Final Draft 11.0.1 Build 40 (macOS)

Final Draft 11

THE CHOICE OF STUDIOS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES WORLDWIDE

Advanced Brainstorming

With Final Draft 11, you can brainstorm, visualize, report, tag, collaborate and customize your writing environment like never before.
Advanced brainstorming for your script using Final Draft 11

REFINED 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, location ideas
Beats can contain both stylized text and images
Drag content to and from your script and Beat Board, preserving formatting
Color code for easy reference with a vibrant color palette
Organize your script using Final Draft 11's refined Beat Board
Use the new Story Map in Final Draft 11 to connect your Beat Board to your script

NEW STORY MAP
Connect your Beat Board ideas to your script. Keep on track with visual guideposts to your story.

Organize Beats and Structure Points from the Beat Board
View Beat content easily while writing
Visually plan milestones and plot points
Easily navigate your script and Beat Board

Streamlined Writing and Editing

Final Draft 11 automatically paginates and formats your script to industry standards allowing writers to focus on what they do best: writing.

Collaboration
Speech to Script
SmartType
Insert Images
Alternate Dialogue
Night Mode

REAL-TIME COLLABORATION
Collaborate simultaneously with your writing partners IN REAL TIME - around the corner - or around the world.

SPEECH TO SCRIPT
Speech to Script uses Mac’s Dictation feature so you can write your screenplay without ever touching a keyboard.

SMART TYPE
Use SmartType to cut down on keystrokes by auto-filling commonly used names, locations, and more.

INSERT IMAGES
Insert images on title pages, in the script or even in the Beat Board to help visualize your story.

ALTERNATE DIALOGUE
Use Alternate Dialogue to store as many different versions of lines as you can imagine.

NIGHT MODE
Eliminate distractions and get down to business with night mode.

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.

Automatically Backup your script in Final Draft 11
Protect your work with automatic file backups.

Unicode Support
Final Draft 11 ships with fonts which support over 97 different languages. Users can also add their own fonts to type in additional languages.

Pagination & Page Management
Automatically format and paginate to industry standards. Meet page count requirements by using any of the Final Draft 11 custom formatting tools.

Keyboard Shortcuts
Customize your workflow and save time.

Agile Production

Final Draft is trusted by 95% of film, television and multimedia professionals to get them from page to screen.

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