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shaughan
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cmdurham
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Curious myself. I plan on downloading the demo, but have been holding off until I have a new project that I can plug into it since it's only 14 days. Screenshots seem decent and I think their pricing scheme is reasonable.
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shaughan
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Faldor
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I find Celtx suits my needs for most this stuff, sure its not as good but it's not $300 either.
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cmdurham
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Celtx looks wonderful until you start using it and realize everything that's missing. And the biggest problem is that there's no budgeting in Celtx.
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shaughan
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Faldor
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for my most recent project I used an Excel spreadsheet for budgeting, don't get me wrong I find this kind of software great but far to out of my price range to consider.
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KNau
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I hear tell of a magical time when people could do budgeting and scheduling by hand, with pencil and paper. I suspect that to be a myth but it's worth noting that software serves to make the process easier but isn't by any means a necessity.
In some instances, like storyboarding software, I'd argue the computer does more harm than good. It doesn't have to look pretty, it just has to convey the shot. I also think the tactile process of rearranging a schedule board is better than doing it in software, but I'm sure I'm alone on that one.
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cmdurham
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Scheduling to some degree is common sense. Budgeting isn't. Once upon a time it was done with pencil and paper, but it was done by people who had been vetted through an industry - the studio system - and knew pretty well what they were doing. For independents, budgeting is a mystery, and although we have a can-do DIY attitude, we benefit from templates. The DVRG is a great template for production. A piece of software with pre-defined details seems like a great one for budgeting.
And really, though we like to do everything on the cheap here, the notion that someone needs software for a budget shows that maybe he's growing into big boy britches and has a budget - and that being the case, $300 is pretty reasonable. I haven't needed anything like this myself yet (I still wear diapers  but my next project will probably be tightly budgeted and I'm looking for software to help. Once I have it I'll probably help other local indies by doing their budgets because, hey, why not have that experience?
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