Celtx
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Celtx is free media pre-production
software designed for creating and organizing media projects like screenplays, films, videos, stageplays, audio plays, documentaries, machinima, comics, games and podcasts.
The client-server application gives independent filmmakers and media creators an integrated and non-linear approach to the pre-production work phase, providing support for industry standard scriptwriting, story development, storyboarding, script breakdowns, production scheduling and reports. It also allows writers to attach images, videos, and audio files to a project, and provides features for collaborating with others online.
Celtx is built on open, non-proprietary standards (ie. HTML
, XML
, RDF
and TXT
). It is licensed under the Celtx Public License, which is the Mozilla Public License
with an attribution provision. Feature development and language translations (23+) of the application are driven largely by the feedback and volunteer efforts of members of the international Celtx community.
"Celtx" is an acronym for Crew, Equipment, Location, Talent and XML.
.
Screenwriting: Celtx uses an industry standard screenwriting
editor typical for screenplays, stageplays, AV scripts, comic books or radio plays. Celtx also includes a rich text editor for outlines. Celtx also incorporates LaTeX
in its Typeset feature, which allows for more flexible templates and printing options.
Project collaboration, management & storage: Celtx offers a web service called Celtx Studios for advanced project collaboration and previewing, and online file storage and management.
Publishing: Scripts can be uploaded to the Celtx Forum for public viewing, peer reviews and commentary.
Scheduling: Celtx utilizes the open source Mozilla Sunbird
to handle calendaring and production scheduling.
Elements: Celtx features thirty-five different elements, which include 'Actor' or 'Special Effects', that can be added to the project. These elements can have various information, such as media or text, added to them. Celtx allows directors and writers to easily tag elements within each script. These tagged elements can then be automatically transferred to a script breakdown, which allows production staffers to easily know what elements the script calls for.
sequences, which can be printed or played using Celtx's built-in image viewer. These are also available to view on a project's website, and can be played inside the browser.
Sketch Tool: The Sketch tool can be used to draw a sketch or setup which can also be added to your storyboard. The Sketch tool includes pre-loaded icons for camera, lights and people that can be tagged with text, and tools for drawing lines, arrows, shapes and adding text. Plus, professional art packs of additional images (eg. equipment, cameras, people, vehicles, props, furniture/fixtures, etc.) can be purchased from the Celtx web site.
Pre-production
Pre-production or In Production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.- In film :...
software designed for creating and organizing media projects like screenplays, films, videos, stageplays, audio plays, documentaries, machinima, comics, games and podcasts.
The client-server application gives independent filmmakers and media creators an integrated and non-linear approach to the pre-production work phase, providing support for industry standard scriptwriting, story development, storyboarding, script breakdowns, production scheduling and reports. It also allows writers to attach images, videos, and audio files to a project, and provides features for collaborating with others online.
Celtx is built on open, non-proprietary standards (ie. HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
, XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
, RDF
Resource Description Framework
The Resource Description Framework is a family of World Wide Web Consortium specifications originally designed as a metadata data model...
and TXT
Text file
A text file is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists within a computer file system...
). It is licensed under the Celtx Public License, which is the Mozilla Public License
Mozilla Public License
The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation...
with an attribution provision. Feature development and language translations (23+) of the application are driven largely by the feedback and volunteer efforts of members of the international Celtx community.
"Celtx" is an acronym for Crew, Equipment, Location, Talent and XML.
Features
Celtx offers several features to screenwriters and anyone involved in pre-productionPre-production
Pre-production or In Production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.- In film :...
.
Screenwriting: Celtx uses an industry standard screenwriting
Screenwriting
Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession....
editor typical for screenplays, stageplays, AV scripts, comic books or radio plays. Celtx also includes a rich text editor for outlines. Celtx also incorporates LaTeX
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
in its Typeset feature, which allows for more flexible templates and printing options.
Project collaboration, management & storage: Celtx offers a web service called Celtx Studios for advanced project collaboration and previewing, and online file storage and management.
Publishing: Scripts can be uploaded to the Celtx Forum for public viewing, peer reviews and commentary.
Scheduling: Celtx utilizes the open source Mozilla Sunbird
Mozilla Sunbird
Mozilla Sunbird is a free and open source, cross-platform calendar application that was developed by the Mozilla Foundation, Sun Microsystems and many volunteers...
to handle calendaring and production scheduling.
Elements: Celtx features thirty-five different elements, which include 'Actor' or 'Special Effects', that can be added to the project. These elements can have various information, such as media or text, added to them. Celtx allows directors and writers to easily tag elements within each script. These tagged elements can then be automatically transferred to a script breakdown, which allows production staffers to easily know what elements the script calls for.
Pre-Visualization Tools
Storyboarding: Celtx allows people to create storyboardStoryboard
Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence....
sequences, which can be printed or played using Celtx's built-in image viewer. These are also available to view on a project's website, and can be played inside the browser.
Sketch Tool: The Sketch tool can be used to draw a sketch or setup which can also be added to your storyboard. The Sketch tool includes pre-loaded icons for camera, lights and people that can be tagged with text, and tools for drawing lines, arrows, shapes and adding text. Plus, professional art packs of additional images (eg. equipment, cameras, people, vehicles, props, furniture/fixtures, etc.) can be purchased from the Celtx web site.