... Chris was certain there WAS such a software. Within a couple of weeks, he had found the software again and passed it back to me. I contacted Sheila Crosby from the Celtx team, and told her of my interest in developing the Audio Drama component. Sheila was incredibly excited as were the other team members. Soon I was working with Sheila and Greg Dawson to come up with the format and features needed to take care of an Audio component. I recommended J. Michael Straczynski's "The Complete Book of Scriptwriting" for exact dimensions of the page, and formats for both modern and OTR scripts.
In July I was a part of the beta trials. It was during the week I was moving, and literally I was out in the cold. With my things packed away at a friend's house, I was sleeping out of my car until my apartment was ready. I dropped into a Starbucks for an afternoon of solid beta testing. With my background in computer consulting, beta testing is no stranger to me.
I was impressed that even in the beta, the coding was TIGHT. I couldn't find any "gotcha" bugs, and only had a series of notes for feature variations and hot key coding ideas.
When you're beta list doesn't include a single crash or dead end, you know you're dealing with meticulous programmers (and some of the friendliest people you'd ever meet!)

Both Sheila and Greg are generous to a fault, mailing me lots of Celtx swag and giving me the opportunity to pass this amazing opportunity on to the schools I deal with, and the community I'm proud to be a member.
They even gave me a credit in the software, including Sonic Cinema. Thanks guys! You did all the heavy lifting! We're just happy to finally have a tool to make it happen. And thanks to Chris too for getting me tuned in to Celtx in the first place!

Celtx Powers Up With New Writing & Collaboration Tools

Documentary Film Editor, Radio Play Editor, & Versioning Lead Feature-Rich New Release

September 2007: St. John’s, Canada:  Celtx – the first software to integrate the entire media pre-production process – has released a new version (v.0.9.9.5) targeted at improving the user experience for media writers and collaborators.

Celtx now includes two new script editors – a dual column AV editor supporting documentary filmmaking, music videos, advertising, and general AV projects, and an Audio Play editor for standardized radio scripts and podcasts.  Also, all script editors now feature Dual Dialogue and reversible, colour-coded Index Cards.

Server side, Celtx sports an innovative new LaTex-powered TypeSet function – for precise industry-standard script formatting.  Encryption technology has also been added to protect every upload & download between the desktop and the Celtx server.

New collaboration enhancement tools have also been built into Celtx Web Services.  Snapshots are used to track a constantly evolving project, allowing the media creator to revert back to a known state at any time.  Automatic Event Notification has also been added to keep project members up-to-the-minute on updates posted by team members.

Celtx also gets a face-lift in 0.9.9.5, with a new Splash Page design to provide direct access to popular script templates, plus a re-designed and re-engineered Project Central project publishing website, to better showcase the work of media creators.


About Celtx
Celtx is the world's first fully integrated software for pre-production and collaboration of film, theatre, radio and AV.  It has all the tools media creators need to bring their stories to life – combining intelligent writing and planning tools, storyboarding, and scheduling with internet-friendly technologies.  Open source and free to download, Celtx is the most complete media pre-production software program available anywhere, at any cost. Over 100,000 independent media creators in 160 countries create with Celtx.