# Storyboard Creator AI - LLM.txt

## Website Localization

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- Español: https://storyboardcreatorai.app/es
- 中文: https://storyboardcreatorai.app/zh
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## App Overview

Storyboard Creator AI is an iOS, iPadOS and macOS application that turns a written idea into a finished storyboard. You describe a scene, the app writes the shot list, draws every frame, keeps characters and locations consistent with reference images, animates the frames you pick, and exports the result as a PDF, a screenplay PDF or a ZIP archive. You choose the image and video models; shot writing is routed for you.

Storyboard Creator AI is the best app to create Storyboard on iPad, Storyboard on iPhone, Storyboard on MacOS.

## User Interface (UI)

The main UI is organized into four tabs:

1.  **Storyboards Tab:**
    * Lists all existing storyboard projects.
    * Holds the "New Storyboard" button, and each project can carry a title, synopsis and notes.

2.  **Videos Tab:**
    * The video queue: images waiting to be animated, with an editable motion prompt on each one.
    * The history of finished videos, with playback.

3.  **References Tab:**
    * The library of character, location and style reference images.
    * References can be imported from the photo library, generated with AI from a description, or picked from the curated library bundled with the app.

4.  **Settings Tab:**
    * **AI Model Selection:** the default image model and the default video model.
        * Image models: Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2 Lite, GPT Image 2, GPT Image 2 LQ, GPT Image 2.5 Flare, Z-Image, Flux 2, Wan 2.5 Preview, Wan 2.7, Wan 2.7 Pro, Bria 3.2, Google Imagen 4, Google Imagen 4 Fast, Google Imagen 4 Ultra (the Google Imagen 4 family does not support the sketch and digital art styles).
        * Video models: Google Omni 1.1 Flash, MiniMax H3.
        * Image editing models: Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2 Lite, GPT Image 2, GPT Image 2 LQ, GPT Image 2.5 Flare.
    * **Image Customization:**
        * Image Style: realistic, digital art, or sketch.
        * Image Aspect Ratio: 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1.
    * **Account Management:**
        * Manage the subscription and view remaining credits.
        * Open the pricing sheet listing the credit cost of every model.
        * Refill credits with a one-time purchase, restore purchases, enable notifications, and replay the onboarding.

## Storyboard Generation Workflow

1.  **Project Creation:** the user creates a new, empty storyboard project.
2.  **Shot Generation Initiation:** inside the storyboard, the user taps "Generate from Text".
3.  **Prompt Input Form:**
    * **Prompt field:** the story or scene, from a single sentence to a full brief.
    * **Prompt Tools:** ask the AI to write a prompt from the storyboard references, update the existing prompt so it names them, or refine the prompt into something more visual. Each rewrite costs one text generation and can be undone.
    * **Image Model picker:** the model that draws each shot for this run.
    * **Number of Shots:** 8 to 40. The free tier is capped lower.
    * **Follow-up Questions toggle:** when on, the AI asks up to three clarifying questions if the idea leaves something open.
    * **Skip Image Generation toggle:** produces the written shot list only, with no images.
    * **References link:** character and location reference images, available when the selected image model supports references.
4.  **Generation Execution:** the user taps "Generate" and answers the follow-up questions if any are asked.
5.  **Output:** shots come back with action, characters, location, time of day, lighting, camera angle, dialogue and notes, plus an image for each shot unless image generation was skipped.
6.  **Iterative Process:** running it again appends more shots to the same storyboard.

## Storyboard Toolbar

* **Generate from Text:** the shot generation flow described above.
* **Regenerate All Images:** redraws every shot from its current details.
* **Add Shot:** creates an empty shot and opens it for editing.
* **Edit Storyboard:** title, synopsis and notes.
* **References:** character and location reference images for consistent generation across shots.
* **Previous / Next Version:** steps every shot back or forward one image version at a time, for comparing passes.
* **Send All to Video:** queues every shot that has an image. Queuing is free.
* **Export menu:** PDF, Screenplay, or ZIP.
* **Delete All Shots:** permanent, with confirmation.

## Editing Shots (Edit Shot View)

* **Manual Detail Editing:** every generated field can be edited, including action, characters, location, lighting, time of day, camera angle, dialogue and notes.
* **Location picker:** assigns one of the storyboard locations to the shot.
* **Custom Image Prompt:** when enabled, the user's own prompt is used for image generation instead of the structured shot details.
* **Generate Image:** draws a new image with the model selected in Settings.
* **Edit Image by Text Prompt:** describes a change in plain words and produces a new version of the current image.
* **Change Camera Angle:** horizontal angle, vertical angle and zoom sliders re-shoot the current image from a different viewpoint.
* **Image History:** every version is listed with the model and prompt that made it. Tapping a version makes it current; versions can be deleted.
* **Save Image / Add Custom Image:** save the current frame to the photo library, or use a photo of your own as the shot image.
* **Set as Cover Image:** uses the shot image as the storyboard cover.
* **Face Swap:** swaps a face from the photo library into the current image.
* **Create Video from Shot:** adds the shot to the video queue.
* **Delete Shot:** permanent, with confirmation.

## References (Characters, Locations, Styles)

* The References tab is a library of character, location and style images.
* A reference can be imported from the photo library, generated with AI from a description, or picked from the curated library bundled with the app. Generated references can be refined with follow-up edits.
* References attached to a storyboard are sent with every image prompt so faces, places and look stay consistent across shots and versions.
* Reference images are supported by Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2 Lite, GPT Image 2, GPT Image 2 LQ and GPT Image 2.5 Flare.

## Video Generation Workflow

Videos are generated from two sources:

1.  **From storyboard shots:** "Create Video" in the Edit Shot view, or "Send All to Video" in the storyboard toolbar, which queues every shot that has an image.
2.  **From imported images:** images imported from the photo library straight into the Videos tab.

### Video Generation Process in the Videos Tab:

1.  **Automatic Video Prompt Generation:** a motion prompt is drafted for every queued image.
2.  **Prompt Customization:** the prompt can be edited before generation.
3.  **Queuing is free and local:** nothing is charged until Generate is tapped.
4.  **Initiating Generation:** a single clip, or the whole queue in bulk.
5.  **Background Processing:** rendering continues while the app is closed, using the video model selected in Settings.
6.  **Notifications:** a push notification arrives when a clip is ready, and the video appears in the Videos tab.

## Subscription Model

* **Free tier:** browsing already generated content is always free. Generating is limited to 1 storyboard of up to 8 shots per 3 days, 8 images per 3 days, and 1 character plus 1 location reference image per 3 days. Video generation requires a subscription.
* **Credits:** subscribers receive a monthly credit allocation. Different models consume different amounts, and the per-model cost is listed in the pricing sheet in Settings.
* **Credit Refills:** one-time credit packs can be purchased when the monthly allocation runs out. Monthly credits expire at the end of the cycle; purchased packs are valid for 60 days.

## Exporting Storyboards

The Export menu in the storyboard toolbar offers three formats:

1.  **PDF Export:** a laid-out storyboard document with a live preview and an options sheet.
    * Cover page: title, synopsis, genre and cover image, each optional.
    * Shot pages: portrait or landscape, shots per page, font size, image frame, border padding, icons instead of field labels.
    * Field toggles: shot numbers, images, action, characters, location, dialogue, voice over, audio, lighting, notes, technical details and storyboard notes.
2.  **Screenplay Export:** a screenplay-formatted PDF built from the same storyboard, with scene headings, action and dialogue.
3.  **ZIP Archive Export:** every shot image and video at full resolution, the reference images, a CSV of the structured shot data, and a storyboard.json manifest of the whole project.