Simple with robust features
I’ve been using Highland for 2 years after breaking away from Final Draft for my screenwriting. Highland is simple and has just enough of the features I need. It’s intuitive, easy to learn quickly, and import/exports most other formats. Highly recommend. Shout out to John August of ScriptNotes for leading the creation of this great software.
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Gotta fix the bugs
Okay… I love the app. It’s just that when I go to use it on my phone and it asks for the latest version it did not save it. I downloaded PDF so I don’t loose my whole script. I’m just going to use it in one place before I loose my work. I deleted the app off my phone. I use the app on my iPad Pro. So now I have the re-type 50 pages of script.
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High hopes, dashed
I wanted to like this but the iPhone version isn’t as mature as the Mac version and has issues. Right off the bat I noticed the curser jumps up when typing. It’s distracting and feels unfinished.
Also there’s not any true document library management like Ulysses. Files are resigned to an iCloud folder. But you can’t view them all together in a side bar, nor combine multiple files into one publication — at least I couldn’t figure out how to do so. It seems Highland is more adept at screenwriting or writings that require only one document. Not geared toward longer work, where you want to break up chapters for example into separate files and only during the publishing phase, combine them into a final document.
Also, unlike the Mac version, full screen editing view on the iPhone version is absent. Fullscreen view should be a given in an app focused on writing — on every platform.
On the plus side I like the built in version tracking, note and checklist attachments and themes, as well as the ability to create your own.
With a little more work, especially a dedicated document library and fullscreen editing, Highland might sway me away from Ulysses. Regardless, thanks for the generous free trial.
Also there’s not any true document library management like Ulysses. Files are resigned to an iCloud folder. But you can’t view them all together in a side bar, nor combine multiple files into one publication — at least I couldn’t figure out how to do so. It seems Highland is more adept at screenwriting or writings that require only one document. Not geared toward longer work, where you want to break up chapters for example into separate files and only during the publishing phase, combine them into a final document.
Also, unlike the Mac version, full screen editing view on the iPhone version is absent. Fullscreen view should be a given in an app focused on writing — on every platform.
On the plus side I like the built in version tracking, note and checklist attachments and themes, as well as the ability to create your own.
With a little more work, especially a dedicated document library and fullscreen editing, Highland might sway me away from Ulysses. Regardless, thanks for the generous free trial.
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2.5 Stars
FD crashed one too many times, decided to finally try another screenwriting program. Highland is interesting and has some definite advantages (like the shelf), but ultimately, it just doesn’t work for me. The big selling point in the provided how-to guide is that you won’t hit tab anymore to change script elements. That’s true, but now you’re holding down shift or hitting caps lock to activate character slugs, or typing >>> to get to transitions. Not a big deal, but not really an improvement over something I never had a problem with. I’m not a fan of the plain text screen you do all your writing in, you have to switch to the final view to see where your words actually land on the page. Finally, bolds and italics NEVER worked for me while in flow — inevitably I would have to go back and highlight as opposed to hitting command-I or B while actually writing.
All of this was bearable for the first few months, but the recent Mac OS update has made the program as unstable as FD, and even slower too. I’m sure it will get patched, the Highland support team is great, but this just didn’t work for me. Encourage everyone to try it for themselves, but I’m back to the devil I know.
All of this was bearable for the first few months, but the recent Mac OS update has made the program as unstable as FD, and even slower too. I’m sure it will get patched, the Highland support team is great, but this just didn’t work for me. Encourage everyone to try it for themselves, but I’m back to the devil I know.
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When it works, it’s fab
The Mac app recently has gotten SUPER buggy. Keep crashing in mid type. Weirdly during a new slug line entry. Pls fix. Forcing me to go back to Final Draft.
