Hey guys, I’ve exhausted all the ways I can think of to import a FADE IN screenplay into Scrivener. Anyone have any suggestions I might have missed? Is there a simple transfer process I missed? Thanks for the help!
There’s a complete list of formats that Scrivener can import in the manual, but Final Draft seems like one that Fade In is likely to support. Have you tried exporting to Final Draft?
Katherine
Used FD for years, no longer a fan. I want to try Scrivener for screenwriting. But I have FADE IN docs I need to import into Scrivener. How do I do this? Don’t need other software recs, just an answer to this if possible, thanks!
I’m not recommending that you use Final Draft. I’m suggesting that the Final Draft format may be a good exchange format between Fade In and Scrivener.
Since I’m not familiar with Fade In, I don’t know what formats it supports. But Scrivener, in addition to Final Draft, can import plain text, RTF, Word (DOC or DOCX), and several others.
Katherine
Fade In can export to FDX and other formats from memory, so the import to Scrivener should be a no-brainer.
It’s not specifically stated, but I got the impression OP has the files in Fade In format, not necessarily the program. Fade In does have a trial period, but if that has been used up, requires a purchase.
Export your FadeIn file as FDX. Then Import the FDX file into Scrivener, either using Import File or Import and Split.
Sometimes the FDX file from FadeIn can be janky. If you have a problem importing it, download WriterSolo for free, import the FDX and re-export it to FDX and import that to Scrivener.
Scrivener’s word processor is not great at screenplays. If you want the best experience, I recommend downloading WriterSolo for free, and using it to type and revise your script pages. WS is the only app I’ve found that can round-trip script pages with Scrivener and retain formatting. Copy from Scrivener and paste into WS. Copy from WS and Paste Plain Text As Screenplay into Scrivener.
It’s worth the inconvenience – Scrivener has very powerful tools for developing and writing your screenplay.