tkScenarist - screenwriting made simpler

# App by tabs

## 'Storyboard' tab

## Summary

- Screenshot
- Introduction
- Usage
  - Scene browser and preview
  - Shot list
    - Adding a shot
    - Deleting a shot
    - List purge
  - Shot editor
    - Shot number
    - Shot title
    - Shot text
  - Character history logs
- Finally
- Quick nav

## Screenshot

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## Introduction

This app tab is intended to help writing shot details of scenario (storyboard).

It is composed of:

1. a navigation pane, on left side;
2. a storyboard pane, at center;
3. a character history log pane, on right side.

All section panes are resizable: put mouse pointer between each pane, then click and drag sash to get desired size.

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## Usage

### Scene browser and preview

Scene browser fills out automatically while scripting new scenes into scenario's text editor.

Click on a list item to get its scene preview.

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### Shot list

Shot list content depends on scene browser's current selected item.

#### Adding a shot

Select first the desired scene into the scene browser, then click on `+` button to add a new shot item for this scene.

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#### Deleting a shot

Select first the desired scene into the scene browser, select the concerned shot item in its shot list and then click on `-` button to delete this shot item for this scene.

A confirmation dialog will popup before deleting definitely.

Please, note empty shot items will delete without confirmation dialog.

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#### List purge

To purge shot list from empty shot items, select first the desired scene into the scene browser, then click on `Purge` button.

A confirmation dialog will popup before deleting definitely.

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### Shot editor

The shot editing form is composed of a shot number label, a shot title entry and a text editor.

#### Shot number

Shot number is formatted along `#{scene_index}.{shot_index}` template string.

Numbering is automatic and may sometimes be subject to discontinuity, but exporting storyboard to PDF® will renumber shots correctly in output document.

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#### Shot title

Click into the white text entry to fill out shot's title.

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#### Shot text

Click onto the white text zone to fill out shot text contents.

The big white zone is called a plain text editor.

This text editor especially supports character names detection.

This object allows multiple line editing with carriage return, undo/redo stack and many other features.

Pressing on the carriage return key will insert a new paragraph.

Double-clicking on a word will select this word only.

Triple-clicking on a word will select the whole paragraph.

You may select all text by using `Edit > Select all` menu option or with `<Ctrl-A>` keyboard shortcut.

Any selection band is likely to be replaced by the next keystroke on the keyboard.

To undo last operation, either use `Edit > Undo` menu option or try `<Ctrl-Z>` keyboard shortcut.

To redo last cancelled operation, either use `Edit > Redo` menu option or try `<Ctrl-Shift-Z>` keyboard shortcut.

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### Character history logs

Select a character name into upper name list and get character's history log underneath.

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## Finally

IMPORTANT: don't forget to save your project regularly, either with `Project > Save` menu option or with `<Ctrl-S>` keyboard shortcut.

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#### Quick nav

- App by tabs
  - 'Title/Data' tab
  - 'Draft/Notes' tab
  - 'Pitch/Concept' tab
  - 'Characters' tab
  - 'Scenario' tab
  - 'Storyboard' tab
  - 'Resources' tab
- Extra tools
  - Name database
  - Story/pitch templates
  - Scenario Elements Editor (SEE)

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