Storyboard Tools

jaakay · Post by **jaakay** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:59 pm

Hi All,

Does anyone here use Storyboard Tools and knows how to install and launch the program?

dueyftw · Post by **dueyftw** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:22 am

I have tried storyboard tools and hate them. Large construction thin cardboard with post-it notes work fine.

Dale

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:50 am

dueyftw wrote:I have tried storyboard tools and hate them. Large construction thin cardboard with post-it notes work fine.

Dale

dueyftw,

Could you describe this a little more?

udd

dueyftw · Post by **dueyftw** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:08 am

Huh? Get some 14inch by 16inch construction paper, white. Tack it on a wall or you can take a book binder if room and you need portability. Draw on the post-it note each shot. Under the picture you might need another post-it note with dialog and written notes and tack it to the art work. Move them as you need. Don't number anything until your almost done.

Don't kill your self making cool art work on a storyboard, if you can't fit it on a post-it note, your storyboard art might be over kill.

Dale

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:26 pm

dueyftw,

Thanks for the info and advice. Very good idea!

uddhava

JaMike · Post by **JaMike** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:53 pm

jaakay wrote:Hi All,

Does anyone here use Storyboard Tools and knows how to install and launch the program?

Is "Storyboard Tools" a program? Or are you just talking about storyboard programs in general? Do you have a link to it?

jaakay · Post by **jaakay** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:25 am

Storyboard Tools is an actual piece of software.

You can download it here:

http://www.freefilmsoftware.co.uk/

It would not install on my main computer, but I tried installing it on my second laptop and it installed with no problem. They are both Win 32bit and running Windows XP Professional.

JaMike · Post by **JaMike** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:40 pm

jaakay wrote:Storyboard Tools is an actual piece of software.

I checked out the website - if the software is as slick as the website, I think I'll pass.

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:18 pm

I tend to use MS PowerPoint for storyboarding "longer" projects. The script goes either in the slide or in the notes. I use clipart &/or (rough / line drawn) bespoke images if necessary.

You can set the thing to run automatically through the slides with whatever timing you want - talkthrough audio etc can be included - plus it has very very basic animation for objects (e.g. moves) and for zoom and pan if that becomes important - so it gives a bit of a feel for what the project might look like on screen. I sometimes dump the individual slides out as images and then load them into a video editor (I use Premiere) to try out simulated camera movements, scene transitions, etc ..

but good old pencil and paper works fine for the shorter projects.

dueyftw · Post by **dueyftw** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:33 pm

This is an old program that hasn't been updated in awhile. I gave it a few minutes and couldn't find the draw from scratch. Imported some bitmap (only file type) and found the drawing tools very limited. I did like the drag and drop but not much more. Would I buy the program? Ten years ago, yea now: No, there other free open-source programs that do the same thing.

Personally the post it notes has been the best tool I have used after trying several different software for story boarding. The computer is not the best tool for everything.

Dale

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:43 pm

I'm doing a new film this week. The first storyboard was done on paper, right beneath my bed, on one sheet with pencil. The second version I did in TVPaint, some 40 fast drawings roughly timed. That's all - no dialogue, no writing. Tomorrow I start animation.

If I worked with a team, or needed to present the storyboard to a producer, I'd use some software to pimp it up. But as long as I do it all by myself I don't need any fancy software - nothing is faster than pencil on paper.

Maestral · Post by **Maestral** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:07 pm

^ +1

Hope it`s not off topic, there is one small program which I used before and that is Celtx (dot com). There is a free version, but for a serious team work I would recommend full edition. It offers web storage/correspondence with the coworkers, schematic planing of scene/shooting set, pretty nice prepared form for characters, script and off course storyboard. Program it self does not have tools for drawing, but all other aspects are quite handy. Maybe someone could find this useful.

ruscular3d · Post by **ruscular3d** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:22 am

That seem to be the biggest advantage of having a Storyboard pro software in being able to sell a project, skipping the animatic pre-visualization. Make changes easy. Communicate more effective to the team. You don't need to sell yourself the idea, but a pro software kick ass!

Alternative is to scan the drawing in as switch layer and then animate the changes inside Anime pro and you have yourself a storyboard pro.

jaakay · Post by **jaakay** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:42 am

Hi All,

Thank you for all the comments. After reading all the posts and doing my own research, it is clear that most people working on their own don't bother with storyboarding software or prefer to use paper and pencil.

I have decided to use the Lost Doodle Tool to make very rough drawings from within ASP. I thought I could use the notes layer for any scripting for each scene/shot and at least I can workout how long each scene/shot should be when matched up with relevant audio tracks.

Well these are my thoughts in theory. I'll let you know how I get on.

3deeguy · Post by **3deeguy** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:53 am

I'm a hobbyist but I like a pencil and sketch pad.

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