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Comprehensive tool suite aimed at streamlining the process of planning and managing a video production

Comprehensive tool suite aimed at streamlining the process of planning and managing a video production

Vote: (210 votes)

Program license: Paid

Developer: Celtx

Version: 3.3

Works under: Mac

Also available for Windows

Vote:

Program license

(210 votes)

Paid

Developer

Version

Celtx

3.3

Works under:

Also available for

Mac

Windows

Pros

  • Free program to use
  • Will not require a lot of processing power
  • Makes it easy to plan and produce
  • Multiple working categories

Cons

  • Looks quite busy and unattractive
  • No full free version

There are many tools Mac users can download to help plan out their video projects, and Celtx is a program that offers a full range of unique, time-saving tools for producers.

Overview of Celtx

Whether you're an independent filmmaker or just someone who likes to produce content for a streaming site like YouTube, it really goes without saying that the production can take a long time. Celtx is a program for the Mac OS that seeks to really shorten the time involved in creating a video production. You have to contend with writing scripts, setting scenes and stages, staging your shots, filming on schedule, editing, and much more. This program is basically a central hub from which you can operate to plan, coordinate and minimize those tough tasks associated with production, to save you a lot of time.

This program is free to download and use, but only for a trial version, and it was created by the Celtx company. It is available for the Mac and Mac OS X systems. The size of this program is small, and it does not eat up a lot of processing power when running. The only available language in this program is English.

How Celtx Works

When you first open up this program, things can seem a bit on the confusing side. Celtx is pretty busy in how its initial layout is constructed, but each individual section you select is a lot more streamlined and focused to its purpose of simplifying your production tasks.

For instance, you will see on the left side toolbar a variety of options under the Project Library, such as Screenplay, Storyboard, Stageplay, Story Outline, Schedule, Characters, etc. Along with a section right below it for scenes, a bar up above with your functions (save, new, open, etc), and another bar on the right with categories and other options. So it looks rather busy. Click on any one of the options, and it becomes much more streamlined.

Celtx Features

The features here are all in the options. So say you want to click on the Screenplay option. This will bring you to a very neat and clean, user-friendly layout that allows you to work on the different scenes of a screenplay, making it easy to type dialogue with proper line breaks and formatting. The same with a feature like Characters. Here you can work on each individual character so that you can streamline the process of just telling your story.

As a management tool, you won't find many more features than being able to parse out your separate tasks while keeping them all under the same program. So instead of creating a range of different documents, tucked in different places, Celtx is more like a production planner that keeps your work centralized, and thus makes it easier to handle.

Pros and Cons of Celtx

Pros

  • Free program to use
  • Will not require a lot of processing power
  • Makes it easy to plan and produce
  • Multiple working categories

Cons

  • Looks quite busy and unattractive
  • No full free version