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Adobe® Story™ BetaRelease Notes

April 20, 2010

These release notes document latest features, known issues, and workarounds related to Adobe Story Beta.

“Using the beta software” page 1

“Overview” page 1

“Logging into Adobe Story” page 1

“Installing the Adobe Story desktop application” page 2

“New features in this release” page 2

“Multi-column scripts” page 2

“Custom breakdown reports” page 4

“Save scripts to computer” page 5

“Updates to existing features” page 5

“Known Issues” page 6

Using the beta software

Please note that this is beta software. The feature set will evolve over the course of this release. Save your work frequently.

Overview

Adobe Story is a collaborative script development tool that helps accelerate the process of creating screenplays and turning them into finished media.

Create your screenplay in Story, or import scripts from other script writing tools; invite other users to review and collaborate. Story’s organizational tools helps you organize and manage multiple script projects simultaneously.

Adobe Story can be launched from a browser as an online application, or installed as a desktop application. The desktop application provides you with the option of working offline, and uploading your file to the server later.

Integration of Adobe Story with Adobe Production Premium Suite helps you get from script to screen faster.

Logging into Adobe Story

To log in to Adobe Story, you must have an Adobe ID.

1. Launch Adobe Story (http://www.adobe.com/go/adobestory) in your browser.

2. In the Sign In dialog box, enter your Adobe ID and password, and click OK.

If you do not have an Adobe ID, click Sign Up.

System RequirementsWindows

• SVGA 1024x768 or higher

• Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 for Windows XP SP3, Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0 for Windows Vista

• Broadband internet connection (for online services)

• Adobe Flash Player 10.x or higher, with Local Storage option enabled

• Firefox 3.x

• Browser SSL support enabled

• Browser JavaScript support enabled

Mac • Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow

Leopard)

• SVGA 1024x768 or higher

• Firefox 3.x

• Safari 3.x, 4

• Broadband internet connection (for online services)

• Adobe Flash Player 10.x or higher with Local Storage option enabled

• Browser SSL support enabled

• Browser JavaScript support enabled.

Note: Use the latest version of Adobe AIR.

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Logging out

You can log out of the service by clicking Sign Out in the application. Adobe Story prompts you to save the unsaved scripts and the latest user preferences.

Installing the Adobe Story desktop application

The Adobe Story desktop application helps you work with Adobe Story even when you are not connected to the internet.

1. After you log into Adobe Story, select Projects > Install Desktop Application in the Projects view. You can also download the desktop application from the Home page or the File menu in the Authoring view.

2. Click Install Now and follow the instructions to install the application.

New features in this release

Multi-column scripts

In a multi column script, the contents of a script are divided across various columns. For example, you can create a script with separate columns for Scene Number, Video Description, and Audio.

Each multi-column script is associated with a template that defines the number of columns, and the elements in each column. A default two-column template is used if you do not customize the template when creating a script. You can save a template to your computer as an XML file. The file can be sent to other Adobe Story users who can import it when creating multi-column scripts.

Note: When saving multi column scripts to your computer, ensure that you save them in the STDOC format. The formatting of a multi column script is lost when it is exported as an ASTX file.

Create multi column script template

1. Do one of the following:

• In the Projects view, click New.

• In the Authoring view, select File > New.

2. In the Create New Document dialog, select Multi column Script.

3. Type a title for your script.

4. A default two-column template is created if you click Create. To create a custom template, click Change. In the Change Template dialog, perform the following actions according to your requirement.

• To edit column headings, double-click the heading. In the Assign Column Name dialog box, enter a name for the column heading.

• To add a new column, click the button. In the Assign Column Name dialog, enter the column heading.

• To delete a column, click the button in the corresponding column heading.

• To add elements to a column, double-click Add New Element. Select an option from the menu.

• To change an element in a column, double-click the element, and select an option from the menu.


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• To delete elements in a column, click the corresponding “X” button.

• Select Landscape if you want a horizontal layout for the template. A horizontal template can accommodate more columns readily.


• Click the Save icon to save the template to the server.

