1 Million Downloads - 340 Thousand Messages - 250 Thousand Users - 50 Thousand Forum Posts - 2 Thousand Bugs Squashed - 18 Version Releases - 8 Team Celtx - 4 Years in the Making - 2 Babies Born - One Celtx 1.0
DEDICATIONThe Celtx Team dedicates this 1.0 release to our late friend, colleague, and former Celtx Team Member, Michelle Jackson.
RESOURCES
Video Overview
Filmmaker, Professor and uber Celtx user, Mike Jones, has made a short, 6 minute video summarizing the new features in 1.0.
Screencasts
As always, we’ve added new screencasts for the popular Video Feature Tours explaining the new features in 1.0.
KEY NEW FEATURES
Scheduling Enhancements
Catalogs
Sidebars
Storyboard Enhancements
Adapt To
Scene Navigator Toggle
Comic Book Template
Changes to HTML Forms
iPhone UI for Celtx Scripts
SCHEDULING ENHANCEMENTS
We have made substantial changes to the “just in time” Scheduling module. You can now generate standard Scheduling Reports that will include all the information added during the Breakdown process, like Characters, Actors, Locations and Props.
>Start & End Shoot Date
Select your Start and End Dates for your shoot to create a professional Schedule for your media production.
>Calendar View
You can review and print your Schedule in either a week or month calendar view.
>Shoot Days
A Report can be generated for each Shoot day, detailing all the production requirements added during the breakdown process.
>Call Sheet
Generate an industry standard Call Sheet for each day of your Production.
>Scene Summary
Replacing the awkward strip board, the Scene Summary Report will tell you what Scenes have been Scheduled, Unscheduled or Completed.
CATALOGS
Catalogs are a database view of all the information in your Project. The Catalogs will automatically track and organize all of your Production information. Mark-ups conducted through the Sidebar will get added to the Catalog.
There are three types of Catalogs:
>Master Catalog
The Master Catalog is automatically included in each Project. It will contain all the Production information from every department. The Production Forms can be edited, sorted and searched.
>Sub-Catalogs
You can also add Production Department specific Catalogs, like for Props or Set Design or Wardrobe. These Sub-Catalogs will automatically track any Production item tagged as belonging to that Department.
>Manual Catalog
You can also add a Manual Catalog to your Project. You can then add any Production Item to the Manual Catalog by dragging the Production Item from the Master Cat or Sub-Cat to the Manual Cat.
CREW FORM
Crew Forms can be used to keep track of people working on the Project. The Forms can be tagged to a Scene so that the Crew information is added to the Scheduling Module helping you to keep track of what and who is needed on a particular shooting day.
SIDEBARS
We re-invented the Sidebar, adding three tabs, one each for Notes, Media and Production Items:
>Notes
These should prove handy for the writers, allowing for a much easier process of adding and reviewing Notes. The Notes in the Sidebar will not auto-sync to whatever Scene the cursor is placed in.
>Media
Any Media can be added to your Script – pictures, video or sounds files – using the new Sidebar. Similar to Notes, the Media displaying in the Sidebar will automatically sync to whatever Scene the Cursor is place in.
>Production Items
We simplified the process of breaking down a script by streamlining the Sidebar. Breaking down your script will go much faster, Production Item Tab in the Sidebar allowing for rapid categorization and tagging. Production Items added in the Sidebar will get automatically added to the Master Catalog (any corresponding Sub-Catalog)
STORYBOARD ENHANCEMENTS
There are a slew of new features and improvements made to the Storyboard Module.
Generally, we have tried to better integrate the Storyboard with a Script and provide better navigation and support for Media.
>Thumbnails of Images
Celtx now auto generates thumbnails of any image added to the Storyboard, providing a much better look for reviewing and printing.
>Standard Scrollbar
We got this figured out at last, adding a standard scrollbar to the Storyboard.
>Aspect Ratio
The Aspect Ratio of any added image is now maintained in the Storyboard.
>Keyboard Shortcuts
The Storyboard now supports normal cursor behaviour, with the arrow keys, space bar, etc. all behaving normally.
>Shot Type
Every image added to the Storyboard can be given a shot tag (eg. Close Up, Wide, etc.)
>Column Layouts
You can view and print your Storyboard in a 1, 2 or 3 column format.
