Storyboards.

A storyboard organizes the shots you intend to make. Use the strip while working elsewhere in Studio, or open Story from the dock for the fuller view.

#See which shots can travel

In this fictional two-shot scene, shot 01 has a plant portrait and a planned four-second duration. Shot 02 has a three-second plan but no media. Only the media-backed shot supplies a transferable picture. Adding example media makes both shots available. A planned duration does not generate motion, and later storyboard changes do not automatically update an earlier transfer.

The two authored plant compositions keep shot IDs 01 and 02 and planned durations 4 and 3 seconds. The timeline strip includes only media-backed shots; it gains the matching shot 02 thumbnail when example media is attached.

#Build a scene

Create a scene and add shot frames from the available media actions. Graph outputs, Lab items, and browsed media can provide source material. Give each shot a description and duration; add dialogue, voiceover, camera movement, or transition notes where they help explain the intended sequence.

Set the storyboard aspect ratio and default frame duration for the work you are planning. A duration is a planning value; it does not make a referenced source video longer or generate missing motion.

#Arrange and review

Drag frames to reorder them and use scenes to separate parts of the story. Select several frames when an action should apply to a group. Open a frame to inspect the underlying media and confirm the intended shot before replacing it.

Keep one frame per meaningful shot rather than putting every exploratory image into the final sequence. References and alternatives can stay together in Lab.

#Move into another view

Use Send Scene to Timeline for a scene, or Send [N] Shots to Timeline for the selected shots, to assemble media into an editable sequence. Inspect timing and track placement there. Use Send Scene to Lab to continue discussing or transforming a scene's frames on a canvas.

Sending work to another surface is an explicit action. Check the destination after edits to a storyboard rather than assuming an earlier transfer has been updated automatically.

#Keep the project

Storyboard work belongs with the project. Save the project at a useful milestone before major restructuring. If a thumbnail fails to load, check the actual media and connection before replacing a frame that may still reference a valid file.

#Distinguish planning from transferring media

Plan: scene and shot descriptions plus planned durations capture intent. Attach media: inspect each source frame or clip. Transfer: Send to Timeline uses supported shots with media; check the destination sequence. Notes alone do not generate footage or become every clip through a send action.

#Checks and next steps

Use Add shot to create a shot record. A written shot, planned duration, and source image or video serve different purposes: notes describe intent; media supplies material another view can use. Send to Timeline and the scene send-to-Lab action transfer shots with supported media, not every empty planning record. Inspect what arrived and complete missing shots deliberately.

When reordering a sequence, check scene membership, shot descriptions, and durations together. A storyboard image does not itself create motion, record voiceover, or render a finished film. Generate or provide those assets through the appropriate tools, then assess timing and sound in Timeline.