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5 Best Software to create a storyboard

If you are making an animated video, Storyboarding is a crucial step to produce your project.

Have you ever watched “ I lost my body”, an animated film that got Cesar Award for best storyboarding? Do you want your animation film to be rewarded for incredible creativity?

Spent your time in exploring the user-friendly software for creating your amazing storyboard?

Relax and stay back with a stress-free mind. Let’s unwrap the 5 best software to make a storyboard quickly.

1.Storyboarder
Storyboarder is an open-source, fast, and easy tool to visualize the creative idea. There are six different sketching tools, includes a light pencil for rough sketching, a hard pencil for fine lines, a pen for drafting an image, a brush for tone, a note pen to write notes, and an eraser. This in turn helps the user to be handy with a storyboarder.

Also, it allows the user to deliver dialogue with perfect timing and action. The software is tailored for any type of scene.

Moreover, storyboarders work collaboratively with photoshop. Artists edit the drawings in photoshop that automatically will update in the storyboarder. It’s simple and easy for the animator to compose a beautiful storyboard within few minutes.

2.Frameforge 3D Studio
Are you interested in entering to flim industry? This is the ideal software to practice and get well versed in designing a storyboard.

Frameforge 3D studio is a storyboarding software widely utilized by professional directors, cinematographers, and VFX artists. It provides the previsualization of an animated movie including virtual scaled sets, cameras, actors, and background.

Additionally, this software is honored with two awards such as Technical Achievement Emmy and Lumiere for minimizing time and production cost through virtual tests. Moreover, the user can import the script and realign arrows for movement, camera angle of view, and other spectacular details in a shot.

Also, the completed storyboard can be downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation and it can be demonstrated to your team.

3. Studiobinder
Studiobinder is the superior customizable storyboard software to make every scene with clear details. It is developed with the fastest, most sophisticated tools to produce an alluring storyboard.

Like frame forge, it allows the designer to insert script from any scriptwriting software. It also has immense tailored shot options and can present in various aspect ratios.

Eventually, deliver an instant storyboard with a distinct camera setup and shots.

4.Boords
Boords is a free storyboarding software, offers unique animatic and numerous sketching tools such as onion skin mode, camera move indicators. This specific feature of the software aids the animator to create a striking storyboard within seconds.

Boords automatically update the frame numbers and avoid a mess while arranging or rearranging the scenes. Also, animators can animate the shot with a single click. They can include music and subtitles to the animation video.

Furthermore, they can upload the final work to after-effects and deliver a visual treat to the target audience.

5.Plot
Plot is popular for creating a storyboard instantly and can be shared with your team within seconds. The users can glance at the script as a picture and easily break the script sentences into different shots.

Its user-friendly software and available at a nominal price. As it is simple, easy to draft, and ready to share with prospective teams, it’s a game-changer for storyboarding.

With these five imperative storyboarding software design your fabulous storyboard and deliver your creative ideas with stunning visuals.

If you’re interested to convey your creative ideas with an amazing storyboard, we are here to guide you to design your custom storyboard.

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