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The AI Storyboard Generator for Creative Professionals

The online storyboard generator that accelerates your creative process. Turn text into AI storyboard images, explore creative ideas, and go from script to storyboard in minutes.

Create polished storyboards without drawing skills
AI characters that stay consistent scene to scene
From script to client-ready exports in minutes
Create storyboard
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Analia
Kelly
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Takeru
Beacon Ads/Client Project
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Conference Room - Monday
Image Generator
Sketch style
Sketch
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Using: prompt & references
Male character referenceFemale character reference
Add Reference
Describe your image
Text Fields
DESIGNER and CLIENT at table with printed boards
Client circling things on printout, designer nodding
CLIENT: "Just a few small changes"
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Conference Room - Client Entrance
Image Generator
Sketch style
Sketch
Auto
Using: prompt & references
Frame 1 referenceElderly character reference
Add Reference
Describe your image
Text Fields
Designer at computer, CD leaning over shoulder
CD pointing at screen, making circular motions with hand
CD: "Make it pop more"
Vidico
Digital Brew
Framestore
Gramm
Idea Machine
Moving Brands
Planet Nutshell
Partizan
Polarfux
Vidico
Digital Brew
Framestore
Gramm
Idea Machine
Moving Brands
Planet Nutshell
Partizan
Polarfux

Consistent Characters in Every Art Style

Build your cast once and reuse them across every scene. The AI storyboard generator keeps characters consistent from frame to frame, in any art style you choose.

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AI-generated storyboard in sketch art style showing hand-drawn frame compositions
AI storyboard generator output in clean vector illustration style
Photorealistic AI-generated storyboard frames with consistent character design
How it works

How to Create a Storyboard in 3 Steps

Start with a script or just an idea. Use the AI storyboard generator to generate images, create animatics, and visualize scenes — then share for feedback. It's digital storytelling made simple: explore ideas fast, iterate as your story evolves, and get high quality results before you commit.
Boords AI Script Import UI

1 → Add your script or brief

Paste your script or client brief and we'll convert it into a structured storyboard automatically.

Boords AI Storyboard Generator Preview

2 → Upload or generate images

Generate images with AI or upload your own stills, then adjust frames until the story works.

Boords Collaborative Storyboarding UI Preview

3 → Share for review & sign-off

Share a link with clients, collect frame-level comments, and get your storyboard signed off.

Create

Turn Text Prompts into AI Generated Storyboard Images

Describe a scene in plain language and watch it become a storyboard frame. Use AI image generation to explore visual ideas, build a consistent cast of characters, and pull from millions of stock assets — all without drawing a single line.

AI storyboard generator turning a rough doodle into a polished storyboard frame
Character cast panel showing consistent AI-generated characters across multiple storyboard frames
Stock image and icon library inside the Boords storyboard creator
Explore ideas before you commit
Rough out ideas fast—iterate before you invest in polished frames
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Script to Storyboard

Generate Storyboards from Scripts with AI

Paste a screenplay, treatment, or brief and let AI break it into storyboard frames. Keep your script and visuals in sync, convert boards into detailed shot lists, and customize fields for your workflow — everything you need to go from script to storyboard.

Script editor alongside AI-generated storyboard frames showing script to storyboard conversion
Shot list view with camera angles and scene descriptions generated from a script
Custom fields editor for adding project-specific metadata to storyboard frames
Paste your script and watch it transform
Drop in a screenplay, treatment, or brief and AI generates matching storyboard frames automatically
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Produce

Generate Video Animatics and Export for Production

Preview pacing with audio before committing to a final cut. Export storyboards as PDFs, images, or MP4 animatics — and keep every version tracked so you never lose feedback between revisions.

Video animatic player previewing storyboard timing with audio waveform
Storyboard export options showing PDF, image, and video format choices
Version history panel comparing storyboard revisions side by side
Test timing before you commit
Preview pacing with audio, then share a link or export as MP4
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Collaborate

Real-Time Collaboration to Keep Your Team on the Same Page

Edit storyboards together in real time, collect frame-specific feedback, share secure presentation links, and track approval status — so your whole team stays aligned from first draft to final sign-off.

