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Version: 0.2.3

First steps

On launch, the application opens its home screen: the doorway to your projects.

The home screen with a recent project card

The home screen​

The home screen shows a grid of cards, one per recent project (up to ten). Each card wears a "poster" tint drawn from a small palette, computed from the file's path: a project therefore keeps the same colour from one launch to the next and from one machine to another. A ⟨N episodes⟩ pill appears on projects that hold more than one.

At the top of the home screen, two actions:

  • New — create a project. The application then writes an .ocpt file to the location you choose.
  • Open… — select an existing .ocpt file on disk.

Clicking a card reopens the matching project. A card's ⋮ menu also lets you export the project as a portable package without even opening it.

Create your first project​

  1. Click New.
  2. Choose where to save the .ocpt file and give it a name.
  3. The application opens the workspace on the Screenplay mode.

You are ready to write. A new project starts with a single episode; you can turn it into a series later (see Projects and episodes).

Import rather than start from scratch​

If you already have a screenplay, the home screen offers an Import… button with two choices:

  • A project — an .ocptz package someone sent you.
  • A screenplay — a .fountain, .fdx (Final Draft) or .celtx (Celtx) file. The last two are converted to Fountain on import.

Finding your way next​

The workspace is the same frame around every tool. The page The workspace takes you around it.