Recover a deleted scene – 2 minutes

The Problem

Imagine you want back a scene that you deleted two weeks ago. You start looking for it and find this:

You have to manually search for the file that contains it, then search for the scene, then copy/paste the sections you want back manually.

The Solution

In Arc Studio, all your changes are tracked automatically, and you can instantly display what has changed since a previous version.

Here is how it works:

1. Open a script, or import one from Final Draft.
2. Hit Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + S to create a new draft version – call it “First Draft”.
3. Now delete a scene, randomly add some new action lines, and edit some lines.
4. In the sidebar, select “Drafts”, then click “First Draft” (from earlier), and select “Compare to current version”.

5. You should see something like this.

6. Find the scene that you deleted and select it with your mouse cursor. Click “Revert paragraph’s changes”.

7. That’s it – if you go back to the Current version, you will see that the deleted scene is back.
8. Compare to the usual flow.

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