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1. #CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE INSTALL#
2. #CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE SOFTWARE#
3. #CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE CODE#
4. #CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE LICENSE#

You can remove the screenplay, or any other item, by clicking it, and selecting "Delete Item" from the "File" menu.

You now have a stageplay as well as a screenplay. Select "Stageplay," give it a name (such as "Stageplay") and click OK. For instance, if you are writing a stageplay instead of a screenplay, simply click on "File" and choose the "Add Item" menu item. You can add other items to the project, as well. If you are producing your own screenplay, this is an invaluable tool for blocking and arranging scenes. This should help with technical issues such as pacing. You can upload storyboard images, move them around, and "play" the storyboard. In all cases, Celtx helps you through the steps of formating your script.Ĭeltx has a storyboard mode to help you out. For instance, while typing a line, you may hit the tab key to transform the line into a character line, or hit the enter key to transform it into an action block. Figure 2: writing a scriptĬeltx provides unobtrusive hints as you type. Fill in the name of the project and click OK. Or, from within the shell, try this: cd celtxĬlick on the "start a new project" button. Or, from within a shell, follow these simple instructions: wget įrom within your favorite file manager, double-click the file named celtx.

#CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE INSTALL#

Simply download it, and use your package manager to install it in a convenient location. InstallationĬeltx is distributed as a gzipped tar file.

#CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE CODE#

As all MPL code may be incorporated into non-free products, there doesn't seem to be any shenanigans going on.īut, I'm no lawyer, just a geek. Mostly it seems to affect branding, and the reservation of rights therein. This is, I assume, so they can sell the product under different terms to other customers under the Celtx brand.Īll-in-all, these restrictions don't seem to change the terms of the MPL much at all.

#CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE LICENSE#

Celtx may license the Source Code of Celtx's Branded Code, including Modifications incorporated therein, without such Celtx Branded Code becoming subject to the terms of this License, and may license such Celtx Branded Code on different terms from those contained in this License.Ĭeltx (the company) also reserves the right to distribute Celtx (the software) under another license entirely, including any contributed code. Near as I can tell, this means that any code distributed as Celtx (the software) may also be incorporated into other products and distributed under different terms by Celtx (the company). Celtx may include Covered Code in products other than the Celtx's Branded Code which are released by Celtx during the two (2) years following the release date of the Original Code, without such additional products becoming subject to the terms of this License, and may license such additional products on different terms from those contained in this License.

It's based on the Mozilla Public License, only with one set of additional weirdness: Figure 1: Celtx welcome screen Licensing strangenessīefore going much further, I should point out the Celtx Public License. It's easy to use standalone, but provides features for on-line collaboration as well. It includes features for creating storyboards, schedules, and best of all: screenplays. Enter the CeltxĬeltx is a program designed for pre-production. Although better than nothing, neither of these were completely satisfying, either. I also tried LyX, which includes a screenplay template. I used the OpenOffice Screenplay Template, which, though nice, doesn't have all the frills a good screenplay program should have. I figured, "Hey, if this Richard LaGravenese can do it, I can too". But I wanted to write it because of the emotion, wit, and excellent dialog of "The Fisher King". It's a good one, too, all funny and clever and witty and dialogy and whatnot. He is the only reason in the world I want to write screenplays. He is also the only reason in the world I write screenplays. In case you don't know him, he wrote Terry Gilliam's movie, "The Fisher King," among others.

#CELTX SCRIPT TEMPLATE SOFTWARE#

Finally, there is a free software package that makes writing screenplays easy.