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Final Draft 10 - To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade (currently 4812 views) |
MarkRenshaw |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 10:21am |
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eldave1 |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 10:42am |
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January Project Group
LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
I'm not upgrading - the current version has all I can use or need |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 11:16am |
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January Project Group
LocationUK Posts4323 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
I'm not upgrading I use FadeIn now |
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DustinBowcot |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 11:31am |
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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 |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 6:03pm |
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Of The Ancients A man who has taught his mind to misbehave
LocationSydney, Australia Posts3897 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
I use 9. I love my Final Draft. Will update just because I want to. |
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Jeremiah Johnson |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 8:08pm |
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Posts317 Posts Per Day 0.07 |
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. |
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eldave1 |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 8:17pm |
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January Project Group
LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
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 |
Posted: September 13th, 2016, 8:38pm |
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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. |
| 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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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 5:18am |
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January Project Group
LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
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 |
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 8:23am |
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Posts317 Posts Per Day 0.07 |
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: 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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eldave1 |
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 10:02am |
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January Project Group
LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
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 |
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 2:28pm |
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Posts317 Posts Per Day 0.07 |
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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eldave1 |
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 8:11pm |
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January Project Group
LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
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. |
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wonkavite |
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 8:14pm |
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Hey, I've got 8.... and haven't yet felt any need to upgrade.... |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: September 15th, 2016, 3:55am |
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January Project Group
LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
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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