Every book-to-screenplay tool stops at a script document — a lottery ticket you can't cash. YaFilme carries a book all the way to finished episodes. This gives you a structured first draft: every character found, a sensible episode map, scenes in screenplay form. What your adaptation is about is still yours — that's where good adaptations are made.
1 · Rights
Adapting someone else's work without the rights is a copyright violation, regardless of who does the adapting. Nothing uploads without this.
Public-domain clearance record — the file an attorney sees if anyone ever asks.
2 · How much of the book?
How much survives is a function of runtime, not the tool. Pick a format with room for what you want to keep.
Format
Runtime
How much fits
~Render size
This step is just format choice — structuring your book and mapping episodes is free. You only pay when you render, at the standard per-second rate (Budget $0.60 · Standard $1.00 · Premium $1.30 per second), with the exact total shown before you pay.
3 · Your book or script
Upload the whole thing at once — or paste it. .txt, .md, .fountain, .fdx, and .docx are read directly; for .pdf/.epub, export to text first.
4 · Your episode map
Editable before anything renders. The cut list is what the pass dropped and why — overrule it freely. Adaptation projects default to AI Director, given the shot volume.
Everything up to here is free. Each episode renders like any other film — you pick a quality tier (Budget $0.60 · Standard $1.00 · Premium $1.30 per second) and see the exact dollar total for that episode’s length before you pay. Your free draft comes first.
Characters & locations
Episodes
Cut list — what dropped, and why
Adaptation notes
Turns this into a Director production — your cast, locations, and episodes, ready to storyboard. Free; nothing renders yet.
