Movie Making Manual/Mac in film production

Tools available on Mac

Writing

• Movie Magic Screenwriter
• Final Draft
• Celtx (free, Open Source)
• Montage
• Scrivener (free for 30 days, Universal) [includes Screenplay Template on disk image]

Budgeting

• EP Budgeting
• Gorilla
• Movie Magic Budgetting

Scheduling

• EP Scheduling
• Gorilla
• Company Move (Excellent piece of software!)
• Movie Magic Scheduling

Storyboarding

• StoryBoard Artist
• Film Forge 3D
• SketchBook Pro
• Celtx (free)

Editing

• Final Cut Pro
• Avid
• Adobe Premiere Pro

File conversion tools

• ffmpegX

Compositing

• Shake
• Motion
• After Effects

Animation

• Lightworks
• Cinema 4D
• Maya
• Blender 3D (free, Open Source)
• Houdini

DVD Authoring

• iDVD
• DVD Studio Pro

Web Authoring

• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Panic Coda

Audio Editing

• Audacity
• Logic
• Pro Tools

Getting help

Software is often complex and has a steep learning curve. For ways of getting help online, take a look at the online resources page for links to forums and tutorials online. Also take a look at the training category index for more info on training.