Real-time collaboration on a storyboard with multiple team member cursors
Frame-level commenting thread on a storyboard with client feedback
Storyboard presentation link sharing dialog with passphrase protection
Storyboard approval workflow showing frame status labels and progress tracking
Project folder view organizing storyboards by client and project
Work together without stepping on toes
Edit storyboards with your team, see real-time updates, and assign project-level access
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Loved by Studios & Agencies Worldwide

Since 2015, studios and agencies have used Boords to get client alignment faster, iterate without chaos, and focus on the creative work.
Before Boords, storyboarding was time-consuming and technical. Now I can focus exclusively on creative decisions and make my work better!
Scott Rice

Scott Rice

EP & Director, Two Shot West

Our studio runs on Boords. We can quickly draw up ideas, add in a script, receive real-time feedback and rapidly iterate changes. It's really a game changer.
Kelly Messori

Kelly Messori

Producer, CatCow

Boords is so intuitive and integrated that it massively helps us streamline our storyboarding process, saving us from faffing around.
Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson

Co-Founder, Scriberia

Boords helps us spend time on the creative, not the formatting. It's every creative's dream.
Hope Morley

Hope Morley

COO, Umault

Boords automatically does the tedious work caused by rearranging frames of a storyboard. We can do more trial and error without stress and be more creative.
Takeru Nakabayashi

Takeru Nakabayashi

Founder, LiPOGRAM

Such a great tool. It helps us focus in what storyboards are for: presenting our ideas to clients, rather than dealing with the mess that comes with the back and forth!
Analia Perezvilla

Analia Perezvilla

Motion Designer, Mo•Graph

Boords makes it easy to keep track of versions and makes the storyboarding process more collaborative. It's the type of tool that makes you wonder how you ever lived without it.
Sofie Edvardsson

Sofie Edvardsson

Creative Director, Soja

Finding Boords was one of those moments of pure delight, I can't imagine completing storyboards in any other way now, and it's only getting better and better.
Charlie Scannell

Charlie Scannell

Producer, Partizan

Easy to use, intuitive and flexible, Boords is the perfect tool for the biggest part of a video production. We can shape and collaborate on ideas then share them with our clients so they're fully understood.
Toby Mory

Toby Mory

Partner, Goldener Westen

Boords made storyboarding faster, flexible and above all, easy to collaborate on. It's adding so much value to the ultimate goal of bringing stories to life.
Malisa Perona

Malisa Perona

Founder, Gramm Studio

Since we got Boords, we haven't looked back! We'd been working with custom PDF templates and we knew there had to be a better way, and we found it! It's intuitive, it's visually pleasing, and it's saved us a hell of a lot of time.
Nick Patterson

Nick Patterson

Founder, Storm & Shelter

Without Boords storyboarding was the most painful part of the production process, with Boords it's the most painless. Super easy to use and speeds up the pre-production process immeasurably.
Lewis Darby

Lewis Darby

Founder, Yard B

The features to organize projects are superb. I needed more PDF download options and Boords delivered.
Andrew Cherry

Andrew Cherry

Storyboard Artist & Illustrator

We tried all the storyboarding tools out there. Boords ended up as our preferred choice because of its straight forward approach, light weight interface and streamlined remote collaboration features.
Bo Blaksteen

Bo Blaksteen

Creative Director, Nerd Productions

Boords has drastically changed our workflow. Before, we spent so much time creating storyboards that we were happy to put in front of clients. Now everyone in our business can create storyboards that are visually pleasing. I can't recommend it enough.
Erin Oliver

Erin Oliver

Head of Production, ENTHRAL

Boords eliminates menial, repetitive tasks so we can focus on the fun, creative parts of the process.
Karen Hansen

Karen Hansen

Motion Designer, Delicious Empire

Boords has fundamentally changed how we create, share and collaborate on storyboards.It's been an absolute godsend.
Ryan Rumbolt

