Storyboard App
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The best storyboard app to organize your shots, collaborate with your team, and bring your ideas to life.
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Storyboard Application
A storyboard app made for pre-production
StudioBinder’s storyboard app combines your entire production process in one place. From scriptwriting and shot lists to storyboarding and call sheets.
Script Importer
Start from your script
Paste or upload your script and watch it transform into storyboard panels automatically. Our storyboard application links every scene, line, and note to visual panels you can edit freely.
Shot Tagging Tool
Tag shots directly from the script
Click any line of your script and convert it into a corresponding storyboard panel. Highlight actions, assign shots, and visualize exactly how your scenes will play out — all within the storyboard maker interface.
Shot Presets
Design your storyboard
Customize each panel with drag-and-drop shot specs. Select camera angles, lens choices, framing, and movement. It’s the kind of detail that separates good storyboards from great ones.
Image Tools
Upload and annotate images
Upload frames, drag in reference art, or scan sketches from your webcam. StudioBinder’s storyboard app gives you editing tools for exposure, filters, labels, and directional arrows.
Smart Grouping
Organize boards your way
Organize and manage your storyboards any way you want. Group scenes by location, shoot day, or production stage.
Collaborate in real-time
Invite teammates to build with you
Share your storyboard and let others jump in. They can upload images, add notes, and help finalize each shot before you’re on set.
Export Options
Customize your PDFs
Download a fully customized storyboard PDF with watermarks, cover pages, annotations, and password protection. These are ideal for production meetings, presentations, or for reference when you're on set.
Online Sharing
Send your storyboard anywhere
Share your storyboard as a secure web link or invite collaborators directly into the project. No file downloads, no confusion.
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 Sample
See it for yourself
Demo StudioBinder’s storyboard app and view a working sample storyboard. Explore real layouts used in professional productions.
Film Storyboard Example
Animation Storyboard Example
TV Commercial Storyboard
Music Video Storyboard
Frequently Asked Questions
Your questions, answered
Typically, if a storyboard includes dialogue, it is minimal. Perhaps a word or two at the most because most of the storyboard image is dedicated to the composition, actions, blocking, etc. Dialogue could also be added to the notes for each panel. But there is no rule that says you can't add dialogue — whatever works best for you and your team!
Yes, there are many free storyboard apps and storyboard apps with free versions. If you are looking for a free storyboard app, just keep in mind that they typically have limited functionality and paid versions will offer a more comprehensive tool set to work with.
There are a couple of options for anyone wanting to make a storyboard but who has limited drawing skills. First, and the most common solution, is to simply draw rudimentary storyboards with stick figures and basic shapes. This isn't an art contest, so quality becomes secondary as long as your vision comes across. Second, a very popular method is to create a storyboard using photos. These can be taken yourself, or you can repurpose existing images that fit your vision.
Other than StudioBinder's storyboarding app, there are many alternatives, including Boords, Storyboarder, and Canva.
Yes, the whole idea of the storyboard is to make a visual version of your script broken down into the essential shots. Otherwise, if you just want a text-only list of your shots, you could use a shot list.
Here's a quick set of steps for making a storyboard if you've never done it before.
- Make a series of rectangle frames on paper or in a digital document, or use a pre-made template.
- Then fill in each of those frames with an image that illustrates a particular moment in the script. These images can be hand-drawn, photos, or digital creations — whatever works best for you.
- Add notes and a description for each shot to help communicate details like camera movement or blocking.
- Share the storyboard with your collaborators so that everyone has a starting point of reference for how these shots will be captured on set.
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