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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $139.95 to buy
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Date added: June 12, 2008
- Total Downloads: 5,122
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Publisher's description
From Mariner Software :The only screenwriting software exclusively developed for Mac OS X and Leopard. Montage makes it easy to create, edit, and manage screenplays on your Macintosh. From the ability to import and export Final Draft documents, to using custom, pre-formatted templates for film, TV, and theater, Montage guides both the first time screenwriter or the seasoned veteran, from start to finish. Available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed a problem that prevented new annotations from being saved
- Scroll wheel now works in Full Screen mode
- Addressed a number of issues relating to split views:
- In a split script view, zooming now affects both halves of the view
- Top/bottom and left/right views now display same page views
- Montage no longer crashes when zooming a split view when half of the view is minimized - Fixed a problem undoing some element changes
- Fixed... see all new features
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Version: Montage 1.5.1
"Get The Whole Picture With Montage"
Pros: There are two main ways of breaking down Montage 1.5.1; first as a native Macintosh application, and second as a screenwriting application.
Under the first category, Montage is an excellent program. There are small areas where "fit and finish" need work, but these are small considerations compared to the overall stability and usefulness provided by the program. Unlike Final Draft 7, which STILL looks like an OS 9 application that has been left in the backyard to rust, Montage has all of the look and feel of what an OS X application should be.
Application menus are clear and concise, and the commands work like you would expect them to. Borrowing concepts like the "Snowflake Method" of building a story, the user is given a wide variety of informational inputs to collect and write his or her story with.
What gives Montage its most modern feel, is not the programming interface, a but a new paradigm in document and information collection; Conceptualization.
Conceptualization is where Montage's second great strength comes into play. Programs like Final Draft are the end stop for the writing process. There is no information collection, versioning or data input until the writer sets down to pen the script. With Montage, the entire process of collecting, sorting, prioritizing and enabling ideas is included into the writing process. While still outputting scripts that make the grade, the writer has so much more control and choice.
Among the best features:
Full screen editing with customizable viewing options
A wide variety of document input and viewing options;
Script,Scene,Outline,Characters,Locations,Research,Tasks,Contacts,Queries,Synopsis,Title Page
Tab-access to all script elements
Several screenplay, teleplay and stage play template options for compatibility (Final Draft native and 17 other choices - even for the BBC!)
Export to 8 file formats
Import to all 18 templates
Complete element configuration
Scene navigation, keywording, annotations, A & B scripts, script lockoffs - scene numbering during production, Smart Views
Does not run on Windows!
One more thing...
The people at Mariner Software are exceeding helpful, kind and knowledgeable. You will not find that level of service from Final Draft in any way. In fact, try going through the activation process for Final Draft... not a fun experience
Cons: Icons, ruler, tab stop indicators, View Bar, icons need updating.
Fit and finish needs reworking.
More focus on Script View being like a modern, Cocoa word processor. Other apps, like Buzzword, show a much higher degree of sophistication.
Screenplay templates need embedded explanations.
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