Celtx

Celtx is media pre-production software, designed for creating and organizing media projects like Screenplays, Films, Videos, Stageplays, Documentaries, Machinima, Games, and Podcasts. The software is developed by Celtx Inc., which is owned by Boston, Massachusetts-based media company Backlight. Celtx screenwriting software is a cloud-based solution that provides indie filmmakers with tools to generate production documents.

Craft a great idea into an even better script

The development of your script is heavily influenced by Celtx. Celtx’s story development tools assist with conceptualizing, writing, and enhancing your script, whether framing scenes with the storyboard or planning story beats with index cards.

Powerful pre-production planning

With the help of Celtx’s potent pre-production tools, you can get a complete picture of your production before the cameras start rolling. Make shot lists, segment your script into scenes, scout locations, and keep catalogs updated. By using a schedule, you can firmly establish the expectations of your cast and crew and prevent script deviations.

An all-in-one production studio

Utilize production tools that will get you from concept to camera to bring your script to life. To keep your cast and crew in the loop during a shoot, you can use Celtx to create call sheets, shot lists, and sides. Create a budget, keep costs under control, and simplify script changes with revision tracking and cost reporting.

Co-write, create, and collaborate

For collaborative creative work, we built Celtx. Use text-anchored comments to ask others to read, edit, or approve your script. With presence awareness, watch your co-writers as they edit your script. Celtx maintains project organization as your script takes shape by keeping a complete history of script revisions, feedback, and approvals.

Features

For producers of theatre, radio, podcasts, comic books, and film and television, as well as for screenwriters, Celtx is scriptwriting and collaboration software.

Writing – Celtx employs a recognized screenwriting editor for both stage and screenplays. A rich text editor module for writing novels is also included in Celtx.

Project collaboration, management, and storage – Project collaboration and online file storage are available through Celtx Studio.

Publishing – The Celtx Exchange allows scripts to be uploaded for public viewing, peer review, and commentary.

Scheduling – Call sheets, stripboards, shooting schedules, and production calendars can all be created using Celtx.

Elements – 35 different elements, including Actor and Special Effects, are available in Celtx and can be added to the project. These components can have additional information added to them in the form of text or media. Directors and writers can tag specific parts of each script using Celtx. A script breakdown can then be created using these tagged elements.

Pre-production visualization tools

Storyboarding – Storyboard sequences can be created using Celtx and then printed or viewed using the program’s integrated animatic playback feature.

Shot Blocker – A sketch or setup can be created with the Shot Blocker tool and then added to a storyboard. The Shot Blocker includes tools for drawing lines, arrows, shapes, and text, as well as pre-loaded icons and imagery for cameras, lights, and people that can be labeled with text.

Technology

Celtx is derived from desktop applications created using free and open standards (like HTML, XML, and RDF) and distributed under the Mozilla Public License version 2.0. The input and voluntary work of members of the global Celtx community were largely responsible for the feature development and language translations of the application.

Developer

The Celtx Inc. company is based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and Labrador, and produces Celtx software. Backlight, a media technology business based in Boston, Massachusetts that was established in 2022, is the owner of Celtx, Inc. Backlight also owns ftrack, iconik, Wildmoka, and Zype, four additional media software companies.