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    production-
    ready.

    FD12 round-trip. Locked scene numbers. Industry revision colors. An AD opens the PDF and asks "who shot this?"

    .fdx·.pdf·.fountain·WGA-aligned
    night-tapes.fountain
    .fountain
    plain text · git-friendly
    INT. STUDIO BOOTH - NIGHT

    The reels spin.

    MARISOL
    You said you'd play it
    once.

    CALEB
    I'm asking.
    night-tapes-r3.fdx
    FDX
    final draft 12 · round-trip
    <Paragraph Type="Scene Heading">
      <Text>INT. STUDIO
        BOOTH — NIGHT</Text>
    </Paragraph>
    <RevisionMark Color="Blue"/>
    <SceneNumber
      Locked="Yes">
      17</SceneNumber>
    r3-buff.pdf17.
    INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
    The reels spin.
    MARISOL
    You said you'd play it once.
    CALEB
    I'm asking.
    *
    * buff revisions · 06 may 2026
    01Real-time co-write02Story tools03Mobile first04Production-ready05Inspire06Library
    §01

    FDX round-trip

    open from Final Draft 12 · edit in arqo · send it back, unchanged

    Most "FDX export" is a one-way street. arqo's is bidirectional and lossless — scene numbers, revision marks, locked pages, all-caps slugs, character extensions, and even your custom MORE/CONT'D rules survive the trip.

    scene numbers
    locked · ranges · A-prefixes
    revision marks
    asterisks · color gutters · "since last"
    locked pages
    A-pages · A12, A12A, B12
    title page
    full layout · drafts · contact
    character extensions
    (V.O.) · (O.S.) · (CONT'D)
    MORE / CONT'D
    pagination respects your rules
    custom styles
    preserved as round-trip metadata
    scene properties
    INT/EXT · day/night · location DB
    round-trip · diff result
    IN · final draft 12
    night-tapes.fdx
    sha256 · 2c4f…
    ⇄
    arqo
    OUT · final draft 12
    night-tapes.fdx
    sha256 · 2c4f…
    byte-identical · 0 difftested against fd12.1, fd12.2, fd12.3
    + 0 additions · − 0 deletions · ~ 0 reformats
    §02

    Revision colors, by the book

    WGA color order · auto-paginated · A-page math handled
    night-tapes · revision log
    white· revision 1
    12 mararchived
    blue· revision 2
    28 mararchived
    pink· revision 3
    05 aprarchived
    yellow· revision 4
    14 aprarchived
    green· revision 5
    24 aprarchived
    goldenrod· revision 6
    02 mayarchived
    buff· revision 7
    06 may◀ current
    salmon· revision 8
    —next
    asterisk style · WGA · 8.5 × 11· rolls over to "double white" at end of cycle
    NIGHT TAPES — buff revisions — 06 may 202617.
    INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT*
    The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic, listening.
    MARISOL
    You said you'd play it once. It's been*
    three nights.*
    CALEB
    I know what I said. I'm asking.
    (beat)
    Marisol picks up the cartridge.*
    * changed since yellow
    locked
    scene numbers and pages do not renumber
    A-pages
    overflow inserts A12, A12A, B12 — never shift numbering
    since-last
    asterisks only mark changes from the prior color
    §03

    Production PDF

    title page · sides · scene reports · what an AD actually opens
    title page
    NIGHT TAPES
    by
    Maya Iglesias-Bautista
    Jonathan Park
    Draft 3 — Buff Revisions
    06 May 2026
    Iglesias-Bautista & Park
    c/o Resonant Field, 312 Berry St.
    Brooklyn, NY 11211
    SIDES · DAY 14 · CALEB17.
    INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
    The reels spin.
    MARISOL
    You said you'd play it once.
    CALEB
    I know what I said. I'm asking.
    · auto-generated · only Caleb's pages · auto-redacted next scene
    scene report · scene 17
    INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
    pagep.12 (1 ¾ pages)
    runtime~ 1:48
    locationSTUDIO BOOTH · interior
    castMARISOL · CALEB
    day/nightNIGHT
    propscartridge tape · headphones
    wardrobe— (carry from sc.15)
    vfx/sfx—
    also ships
    One-liners · cast report · location report · day-out-of-days · script breakdown sheets — all exportable PDF or CSV. Movie Magic, Studiobinder, Gorilla import-friendly.
    see all exports →
    §04

    Fountain · the plain-text spine

    git-friendly · grep-able · diff-friendly · yours forever

    Every arqo script has a Fountain mirror you can grep, diff, branch, and version-control. Lose access to the app? You still have the script in human-readable text. Lock-in is the opposite of production-ready.

    • ›Read it without arqo · open any editor on earth
    • ›Diff a revision in git · know exactly what changed
    • ›Branch a draft · arqo merges branches via CRDT
    • ›Pre-commit hooks · CI exports · ship-script-as-code
    • ›No proprietary binary blob · no rescue tax
    night-tapes.fountaincommit a3f2c1 · maya · 14:22
    Title: Night Tapes
    Author: Maya Iglesias-Bautista
    Revision: Buff
    
    # Act II
    
    INT. STUDIO BOOTH - NIGHT
    
    The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic, listening.
    
    MARISOL
    + You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
    
    CALEB
    - I know what I said. I'm asking you to listen.
    + I know what I said. I'm asking.
    
    (beat)
    
    Marisol picks up the cartridge. Turns it once in her hand.
    + 1 · − 1 · 12 unchangedgit diff buff..yellow
    what export is not
    It is notproprietary·watermarked·lock-in·a "premium" upsell·an attribution surcharge·your script · your file · forever →
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    The other five

    all six tools ship together · no upsell
    feature · 01
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    — CRDT · presence · comments
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    STORYopen →
    feature · 03
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    DEVICESopen →
    feature · 05
    Inspire
    — daily prompts · exercises · streaks
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    feature · 06
    Library
    — produced scripts · annotations
    LIBRARYopen →
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