Migration guide · Highland Pro
Bring the Highland draft you mean to continue into Plot, verify the formatted pages, and name the imported state. AI analysis and reviewable rewrites can then work inside the structured project beside draft lines, collaborators, and production history.
First-hour path
Switching is a file you can name, not a weekend of retyping.
FDX or Fountain from the draft you mean to keep.
Create the shared project before anyone rewrites.
Read the summary. Warnings are decisions, not noise.
A save point is the rollback if the first pass fails.
Export PDF or FDX when production asks — not before.
Open the Highland screenplay you intend to keep. Save or share the Fountain source when portability is the priority; export FDX when you want to carry the industry handoff you already use. Keep the original Highland document until the import is verified.
Open Plot and create the destination screenplay. If other writers will review the landing, invite them to this project rather than forwarding another document copy.
Use Import / Export to bring in Fountain or FDX. Spot-check title-page fields, forced elements, dual dialogue, and page flow. Review any import warnings before the Inkwell project becomes canonical.
Create a save point such as Imported from Highland — Aug 28 before the first edit. The imported file carries the screenplay, not Highland's local document history; this named moment becomes the durable rollback.
Run analysis or a reviewable rewrite pass inside the structured screenplay, compare it with the named Highland baseline, and open a draft line for an alternate. Export PDF or FDX when the next handoff asks.
Use Fountain for the cleanest portable screenplay source. Use FDX when production metadata in the existing handoff matters. Plot imports both; review the import summary either way.
No. Fountain and FDX carry the script, not the app's local history. Keep the original file, import the chosen draft, and name it as an Inkwell save point before editing.
Yes. Highland remains a strong native Apple editor. Pick one canonical screenplay for each writing stretch, and use named Fountain or FDX exports when you intentionally hand the draft between tools.