6. In the Save Template dialog, enter a name for the Template.

7. Click OK.

To delete a template, select the template from the menu, and click Delete in the Change Template dialog.

Save multi column script template to disk

1. In the Change Template dialog, select the template you want to save from the menu.

2. Click Save The Template on Disk icon to save the template on your machine.

Import multi column script template

• To import templates, click the Import Template icon in the Change Template dialog box.

Customize multi column script

To save time, you can edit previously created templates to create new templates.


• In the Projects view, click New.

• In the Authoring view, select File > New.

2. In the Create New Document dialog, select Multi column Script.

3. In the Create New Document dialog box, select the template that you want to edit from the Template menu.

4. Click Change. In the Change Template dialog, edit the properties of the template according to your requirements.

5. Click Save. In the Save Template dialog box, enter a name for the template.

6. Click OK.

Write multi column scripts

A multi column script has two kinds of rows — rows for scene information and rows for shot information. Rows containing scene information are separated by black lines (row markers), and those containing shot information by gray lines (row markers). Row types specified as none are separated by light gray lines.

1. Enter text in the first column. The template associated with a script defines the elements, and their sequence in a column.


• To add an element in a column, use the keyboard shortcuts listed in the Insert menu.

• To change an element in a column, select an element type from the element menu.


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• To move to the next paragraph, press Tab.

• To move to a previous paragraph, press Shift + Tab.

• To start a new scene, select Insert > New Scene > Video Description.

• To start a new shot, select Insert > Video Description.

Change row type

• To change the type for a row, select Insert > Row Type, and choose the desired option.

Show/hide row markers

• Select Insert > Row Markers, and select/deselect the desired option.

Custom breakdown reports

You can create a custom report by selecting elements you want listed in your report. Apart from elements, you can also choose special items such as tags, page number, and word count. The word count corresponds to the total number of words in the document.

You can choose from the following options when creating custom breakdown reports.

• Scene Number

• Scene Heading

• Split Scene Heading

• Scene Duration

• Action

• Characters

• Dialog

• Shot Number

• Shot Type

• Camera Number

• Camera Angle / Movement

• Shot Duration

• Tags

• Comments

• Page Number

• Word Count

1. Select Production > Breakdown Reports > Custom Report.


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2. In the Custom Breakdown Report dialog, select the items that you want to capture in the report.

3. Click Create.

Note: If you select Split Scene Heading, Adobe Story captures the three parts of a scene heading (INT/EXT, Location, Time of Day) as separate columns in the report.

Save scripts to computer

Save local copies of your documents in Adobe Story on your computer. The document is saved in the STDOC format. When you import an STDOC file into Adobe Story, the formatting of the document is retained.

The STDOC file is not connected to the script on the server. After you change the file on the server, you must save the local copy again for the changes to be reflected.

Note: If you plan to use the file for integration with Premiere Pro and OnLocation, export it in the ASTX format.

1. Select File > Save To Disk.

2. Select a location on your computer to save the file.

Updates to existing featuresTagging

• More than one auto-tag can be applied to a word or phrase.

• After auto tagging, if Adobe Story finds elements in your script that map to deleted tags, you are prompted to restore the tags. Click Yes in the Add To Taglist dialog if you want Adobe Story to restore the deleted tags and use them for tagging. If you select No, elements corresponding to the deleted tags are not auto tagged.

Online-offline sync

• When the contents of a file in the online application and the offline application differ during sync, the Choose Working Document dialog appears. Use the dialog box to select your preferred version. You can choose to take a backup of the other version. The backup version is saved to the same project as the parent file.

Title page

• The formatting and elements of the title page of a script have been updated.

File import

• When you import a file using File > Import, the import dialog lists all the formats supported by Adobe Story.

Auto-tagging

• For scene elements, auto tags are applied only to action, parenthetical, and general elements.


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Scene outline

• When you move across scenes in the authoring view, the corresponding scenes are highlighted in the Scene Outline panel.

Hyperlink

You can now insert hyperlinks using the menu option, Edit > Insert Link.

