Drop in a screenplay PDF and download it as a Final Draft .fdx file.
Drop a screenplay PDF here
Your file is converted in your browser. We don’t keep it.
Scanned PDFs can’t be read. If you can’t select the words in your PDF, it’s a scan.
Drop the PDF above and download the .fdx file. The converter reads the text of your PDF, sorts each line by type (scene heading, action, character, dialogue, parenthetical or transition) and saves the result as a Final Draft .fdx. It doesn’t change your words.
No, not here. A scanned PDF is pictures of pages, with no text in it to read, and this page doesn’t do OCR. Try selecting a word in your PDF. If you can’t select it, the PDF is a scan.
Check the marked lines. The converter wasn’t sure about those, often because a short line in capitals could be action or a cue. In Final Draft you can change a line’s element without retyping it.
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 decides what kind of line each one is. The words stay as they were on your page.