Send the approved storyboard to Premiere Pro
On paid Boords plans.
The approved board, ready to cut
A 25fps sequence, 1920 × 1080 for a 16:9 board. Each frame is a still clip at its Boords timing, named with its number and label, with your soundtrack underneath if the board has one.
Frame notes travel on markers
Every frame gets a marker for its full length, holding that frame's notes. Your editor reads the voiceover and action in the Markers panel without opening Boords.
Frame 1: Laces
Starts at 01:00:00:00, lasts 00:00:03:00
Sound: VO: Nobody sees the first mile.Action: Porch light on. Hands double-knot the laces. Street still dark behind.
Frame 2: Empty street
Starts at 01:00:03:00, lasts 00:00:04:00
Sound: VO: No crowd. No finish line. Just you and the cold.Action: She sets off down the terrace. Streetlights still on, pavement wet.
Frame 3: Breath
Starts at 01:00:07:00, lasts 00:00:03:00
Sound: VO: Every step is your call.Action: Track alongside. Her breath clouds in the cold air.
Frame 4: Shoe strike
Starts at 01:00:10:00, lasts 00:00:03:00
Sound: VO: Halo Trail. Built for the miles nobody films.Action: Slow motion. Shoe hits the puddle and water sprays. Product hero.
Frame 5: The hill
Starts at 01:00:13:00, lasts 00:00:04:00
Sound: VO: The hill doesn't get easier.Action: Steep path, long climb. She leans in as the sky starts to lift.
Frame 6: Over the top
Starts at 01:00:17:00, lasts 00:00:04:00
Sound: VO: You just get there sooner.Action: Handheld track as she drives over the crest. Fence posts whip past.
Frame 7: First light
Starts at 01:00:21:00, lasts 00:00:05:00
Sound: VO: That's first light.Action: She stops, hands on hips. Sun breaks over the bay. Music swells.
Frame 8: End card
Starts at 01:00:26:00, lasts 00:00:04:00
Sound: VO: Halo Running. Get there first.Action: Muddy shoes on the doormat. Super: Halo logo and 'Get there first' on the left.
Into Premiere Pro in three steps
Step 1: Export from Boords
Choose Export, then Premiere / Resolve, then Download XML timeline. Boords emails you a link to the ZIP, and the link works for 24 hours.Step 2: Import the XML
Unzip the download and keep the files together. In Premiere Pro, choose File > Import and pick the .xml file. If Link Media opens, click Locate and pick any image in the unzipped folder, and the rest link automatically.Step 3: Open the new sequence
Open the sequence Premiere Pro adds to your project. Each frame sits at its Boords timing with its notes on a marker.
One ZIP for Premiere Pro and Resolve
The same download opens in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, so it suits whichever editor your post team uses.
What's in the ZIP
- Halo_
Running__ First_ Light__ 30s_ - Halo_
Running__ First_ Light__ 30s_ .xmlThe timeline you import The timeline you import
- frame-0001 ddpmst.jpgOne JPG per frame, sized to the timeline
One JPG per frame, sized to the timeline
- frame-0002 dttmxk.jpg
- 6 more frames, up to frame-0008 gjkcts.jpg
- sound sdbfxg.m4aIf your storyboard has one
If your storyboard has one
- README.txtImport steps for both editors
Import steps for both editors
- Halo_
Running__ First_ Light__ 30s_ script.txtEvery frame’s label and notes Every frame’s label and notes
Good to know
- A snapshot
- The export is a copy of the board when you click. Export again after it changes.
- Aspect ratios
- 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 4:3, 1.85:1 and 2.4:1 each get their own sequence size. Other ratios export at 1920 × 1080.
- Timings
- Frames with no duration last 2 seconds. Frames shorter than one video frame at 25fps are left out.
- Soundtrack
- If the soundtrack runs past the last frame, that frame holds until the sound ends.
- Missing images
- A frame whose image couldn't be added, including any SVG frame, shows as a grey “Missing frame” clip.
- Linked files
- The sequence links to the unzipped images and sound, so keep the folder where it is.
Frequently asked questions
No. The ZIP holds a standard .xml timeline (Final Cut Pro 7 XML), which Premiere Pro imports with File > Import.
Click Locate in the Link Media window and pick any image in the unzipped folder. Premiere Pro finds the rest, as long as the files are still together.
The sequence runs at 25fps and takes its size from your storyboard: 1920 × 1080 for 16:9, 1080 × 1920 for 9:16, 1080 × 1080 for 1:1, 1080 × 1350 for 4:5, 1440 × 1080 for 4:3, 1998 × 1080 for 1.85:1 and 2592 × 1080 for 2.4:1. The timecode starts at 01:00:00:00.
Onto markers. Each frame has a marker as long as the frame, named with its number and label, and the marker comment holds the notes from your frame fields.
Yes, if your storyboard has one. It sits under the frames on the sequence.
Yes. One ZIP works in both editors. Boords for DaVinci Resolve has the Resolve import steps.
No. Export again for the latest timings and notes. Every file name ends in a code unique to its download, so Premiere Pro never links a file from an earlier export by mistake.
Paid plans: Solo, Pro, Team and Agency. It isn't available on Free or during a trial. Compare plans.
Hand your editor the approved board
More ways to connect Boords
All integrations and exports- DaVinci ResolveBring the approved board into DaVinci Resolve as a timeline, with every frame at its Boords timing and the notes on markers.
- After EffectsOpen your timed frames, notes and soundtrack as an After Effects composition, with no plugin.
- MP4 animaticShow the client the timing and pacing before anything is shot.