General: Can Fade In open Movie Magic Screenwriter screenplays? Answer: Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software cannot, currently, open Movie Magic Screenwriter (.mmsw) documents directly. Unfortunately .mmsw is a closed, proprietary format and the makers of ...
General: Additional Table Read voices Answer: The virtual table read function under Document > Table Read uses the voices installed on your system for its built-in speech functionality. (These are different on ...
General: Where are autosave files located? Answer:
If you have backups enabled under Preferences > General, period backups will be saved of your work. Where they are saved depends on the operating system.
(Note: ...
Fade In Mobile: Transferring documents to and from Fade In Mobile Answer: The first method for transferring .fadein documents to and from Fade In Mobile is via a supported cloud service, such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, ...
Fade In Mobile: Problems adding Dropbox account to Fade In Mobile Answer: If you get a blank screen when trying to authorize Fade In Mobile for your Dropbox account, try scrolling the window to the right a ...
General: Unable to purchase online Answer: If you are having difficulty ordering online — if your payment is declined or otherwise not completed — it may be due to a number of factors.
Ordering ...
General: Where is the Fade In application log file located? Answer: The Fade In application log file, generated while it is running, can be found at:
Windows:C:\Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Fade In (XP and earlier); or C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Fade In ...
Getting Started: Linux: "error while loading shared libraries" Answer: If, when running Fade In from the command line on Linux, the application fails to start and you receive an error like:
fadein: error while loading ...
Formatting: Creating a Character List or List of Locations Answer: For some purposes, you may need to create a list of characters or locations to appear before page 1 of the script.
The easiest way to ...
Formatting: What font should I use? Answer:
For screenplay documents, it is recommended to use a screenplay-specific Courier font. These can be found at www.fadeinpro.com on the Download page under "Extras". Courier Screenplay and Courier ...
General: Antivirus software Answer: Many antivirus software solutions, particularly on Windows, may occasionally and incorrectly misidentify software as unsafe. This is referred to as a "false positive" and is ...
General: What is the refund policy? Answer: Obviously the hope is that you'll be totally satisfied with the software, and every effort will be made to address any issue or difficulty you're ...
General: Does Fade In come in a boxed version and/or on disc? Answer: Fade In is a digital download product; no physical discs are shipped. That’s for a couple of reasons:
Because Fade In is updated frequently for free ...
Formatting: How to cheat or adjust page and line length Answer: There are a number of things that you can do to adjust (or cheat) page and line length.
1. Use Format > Adjust Line Length and either ...
General: How to use Fade In on a Chromebook Answer:
Although Fade In does not currently run directly on Chrome OS, there several ways to run Fade In on a Chromebook at the moment. (Chrome ...
Getting Started: Linux version won't launch Answer: Different Linux distributions update their included supporting libraries at different times. A more "bleeding-edge" distro will often have more recent libraries while a more "stable" ...