Lexicon: the PDF screenplay
A PDF screenplay is a script exported to PDF, the format scripts are usually sent in because it fixes the page layout. Three tools on the register name PDF as a way in. From 3 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
PDF keeps the layout a page count depends on, but a tool has to extract the text from it, and extraction can lose the difference between a character name and an action line if the file was not exported cleanly.
Where a vendor names a PDF limit separately, it is recorded with its own unit.
1On the vendors' pages
| Tool | What the vendor says | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|
| M Studio | A one-line brief, or a screenplay imported as PDF | Formats |
| Pexo | The home page adds a URL, PDF, image, video, audio or an idea as starting points | Formats |
| Storyboarder.ai | PDF, FDX, Fountain, Word or TXT scripts, or a shot list imported from Excel | Formats |
Inclusion rule. Tools on the register whose recorded wording uses the term or a plain equivalent; one line per tool. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
Start from a one-line brief, or import a screenplay PDF and build straight from the pages you already wrote.
M Studio, pricing page (workflow and plans)
Start with a URL, PDF, image, video, audio, or your idea.
Pexo, home page
- Formats, step 01: start a filmA one-line brief, or a screenplay imported as PDF
- Formats, home pageThe home page adds a URL, PDF, image, video, audio or an idea as starting points
- Formats, FAQ: how does it workPDF, FDX, Fountain, Word or TXT scripts, or a shot list imported from Excel
2From source text to episodes
After the intake question in “PDF screenplay”, SceneMixer describes what it does with the text:
The final cut ends on an end card: your main image plus four lines — Brand, Product name, Tagline, Call to action. The first two are read from your photo and your brief; the tagline and call to action are written with the script.
SceneMixer, The End Card (read 2026-10-13)
It is applied when the script is read, so changing it means re-reading. Video already shot keeps the lines it was shot with.
SceneMixer, Working in Your Own Language — “Can I change the dialogue language after generating?” (read 2026-10-13)