Default project

Adobe Story provides users with sample scripts and documents in a default project to help get started with the application.

Known Issues

Bug # Description Workaround2585930 Installation of Story desktop application fails with inappropriate error message

if you have Adobe Air version 1.1 installed.Use the latest version of AIR (1.5 or above)

2388841 After accepting the sharing notification, if the Co-author/Reviewer/Viewer go offline in the desktop application , the metadata of the shared script is not updated in the projects view.

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2524341 In an AV Script, copy/pasting a row of a column to a comment leads to copying an entire column with the header of the first column.

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2524314 Exception is thrown if user copy/pastes text from a film script to an AV Script The document is unresponsive even after the user logs out and logs in again.

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2523156 (Multi-column scripts) If the user reaches the end of the column and continues to type, the cursor keeps moving outside the boundaries in the page and then moves to the next page. However, the next page remains blank even if the user continues to type.

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2523137 In an AV or a multicolumn script, any element when copied in same/different column is pasted as a general element.

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2413607 Application does not retain some text formatting styles (Bold, italics, underline, strike through, font color, background color etc) after importing PDF files..

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2515503 [Desktop application] All data is lost for script with tags, header/footer, scene numbers, shot duration, title page after importing an astx file, then switching to offline mode before the import operation is completed and then again going online.

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2515245 Print settings are not sticky from application print dialog box to OS print dialog box.

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1925132 [Import Text File] Application converts Dialog element into Action element if there is a blank line between Character element and Dialog element.

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2514279 On importing a script in Story which was earlier exported in text(.txt) format and does not contain the <INT./EXT> and <Time of day> information in the first scene heading , application discards first few lines of the content and does not retain formatting.

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2509768 Some extended characters are not rendered properly in the script editor. N/A2503978 After importing an ASTX script in Onlocation, the tagging information is not

visible in the Metadata panel of Onlocation.N/A

2454070 After exporting the script containing Title page into Plain Text, the formatting of the Title page is not maintained.

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2452817 Importing a file without extension fails. Add correct extension to the file.


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2442255 Scripts that are not in the Hollywood script format may not get imported successfully into Story

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2495441 For a shared script, if the author has the script open in Authoring view while sharing and being accepted by the co-user and now tags words/phrase already tagged by the co-author, all tagging information is lost for the script.

After sharing a script with a co-user, close the script and re-open it to perform tagging

2339436 Application fails to sort Title\Project\Script\Created on fields having localized characters for non-English locales.

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2412864 Story does not import docs with tables - AV scripts and multicolumn scripts cannot be imported

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2403137 No paragraph styles. N/A2360164 [Import PDF] On importing a password protected PDF file, a blank script gets

created with no error message.N/A

2312071 [Text importer] Imported RTF script does not retain formatting for description text.

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2384918 After the shared script has been deleted by the author, Co-author/Reviewer/Viewer on re-login into a new session receive an error message. The shared script is removed from the project’s view with no proper notification.

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2403120 No option to define document language. N/A2303140 Few characters get incorrectly imported on importing an FDR file containing

French characters.N/A

2598766 [Desktop application][Offline]: Unable to access help when user is in Offline mode with no Internet connection.

Download the help PDF while online onto the local machine

2577994 [Desktop application]If the user had last logged out in Offline mode, then changes his password through browser application and now tries to log into the Desktop application, error message “Invalid password. Please try again” appears and the application hangs.

Login in the online mode using the desktop application using the new password. To use the application in the offline mode, use the old password..

2603875 System returns the TOU dialog for NetAverages application if user first signs into the Story application using CS Live account, and then tries to sign in NetAverages application.

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2590065 While importing a Final Draft AV script with audio column more than a page, Story cuts a part of the column and tries to fit it in a single page.

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2569646 Some characters don’t correspond to the pushed keys on keyboard in the desktop application for non-English locales..

Use the browser-based application as this issue is found only in the AIR application

2602635 [Desktop application] When user deletes a project and edits a document in that project in offline mode, then on going back to online mode and selecting offline version, the offline version is not available.

N/A

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