Creating a Storyboard from a Screenplay PDF File
- Updated on November 2024
- Introduction
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- This workflow is designed for users with a prepared script in a screenplay PDF format.
- Navigation
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- In the left-side menu, navigate to the Dashboard.
- Select the fourth option (Upload a screenplay PDF file and let our AI extract the scenes and generate the shotlist).
- Storyboard Setup
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- In the drawer, provide the storyboard title, define the aspect ratio, and language from the drop-down lists.
- If your screenplay uses scene separators other than INT and EXT, type the custom separator in the provided field and click Add Separator.
- Remove the default separators if they don’t apply.
- Click Upload PDF to upload your file.
- Select the file and click Open.
- Note that the maximum size allowed is 5MB, and only PDFs in screenplay format are accepted. Uploading a file not in this format will result in a failure.
- Creating the Storyboard
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- Click Submit to create the new storyboard.
- You will be taken to the list view within the Storyboard tab.
- AI will extract the scenes from your PDF.
- You can review and edit the scene text.
- Click Submit to save the changes
- For each scene, click Generate Shots to let the AI create shots
- If you’re not satisfied with the created shots, you can ask the AI to regenerate them
- Characters and locations will be created automatically if they don’t already exist on the platform
- Editing in List View
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- In list view, you can:
- Add new shots
- Add new scenes
- Delete shots or scenes
- Rearrange shots or scenes.
- The storyboard summary shows how many shots you have created and other details.
- In list view, you can:
- Switching Views
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- If you prefer, you can switch to vignette view.
- Click the button again to return to list view.
- Uploading a New Script
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- To upload a new script, simply create a new storyboard.
- Finalizing
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- Once satisfied with the concept, click Generate Images to proceed with image generation.