Storyboard Pro lacks illustration features which are covered in many mainstream storyboarding software. You will find it down below on the window. The link is there but is not visible to the naked eye because black text is set against a dark gray background. Once you are in this window, you may find it difficult to get back to the main menu. If you don’t have access to the Internet, you would have to be content with the text explanatory notes which you could access by clicking on the red T available on every caption. Double click on any caption and you’ll be taken to the particular video tutorial at the developer’s website. You’re taken to a new window where the features of the main functions of the program are explained in the form of captions. You can also click on Directions on the bottom half of the main screen. No help file is built into the program, but extensive video tutorials are available at the developer’s website. You can choose between the 4 or 6 shots per page worksheet. These are blank storyboard worksheets which you could use to insert shots while on location or when brainstorming with your crew. One attractive feature of the program is the Worksheets option. Just click on the Insert button to the right of the panel and a dialog box asks whether you want to place the new shot above or below the current shot.Īfter saving a copy of your storyboard, you’re ready to print it out and you have the option to output it with or without filming or editing tips. You can also insert a new shot at any time while working on any of the panels. When you click on the Sort button the panels will be automatically rearranged. and type 1 into the third panel and type 3 into the first panel. What if you want to move the order of the panels? Say you would like to move the third panel to the first. This feature comes handy if you have ready multimedia files to use with your storyboard.ĭone with the first panel, you can add more panels by clicking on the New button at the top half of the window. When you right click on the filmstrip, you have the option to insert a picture, object or sound to illustrate your shot. This would come useful to your cameraman or video editor. Towards your right, you can enter notes in the film tip or edit tip boxes.
You can fill in the clip title and description. You can select the shot type as video, still, audio, music or title and set the length of the shot in seconds. You begin with a single panel, with a blank film strip to the left. This is where the major portion of your storyboarding work will be done. You are now ready to work in the List View.
You start off keying in your movie name and the producer (s). On launching the program you’ll see 5 filmstrip icons to your left: List View, Print View, Worksheet, Options and Quit.
InstallationĪfter you download a 7MB RAR file from the Atomic Learning website, you unzip it and double click on StoryBoard Solution, the icon with a PLAY button on it.įor ease of use, you would want to create a shortcut on your desktop so that you won’t have to navigate to the installation directory each time you want to launch the program.
Storyboard Pro is freeware available for Windows and Mac. The best part is you don’t have to open your wallet at all to get started.
With Storyboard Pro you could easily share the visual plan of your video with other members of your project, be they actors, cameramen or video editors.