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Warmest greetings from Istanbul.

Do you have a dream of filming in an exotic locale? Tarkan Elbingil, Executive Producer at Touchwood Film & Entertainment, got in touch recently to let us know about their new website - http://www.touchwood.com.tr/english.php - set up to promote film production in Turkey. They even give preference to projects submitted in .celtx format. Check them out!

 

Celtx kicks off 2010 with v.2.7 release - Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2010, Everyone!

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed great times with family and friends. Before taking our wee break the Celtx Elves worked many long hours preparing another release in hope that the shiny new Celtx v.2.7 would be ready in time to help you kick off a creative and productive new year.

And we're happy to say, mission accomplished!.. Check out the Release Notes below, and as always, your Celtx software is free to download. So head to the website and unwrap your Celtx v.2.7 now! And while you're there be sure to check out the Sketch tool's Art Pack Collection too!

Enjoy! ... & Happy New Year!

Sheila & The C-Team

Celtx v. 2.7

RELEASE NOTES 

Sketch Tool

Improved Cut, Copy and Paste
Better support for cut/copy/paste within a sketch and between sketches.
Cut/copy/paste individual and multiple images

Multiple Object Selection (Image Groupings)
Select and group multiple items in a sketch
Move cut/copy/paste the group as a single item

More Layers and More Control over Layers
Raise and Lower items over multiple layers
Lower to bottom/top of stack 

Colour Added
Support for coloured lines and colour fill of objects
Support for coloured text

Enhanced Text
Font face
Font size
Bold, italic, underline

Cursor Context
Arrow in selection mode
Crosshair in draw mode
Text cursor in text entry mode

Sketch Palette (sidebar) Persistence

The Palette sidebar will 'remember' the state of opened/closed folders.

TYPESET

BBC Format Improvements
Added BBC Audio Play format
Supports Scene Style and Cue Style


BUG FIXES

Storyboard
Fixed issue with storyboard images displaying in the wrong order.

Sketch Display Bug
Fixed issue with print of sketch causing items on far right of canvas to temporarily disappear.

Index Card Bug
Fixed bug where a user will select an index card, but another card is deleted.