ShotLiner

A screenplay lining tool built with Godot 4.2

ShotLiner is a free and open-source tool for creating shotlists from a screenplay PDF.

Current Release: 0.3.2

New in 0.3.x:

• User Input

  • Abstract user input using Godot input mapping, prepare for touch-screen based input

  • Add basic keyboard shortcuts

    • Ctrl+Z - Undo
    • Ctrl+Shift+Z - Redo
    • Ctrl+I - Import PDF
    • Ctrl+S - Save to ShotLiner (.sl) Document
    • Ctrl+O - Open ShotLiner (.sl) Document
    • Ctrl+E - Export to CSV

  • Shotline Control Change

    • Hold Alt while drawing to invert filmed segments of shotlines, instead of right click

• 0.3.1 - Hotfix:

  • Fixed bug that caused file dialog to no longer show up after completing a single file open or close operation

• 0.3.2 - Bugfix

  • Commented out a debug line that caused scene numbers to be overwritten by placeholder text

I am currently developing this solo, and would greatly appreciate any and all feedback. Please open a GitHub issue, or send me an e-mail for a feature request or bug report:

[email protected]

Please include the following information, if filing a bug report:

• Platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
• Hardware (Computer Model number, or a detailed list of components)
• ShotLiner version
• Steps to repeat bug or failure (!)

Current Features

• Import any screenplay-formatted PDF
• Create multiple ShotLines per page
  • Resize shotline using Move tool
    • Shotlines can be Multipage, and span across many pages
  • A Shotline will have a Closed or Open endcap at each end, to visually distinguish which lines start or end on a previous or following page
  • Click on individual Shotlines to assign unique metadtata
  • delete Shotlines by using eraser tool
  • Click and drag Shotlines to move them horizontally
    • When dragged to a new x-position, Shotlines retain that position when the page is refreshed
  • Right-click drag over the body of a Shotline to toggle filmed (Straight line) or unfilmed (jagged line) segments
• Save and Load document and shotline data to .sl file
• Can export shotlines and metadata to a CSV file
• Use Toolbar to select either Draw, Erase, or Move tool
• Can Undo and Redo the following:
  • Navigate Pages
  • Draw shotlines
  • Erase Shotlines
  • Toggle Filmed/ unfilmed sections of shotlines (Straight or Jagged lines)
  • Resize shotlines
  • Move shotlines horizontally on page

DEPENDENCIES / ATTRIBUTION

• PdfPig
  • This Library is used to ingest PDF text content, including the exact position of each character or grapheme on a page
• godot-uuid