ReadVFX

Turn scripts into production-ready VFX breakdowns. Tag shots on PDFs, organize categories, track revisions, and export annotated PDFs, CSV, and Excel.

ReadVFX is a native VFX script breakdown tool designed for visual effects artists, supervisors, coordinators, producers, and production teams.

Import a screenplay PDF and identify visual effects directly on the page. Use VFX Tags to highlight relevant script elements, then organize each item with production details such as scene, location, category, status, priority, complexity, description, scope, vendor, bid, and notes.

Key features include:

• Import and review screenplay PDFs • Create accurately positioned VFX Tags • Navigate scripts using page thumbnails and scene headings • Organize work with built-in and custom VFX categories • Search, sort, and filter breakdown items • Track priorities, statuses, vendors, complexity, and notes • Undo and redo tag creation or deletion • Automatically save VFX item changes • Compare script revisions and transfer relevant annotations • Export production breakdowns as CSV or Excel files • Export annotated PDFs with embedded VFX highlights • Manage multiple scripts and revisions • Work in portrait or landscape orientation • Use touch, Apple Pencil, mouse, or trackpad

ReadVFX stores projects locally and provides a focused workflow for moving from screenplay analysis to a structured VFX breakdown. Annotations remain attached to their source pages while scrolling and zooming, helping teams maintain accurate visual references throughout the breakdown process.

Whether you are preparing an initial bid, reviewing a new revision, or organizing shots for production, ReadVFX keeps the script, annotations, and breakdown information together in one streamlined workspace.