When I was eight, I found a half-finished flint arrowhead in the parking lot of my school. Because of my long-held fascination with Kentucky history, this discovery was the absolute coolest thing to me as a kid. It’s a remarkable experience to find something incredible by accident. I came across Celtx completely by chance, while I was reviewing another product. I was surprised to discover that it was based, of all places, in Newfoundland, Canada. As I explored the software, I soon discovered that this little-known gem was probably the best production management software I’ve ever come across. (Scratch that. Make that probably the best software, period, I’ve ever come across.)
Before I break down the individual categories of this software, let me give you a little overview of what Celtx is. Essentially, it is designed to allow you to oversee all elements of a film (or radio or theatrical) production in one place, easily and painlessly. It allows you to keep scripts, headshots, storyboards, schedules, and all the other things you will likely need for your film in one simple location. This can allow everything in your film to proceed much more smoothly and can really help the producer, director, editor, and any other decision makers not butt heads during preproduction, production, and postproduction.
Side menus make it easy to locate production info while working on the script…
…while exporting or printing a perfectly formatted PDF of the script is a snap.
Ease of Use Like I mentioned before, Celtx is an astoundingly easy program to use. When you download the software, it comes with five sample projects (a film, an audio project, a stage play, an audio-visual project, and a comic book) so that you can tinker around with the software and see what it can do. After a few minutes of experimenting with the different sample projects, you can start to get a feel for what Celtx is capable of.
The layout helps make navigation incredibly simple. Windows on the left of the screen contain drop-down menus for the script, scenes, actors, props, locations, etc. These menus can be added or removed as needed, and they allow you to pull up information on the main window with a simple click. If, however, you want to make production notes while keeping the script in the main window, you can do that using the menus on the right side of the screen. Options at the bottom of the screen allow you to switch from the Script format (which is editable) to the Typeset format, which will allow you to print or export a perfectly formatted PDF version of the script.
When I was eight, I found a half-finished flint arrowhead in the parking lot of my school. Because of my long-held fascination with Kentucky history, this discovery was the absolute coolest thing to me as a kid. It’s a remarkable experience to find something incredible by accident. I came across Celtx completely by chance, while I was reviewing another product. I was surprised to discover that it was based, of all places, in Newfoundland, Canada. As I explored the software, I soon discovered that this little-known gem was probably the best production management software I’ve ever come across. (Scratch that. Make that probably the best software, period, I’ve ever come across.) 