Ryan Rumbolt

Creative Director, Wonderlust

Making storyboards is a fun and creative process… until you need to shift some frames around! Boords is an excellent tool for letting you focus on your story while allowing for rapid changes as the creative process takes its inevitable twists and turns.
Paddy O'Connor

Paddy O'Connor

Creative Director, Paradigm

Boords is an essential part of our workflow. The ability to share our storyboards with clients gives them the opportunity to visualise the project earlier, give feedback and be assured the project is heading in the right direction.
Matt Lynch

Matt Lynch

Managing Director, Affirmer

Boords helps us streamline our storyboarding process and makes it easy to produce storyboards the way we want to. Our clients can provide feedback easily and it's effortless for us to make changes as needed, letting us focus on the creative.
Matthew Creed

Matthew Creed

Co-Founder, Jammy Custard

Boords allows us to keep all our storyboards in one place. It's also very easy to add review notes to share with our design team right inside Boords, which streamlines communication.
Michael Cardwell

Michael Cardwell

Founder, Digital Brew

The flexibility and ease of Boords has led to such a smooth process when it comes to storyboarding, we can't imagine doing it any other way.
Hannah Churn

Hannah Churn

Art Director, The Duke & The Duck

Before Boords, tracking feedback was a mess. With Boords we've got versioning, commenting, and presenting all in one place. It helps us with client communication so much.
Andreas Niedermayer

Andreas Niedermayer

Founder, Polarfux

Boords has become a vital part of our workflow. We love how easy it is to create storyboards, collaborate on them, and get feedback from clients. It has made our studio more efficient, more productive, and happier!
Joshua Gunn

Joshua Gunn

Founder & CD, Planet Nutshell

What Is an AI Storyboard Generator?

An AI storyboard generator is software that helps you visually plan video projects frame by frame using artificial intelligence. Unlike basic drawing tools or storyboard templates, an AI storyboard generator like Boords lets you type a text prompt and instantly produce storyboard images in sketch, vector, or realistic styles. No drawing skills required.

Traditional storyboarding forces a choice: hire an illustrator and wait days, or sketch something yourself that nobody else can read. AI image generation removes that bottleneck. Describe a scene in plain language and the storyboard creator builds it in seconds. Need to change the angle? Update the prompt and regenerate.

What sets a purpose-built AI storyboard tool apart from a generic image generator is context. Boords keeps your frames in sequence, maintains consistent characters across scenes, and ties every image to your script. Paste a screenplay, break it into scenes, and generate frames that follow the narrative. That continuity matters when you're presenting to a client or handing off to a production team.

You can start building storyboards with Boords for free. No credit card, no watermarked exports. Just sign up and start prompting.

Whether you're planning a commercial, explainer video, or branded content piece, an AI storyboard generator helps you visualize scenes before production, get client approval faster, and keep your team aligned on the creative vision.

It's also where you catch problems early, before they become expensive fixes on set or in post. When everyone signs off on the boards, there are fewer surprises downstream and fewer rounds of revisions eating into your margins.

The people who get the most from AI storyboard software aren't just directors and animators. Agency producers use it to pitch concepts without burning creative hours. Marketing teams storyboard social ads in an afternoon instead of a week. Freelance videographers show clients exactly what they'll get before a single camera rolls.

Where Boords fits is between the brief and the shoot. Write your script, drop it into the storyboard software, generate frames with AI, then share with your team. Build an animatic to test pacing, add voiceover, and export production-ready assets from a single platform. No stitching together three different tools.

Frequently Asked Questions

I'm not sure where to start - is there a sample storyboard?

What is the difference between a storyboard creator and a storyboard generator?

Can I create a storyboard online for free?

How do I make a storyboard if I can't draw?

What should a storyboard include?

Can I use an AI storyboard generator without drawing skills?

How does the AI storyboard generator turn a script into storyboard frames?

What export formats does the AI storyboard generator support?

Is the AI storyboard generator free to try?

Can I generate storyboards from a script or text prompt?

Do I need to sign up to use the AI storyboard generator?

Can I generate unlimited storyboards for free?

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Create consistent storyboards fast, iterate quickly, then share for feedback.

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