Drop in a Final Draft .fdx file and download it as Fountain.
Drop an .fdx file here
Your file is converted in your browser. We don’t keep it.
Drop the .fdx above and download the .fountain file. The Fountain file keeps the scene headings, action, cues, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions. You can open the result in any text editor or import it into another screenwriting app.
A screenplay written as plain text, with a few rules for scene headings, cues and dialogue. Any text editor opens it, and many screenwriting apps import it.
Scene numbers, revision colors and script notes are left out. The title page keeps the title, the credits and the author. Its other lines, such as contact details, are left out, and the result says which. Dual dialogue does carry over.
Check the marked lines. The converter wasn’t sure what kind of line those are, so check that each one came out as the right element.
Yes, it’s free, and no, you don’t need an account. Drop the file and download the result.
No. Your file is converted in your browser, and we don’t keep it. If you choose Hear it read aloud, the script is saved to your account so you can play it.
No. It moves each line into Fountain as written.