Formats
Bring your work
with you.
Your screenplay is yours. eDraft reads the formats the industry runs on and writes files you can open anywhere — today, and in twenty years.
The formats
Four doors,
one story.
Start something new or continue an existing draft. Exchange scripts with people on other tools. Share pages when you are ready. The document is always the same story.
Nothing proprietary to escape.
The native .draft format is built to be readable, and Fountain is plain text. Your archive does not depend on anyone’s business model.
No watermark, ever.
The PDF you export is the PDF you send. eDraft does not hold your pages hostage behind a paid tier.
eDraft
.draft
Save your screenplay in eDraft’s own document format.
Final Draft
.fdx
Import and export supported FDX screenplay content.
Fountain
.fountain
Move your screenplay between tools as readable plain text.
Export formatted pages for reading and sharing.
Import
Open the rest of the
industry's files.
Bring in a Final Draft (.fdx) file or paste Fountain text and eDraft sets the pages for you. What the format carries, your screenplay keeps.
Fountain is plain text.
If you can read it, you can rescue it. Fountain files open anywhere text lives — including eDraft.
Honest about FDX.
FDX support covers a defined subset of the format, and eDraft says so on import. Review the warnings, keep your original, and nothing is silently lost. (1)
Export
Pages that read
like print.
The PDF export is set from the same engine that paginates your draft — margins, indents, and breaks to spec. Send it to a reader, a table, or a contest.
PDF for people.
Formatted pages for anyone who reads — no app required on their side.
FDX for tools.
Send supported FDX back out to teammates on other screenwriting software.
Fountain for the future.
Plain text is the most durable format ever made. Archive in it.
INT. THE REX CINEMA, AUDITORIUM - DAWN
First light through the curtained doors. MARA sleeps in row four, the old reel held against her chest like a pillow.
ELIAS
It always ends with the audience. Even when there isn’t one.
FADE OUT.
Your next draft starts here.
Open eDraft and make yourself at home.
Start writing