Adobe has been creating some of the most useful filmmaking tools for more than a decade, and their new release of CS5 has become an all encompassing toolbox with an eye toward the future. With programs such as After Effects and Premiere reaching new 64 Bit heights, it was time for Adobe to reach back toward the building blocks of any good production, and work their way back toward the post process. This is where Story (and OnLocation) find their niche. (While technically, this is a review of Adobe Story it ties so well in with OnLocation, that it's useful for me to mention it in the Story workflow.)
For a long time, pre-production and post production have been handled by separate people, and often even separate companies. With the development of digital video and streaming content, producers and microfilmmakers are handling the production process from start to finish. Adobe has answered the requests of these producers by adding a revolutionary screenwriting program and an on-set logging program to the latest Creative Suite.
The outline view shows your scenes as well as what characters are in each scene. That info can be broken down into many different useful production reports.
Ease of Use
If you have ever used another screenwriting program, Story's tools will be very familiar to you. The screen has a nice wide layout with room for additional notes and scene lists. Using the online interface is also quite simple, with drop down menus that simply state the abilities you have as far as who is allowed to see, make notes, or even adjust the script.
OnLocation is also quite easy to use once you understand what it's all about. Importing your script from Adobe Story allows for so many automatic capabilities, doing simple breakdowns and even shot lists. The whole point of OnLocation is to give the on-set DIT an amazing tool that helps to organize the shots without the confusion of production getting in the way. And let me tell you…it helps to have those automated processes when you are moving at the speed of production.
StoryCoAuthor: Story allows you to share over the web, and adjust how much you share.
Adobe has been creating some of the most useful filmmaking tools for more than a decade, and their new release of CS5 has become an all encompassing toolbox with an eye toward the future. With programs such as After Effects and Premiere reaching new 64 Bit heights, it was time for Adobe to reach back toward the building blocks of any good production, and work their way back toward the post process. This is where Story (and OnLocation) find their niche. (While technically, this is a review of Adobe Story it ties so well in with OnLocation, that it's useful for me to mention it in the Story workflow.)
