Jeremiah Johnson
Yeah.  It still makes a 0 byte file.  I sent it to Final Draft along with a copy of my script.  They haven't got back to me yet and it's been over a week.


That sucks.

Last option - and not an ideal one. Try pasting and copying your Trelby file to WORD and use the copy as Plain Text option. Then copy that to a FD. At least that way you'll have all of the words you typed and will only have to do the formatting on FD


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Jeremiah Johnson
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Dave,
Thanks.  I'll try that and let you know.  I'm still glad I bought FD.  Trelby got me through the initial stages of "Am I a writer, or not?"  I guess this means I'm serious enough about it.


My Scripts:
SHORTS
Bed Bugs
I Got The Shaft
No Clowning Around
Fool's Gold
Five Days for Redemption

TELEVISION
Father, Forgive Me
Sheriff of Nowhere
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Quoted from Jeremiah Johnson
Dave,
Thanks.  I'll try that and let you know.  I'm still glad I bought FD.  Trelby got me through the initial stages of "Am I a writer, or not?"  I guess this means I'm serious enough about it.


I do like the software - never regretted purchasing it.


My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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wonkavite
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Hey, I've got 8.... and haven't yet felt any need to upgrade....
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Quoted from wonkavite
Hey, I've got 8.... and haven't yet felt any need to upgrade....



You are so retro!


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