Software for Storyboards
Vision to visuals
StudioBinder’s software for storyboard creation helps video teams turn scripts into beautiful storyboards.
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Best Storyboard Software
Plan your storyboard and your whole production
Easily build storyboard panels using our intuitive interface. This software for storyboarding combines powerful planning tools with a user-friendly layout for fast and flexible shot organization.
Auto-Storyboard
Turn your screenplay into a storyboard
Import screenplays in Fountain, PDF, or FDX formats. Our storyboard software automatically generates panels based on your script, saving time during pre-production.
Tag Storyboard Shots
Add every shot from your script
Highlight action lines or dialogue and instantly tag the shot. StudioBinder’s storyboard programs bring precision to your planning with built-in tagging tools.
Shot Specs
Customize your storyboard
Choose shot sizes, camera angles, and aspect ratios from a menu of preset options. Our software for storyboard planning is built for creators who care about the details.
Image Editor
Storyboard image editor
Upload or scan in drawings, then customize with filters, brightness adjustments, text, and arrows. This is one of the best software tools for storyboarding with clarity.
Storyboard Groups
Organize your boards
Create shot groups based on shoot days, locations, or scene numbers. StudioBinder makes it easy to keep your visual planning workflow organized and accessible.
Collaborate
Work with a team
Invite team members to leave feedback, upload reference images, or edit panels together. Whether you’re using free storyboard programs or premium plans, StudioBinder fits your workflow.
Customization
Export customized PDFs
Adjust layout spacing, add logos, change colors, and include front/back covers. The customization features make this one of the best software tools for storyboarding professionally.
Sharing
Send your storyboards online
Copy a shareable link or download a branded PDF. StudioBinder’s online storyboard software makes it simple to deliver your boards to collaborators and clients.
Explore Features
More storyboard features
Aspect Ratios
Choose an aspect ratio that best suits your project.
Column Layouts
Adjust how many columns your storyboard will have.
Image Library
Reuse storyboard panels from previous projects.
Shot Numbering
Choose between digits, letters, or a custom shot numbering.
Storyboard Archive
Archive old storyboards to keep an accessible history.
Color-Code Shots
Label or call out specialty shots with colors.
Storyboard Examples
View the storyboards
Explore storyboard samples and bring your vision to reality with StudioBinder's storyboard templates.
Film Storyboard Example
Animation Storyboard Example
TV Commercial Storyboard
Music Video Storyboard
What are the 8 steps in storyboarding?
Open StudioBinder on your browser.
Click on the Storyboards tab on the project homepage.
Choose to either import a script or create a storyboard manually.
Name the storyboard, set the aspect ratio, and select the number of frames.
Add an image to each frame from the Media Library or upload new images.
Edit your images with a suite of tools, including filters, text, and arrows.
Enter details, including the scene number, description, and notes.
Create a custom PDF, send a view-only link, or invite collaborators for feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your questions, answered
There are a lot of programs that assist in creating storyboard images, but few are integrated with other pre-production features in the same app. StudioBinder's storyboard creator is just one link in the chain that will take you from script to set.
Yes, you can make storyboards with ChatGPT. It might take a lot of back and forth with prompting to get the desired result, and you may want to use another program like StudioBinder to organize, edit, and share those images with your team, but it is possible.
Of course! Filmmakers will never not use storyboards because they are the easiest way to brainstorm your vision and work out the imagery before you get to set, where time is money, and being creative under that pressure can be really tough. Filmmakers might be using more modern methods to create their storyboards, but the process itself will never go away.
The three types of storyboards are traditional hand-drawn storyboards, digital storyboards created with a computer, and animatics, which take those images and create rough animations to help with timing, flow, performance, and other aspects.
Yes, Martin Scorsese has used storyboards in his films. Notably, you can find his storyboards for Taxi Driver online that he drew himself.
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