>Script to Storyboard
The Add Item feature now allows you to select a specific script when adding a Storyboard. The Storyboard will be integrated with that selected script, the Scenes in the Script and Sequences in the Storyboard syncing with each other.
ADAPT TO OPTION
Simple to use, this powerful new feature will allow you to adapt any script in to any other kind of Celtx supported script format. Turn a Screenplay in to a Stageplay, or a Stageplay in to a Comic or an AV project in to a Radioplay all in one click.
Context click a script in the Project Library to access the Adapt To feature and select what kind of Script you want to turn it in to.
SCENE NAVIGATOR TOGGLE - Use Index Card Titles / Scene Headings
Alternative Scene Headings in the Index Cards can now be viewed in the Scene Navigator. This will allow you to more easily identify and tell the difference between two scenes whose slug line is identical.
COMIC BOOK TEMPLATE
The new Comic Template provides support for all the standard comic elements:
Page, Panel, Caption, Bubble Type, and Bubble
Use the Typeset feature to generate a Panel List Report.
iPHONE INTERFACE
We added a new iPhone optimized interface for accessing your Projects on the Celtx Server. Named ‘My Celtx’ you can use this new iPhone interface to review your scripts remotely.
Access 'My Celtx' at http://pc.celtx.com/mobile
We will be adding additional features to this iPhone interface over the coming months.
CHANGES TO HTML FORMS
>We made a number of changes to the Production Items and Story Development Forms.
>A new Crew Form was added to help keep track of the who when producing your Project
>Regular users will also notice that many of the Forms now auto-populate to include a list of the scenes that a person, Character or Production item is used in.
>Character Forms can now be tagged with a specific Actor Form. This will help you organize your Production and the new Scheduling Features will keep track of what Actors are needed on what days based on the role they are playing.
HOUSE KEEPING
Two items worth mentioning here:
One is that we have made many bug fixes to 1.0, the two most important of which are both related to the Save issue some people were experiencing. The second relates to the Celtx interface.
>As to the Save issue, third party sweep and clean applications will no longer interfere with the Celtx save process. We have also solved what is known as the ‘double opening’ problem by getting Celtx to ignore any second attempt to open a Project that is already opened.
>As to the Celtx interface, we’ve made a few changes, mostly subtle. If you’re looking for the Scratchpad feature, it is now accessed through a sub-Tab at the bottom of the editor.
And that’s it!
We really hope you like this milestone release. A HUGE THANKS to everyone for all the support over the years, the feedback, the bug testing, the many kind words and compliments. We quite obviously could not have done it with out you.
Warm Regards,
The Celtx Team
Mark, Chad, Greg, Tony, Steve, Laurie, and Sheila
Congrats on 1.0! This looks like a great upgrade.
I was intrigued by the iPhone interface addition, but I can't find where it is. Every place says the same thing, but there's no address to go to.
Posted by: m!les | June 10, 2008 at 09:03 AM
Oops.. silly us.
You can access the iPhone interface 'My Celtx' at http://pc.celtx.com/mobile
Thanks for tipping us off on this miles. - S
(post has been amended
Posted by: Sheila Crosbie | June 10, 2008 at 11:07 AM
The iPhone interface is blank for me... I don't see my project. Do you have to do something to your project first? I tried re-uploading, no dice.
Posted by: Jerry Saulman | June 11, 2008 at 06:57 AM
Hi Jerry - To see your project on your iPhone you'll need to 'publish' it after you upload to the server. If the already uploaded version is what you want to view then just go to Web Services ->Publish tab ->Configure Publishing ->Access: Limited and then hit UPDATE. - S
Posted by: Sheila Crosbie | June 11, 2008 at 07:33 AM
Celtx is the most incredible app ever...thanx guys for this, and specially for keeping it free
Posted by: angelo antonucci | June 11, 2008 at 01:07 PM
I am really enjoying Celtx 1.0. The Comic Book script is a great addition, and I will be using it a lot.
Posted by: Eric Honaker | June 23, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Just upgraded from a much older version, and I must say celtx is very polished and very functional. It seems like a program I should be paying for. Thanks for all your effort in providing such a great tool. I love celtx!
Posted by: Dominic | July 13, 2008 at 09:45 PM