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- | Screenwriing | + | <WRAP info> |
+ | **TL;DR** \\ | ||
+ | Looking for a "normal" screenwriting application that will make you forget you aren't using the one you are used to? Trelby is what you are looking for. | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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+ | [[http://trelby.org|Trelby]] is a free word processor for screenplays, Trelby is an application with all the usual features of a screenwriting application, including a character name database, basic scene reporting, PDF exporting, and more. | ||
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+ | <WRAP notice prewrap 50%> | ||
+ | <WRAP rightalign> | ||
+ | ===== Strengths [Weaknesses] ===== | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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+ | **Comfortable** | ||
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+ | <WRAP indent> | ||
+ | Trelby is one of those applications that looks familiar and feels comfortable whether or not you have even opened a screenplay application before. It's exactly what you expect from a screenwriting application; it has all of the essential features and none of the bloat. | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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+ | <WRAP rightalign> | ||
+ | ===== Weaknesses [Strengths] ===== | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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+ | **Not Closed Source** | ||
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+ | <WRAP indent> | ||
+ | There are only a few really popular screenwriting applications out there, so some users are very much "married" to the one application they learned in school and will accept //nothing// in substitute. Trelby (or anything else, for that matter) will not please such a user. | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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+ | =====Install===== | ||
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+ | Install Trelby from [[http://slackbuilds.org]]. | ||
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+ | ===== Usage ===== | ||
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+ | Trelby truly is an intuitive application. If you have used a word processor, you will feel at home with Trelby. | ||
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+ | The advantage to using a dedicated screenwriting application is that all | ||
+ | standard formatting is applied automatically for you, with minimal amounts of | ||
+ | interaction. Character names are remembered for you and auto-completion | ||
+ | simplifies concerns, for instance, about whether you called that day player | ||
+ | "Evil Henchman" or just "Henchman". | ||
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+ | [{{ trelby.jpg?666 | Trelby and an imported screenwriter-mode file. }}] | ||
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+ | Of all the applications in multimedia, screenwriting applications are the least | ||
+ | likely to require cross-compatibility. Unless you are collaborating with | ||
+ | another writer, you will probably never send out the project file. Since Trelby | ||
+ | can export to PDF, it's probably everything you need in a screenwriting | ||
+ | application. | ||
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+ | On the other hand, Trelby supports two major platforms, and exports to a number of universal formats (including [[fountain]]). | ||
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+ | Trelby can import Fountain files. | ||
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+ | <WRAP tip> | ||
+ | **See Also** \\ | ||
+ | [[fountain|Fountain]] \\ | ||
+ | [[screenwriter|Screenwriter-mode]] | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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+ | <WRAP centeralign> | ||
+ | <wrap fa>[[synths|R]]</wrap> <wrap fa>[[start|S]]</wrap> <wrap fa>[[vidstab|Q]]</wrap> | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||