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ScriptCueMark

Yuji Mizutani

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ScriptCueMark lets you open a script PDF on iPad and mark cues with Apple Pencil for use during a performance. ■ Read the script the way it is printed Show one page at a time or a two-page spread. Choose the page-turn direction and page order so right-bound, vertically written Japanese scripts read naturally. Set the gap between pages to one of five widths and draw seamlessly across the spread. Stay zoomed in for easier reading as you turn pages, so wide margins do not take up the screen. Roll View removes page breaks and displays the script as one roll. Draw one line from the start of a cue to its end across pages. Add a blank margin for notes when the script has little room. It is included in the exported PDF. Invert black and white in dark spaces; markup colors stay as they are. ■ Mark it up with Apple Pencil Hold Apple Pencil still after drawing to convert the stroke into a straight line, circle, or another shape. Use preset shapes and editable text as stamps. Add horizontal or vertical text, and choose its font, size, and color. Previously used text is available from history. Draw around marks to select, move, scale, or rotate them. Tap lines or text after writing to duplicate them or change their color, line width, or text size. Select multiple marks at once. Continue a line from the end of another line; the segments join automatically and move as one mark. Draw toward the edge of the screen and the script scrolls, letting the line continue onto later pages. Create and save custom colors. After erasing, the app returns to your previous pen. Highlighter strokes sit behind the text, so the script stays crisp. ■ Keep cues and levels on separate layers Split your marks across layers, like transparent sheets stacked over the page. Only the selected layer can be edited, so changing levels in rehearsal does not erase your cues. Add, merge, reorder, or hide layers, and link a color to each. Import marks from other apps, such as Preview, into a new layer. ■ See the page with the next mark Touch and hold the yellow indicator at the edge of the screen to view the page with the next mark. Release it to return to where you were. ■ Go by the script's own page numbers ScriptCueMark reads the page numbers printed on the script and uses them to jump to a page. Whether or not the cover counts as page 1, "p. 12" in rehearsal opens page 12. ■ Jump to a scene with bookmarks Add named bookmarks such as "Scene 1" to any page, and jump to them from a list. It can also find scene headings in the script and add them for you. ■ Search the script Search for a word and jump to the page. Hiragana and katakana are treated as equivalent, and the search can also find kanji with the same reading. ■ Keep line changes in one place Paste a list of line changes received during rehearsal. Select an item to jump to its page, cover the text being changed with a mask, and replace it with the revised text. Mark each item when it is complete. While applying line changes, a yellow frame distinguishes this work from normal markup. Complete one item and the app moves to the page for the next change. ■ Two ways to export • Not Editable: your marks are drawn into the PDF and look the same elsewhere. • Editable: opens in ScriptCueMark with your marks still editable, to continue on another iPad. Only visible layers are exported. ■ Your script stays on your iPad This app does not connect to the internet. Scripts and markups are stored only on the iPad. No data collection, no ads. ■ Good to know • Works with PDF files, including password-protected ones. • Text selection, search, and automatic location of line changes require a PDF with text data and do not work with scanned paper scripts. • You can use your finger if you do not have an Apple Pencil. • The manual opens from the file menu (folder button, top left). • This app is published free of charge by an individual. Please check it with your own script before using it in rehearsal or performance.

What's new

Version 1.6 · Nov 6, 2026

• Added an option to require Touch ID, Face ID, or your passcode to open a script. Turn it on under Script protection in Display & Controls. You are asked when opening a script and when returning to the app, separately from the iPad lock. • Added Export with Password, in Not Editable and Editable formats. The password is required in other apps as well. • Added markup history. You can view earlier marks page by page and restore a single page. • Added the ability to add photos to script pages, crop and adjust them, and add annotations. Photos are included when exporting. • Scripts with the same name now open without asking. Use the banner at the top to add your marks or switch to the marked-up script. • Convert handwriting to text. Double-tap the handwriting or select it with the lasso, tap Convert to Text, choose a suggestion, and edit it in place. • Split Two-Tier Pages in Roll view lets you read the upper and lower tiers continuously, including PDFs printed as two-up. When exporting in this mode, each tier becomes one page, numbered like 3-1 and 3-2. • Stage direction layout: indent stage directions (up to 5 characters) or outdent them (up to 3), widen the spacing before and after them by 0.5 or 1 line, and tighten the line spacing within them. Directions starting with brackets such as ( or [ now align with other directions. • Mark line by line in stage direction correction: trace a line with Apple Pencil to change it to a stage direction or dialogue, or return it to automatic. • Script Direction: create a separate file with the script re-laid out from horizontal to vertical, or from vertical to horizontal. Table-format scripts are not supported. • In table-format scripts, the heading row stays at the top of the screen in Roll view and Turn Up. Heading rows after the first page are trimmed for continuous reading, and the original page number appears in the right margin at the join. The table of contents no longer picks up heading rows. • When you add line spacing in a table, vertical rules and cell colors are preserved. You can also add spacing between a rule and the text, and between the last line and the bottom rule. • Latin letters and numbers of up to three characters (IN, UP, OFF, CUT) stand upright in vertical text, in the order they read. • Pen strokes now have higher resolution and stay sharp when zoomed in. • Cue-mode lines preview their straightened shape before you lift the pen. • In horizontal scripts, time runs left to right, so the six arrow stamps are mirrored from their vertical-script direction. • With Turn Up, the page number now appears in the bottom-right corner. • When you open a file with a different text direction, writing margin settings are no longer carried over. • Fixed an issue where markups from a previous page or script could remain visible on another page or script. • Fixed an issue where Cue mark lines could overlap a column of text in vertical scripts. • Fixed issues where dialogue highlighting could span several columns, enclose the wrong characters when traced diagonally, or treat periods inconsistently. • Cue marks in horizontal scripts now move with their connected lines and hooks the same way as in vertical scripts. • Fixed an issue where adding line spacing in Single Page view reset the View Area. • Fixed an issue on iPadOS 17 where stage directions starting with a bracket were treated as dialogue. • Fixed an issue on iPadOS 17 where some pages did not close the gap at joins in Roll view. • Fixed an issue where touching a line while handwriting opened the edit window. • Other minor fixes.

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