PDF → Final Draft FDX
Free, anonymous conversion from PDF (.pdf) to Final Draft FDX (.fdx). Your file is destroyed automatically after the download window.
Drop a screenplay here, or choose a file. Fountain, Final Draft FDX, plain text, DOCX and text-layer PDF.
Free limits: one file per conversion, 15 MB max, about 200 pages, 5 conversions per day. Files are processed on the server and destroyed automatically — nothing is kept.
What survives this conversion
- industry-standard presentation: fixed layout, Courier pages, ready to share and print
- explicit page breaks and page numbers
What can be lost
- the XML dialect is Final Draft’s own; third-party files are compatible, not endorsed
- some production metadata (e.g., tagging) has no representation in text formats
Every conversion includes an honest report listing anything that could not translate — you see it before downloading.
How this pair works
Your PDF file is parsed into a canonical screenplay model (by verified content, not just the file extension), then rendered as Final Draft FDX. Final Draft FDX background: Introduced with Final Draft 8, FDX replaced the binary .fdw format so scripts could move between Final Draft and other tools as structured XML.