Something tells me that we have some budding screenwriters amongst our members who have never "put pen to paper", using the high price of high-end tools like Final Draft as the reason why they are still "working for the man". Well, that excuse no longer holds water as Trelby is a free screenwriting tool that will allowing characters and plots to be born! Trelby helps with correct formatting, remembering character names and details, and importing and exporting in formats used in Hollywood.
Features
Features
- Screenplay editor: Enforces correct script format and pagination, auto-completion, and spell checking.
- Multi-platform: Behaves identically on Windows and Linux, generating the exact same output.
- Choice of view: Multiple views, including draft view, WYSIWYG mode, and full screen to suit your writing style.
- Name database: Character name database containing over 200,000 names from various countries.
- Reporting: Scene/location/character/dialogue reports.
- Compare: Ability to compare scripts, so you know what changed between versions.
- Import: Screenplay formatted text, Final Draft XML (.fdx), Celtx (.celtx), Fountain (.fountain), Adobe Story (.astx) and Fade In Pro (.fadein).
- Export: PDF, formatted text, HTML, RTF, Final Draft XML (.fdx) and Fountain (.fountain).
- PDF: Built-in, highly configurable PDF generator. Supports embedding your chosen font. Also supports generating PDFs with custom watermarks, to help track shared files.
- Free software: Licensed under the GPL.
Code:
https://www.trelby.org/