tkScenarist - screenwriting made simpler

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'Storyboard' tab

Summary

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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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