What is pre-production software?

Pre-production software is built for the planning that happens before production—scriptwriting, storyboarding, shot lists, and team alignment. Unlike PM tools you've tried to adapt, it's purpose-built for visual planning. Map out every scene, get everyone aligned, and lock creative decisions before production starts.

What tools are included in Boords for pre-production?

Everything you need from script to sign-off: a two-column AV script editor with automatic timing, AI image generation to rough out frames fast, manual storyboard tools, animatics with audio sync, automatic shot lists, frame-by-frame commenting, client review links, version tracking, and client-ready exports in multiple formats.

Is Boords suitable for film pre-production or just video?

Boords scales from quick social spots to feature-length work. Whether you're planning a 30-second commercial, a brand campaign, a documentary, or a longer-form piece, the workflow is the same: script, storyboard, align, approve. Teams of 2 or 50 can work together without the usual chaos.

How does Boords compare to other pre-production management software?

Boords isn't a PM tool adapted for video—it's built specifically for creative pre-pro. Purpose-built storyboarding, AI to rough out frames fast, script-to-storyboard in one workflow, and collaboration designed around how agencies and studios actually work. No workarounds. No forcing a square peg.

Can I try Boords pre-production software for free?

Yes—Boords has a free plan. Create boards, generate AI frames, collaborate with your team, and export your work. Upgrade when you need more projects, additional AI credits, or team features like approval workflows and custom branding.

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Pre-Production Software for Agencies & Studios

From script to storyboard to animatic—everything your team needs to get aligned before production. One tool. One place. No more scattered files and email threads.

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Built for Pre-Pro, Not Project Management

Boords isn't a PM tool you've adapted for boards. It's built for the creative planning phase—storyboard, script, share, and get client approval before production starts.

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Every project in its place. Group boards by project, share what clients need to see

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Access 3M+ stock images and icons or upload team-wide custom assets screenshot

Preview pacing with audio, then share a link or export as MP4 screenshot

Write scripts alongside frames to ensure your storyboard and script are always in sync screenshot

Export storyboards as PDFs, images, shot lists, voiceover-ready scripts, and more screenshot

Build your custom cast once and maintain perfect consistency scene after scene screenshot

Rough out ideas fast—iterate before you invest in polished frames screenshot

Group boards by project, share what clients need to see screenshot

Edit storyboards with your team, see real-time updates, and assign project-level access screenshot

Get frame-specific comments from clients and team members screenshot

Create new versions (complete with comments) and quickly restore previous work screenshot

Add statuses to frames and comments to track progress across your project screenshot

Send secure custom presentation links and control access with passphrases screenshot

Convert storyboards into detailed shot lists then export for on-set reference screenshot

Add custom fields for project-specific info then save as team-wide templates screenshot

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Workflow

From Script to Sign-Off in 3 Steps

Built for busy studios and agencies. Add your script, build your storyboard, then share it for client sign-off.

Add your script or brief

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

Upload or generate images

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

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Share for review & sign-off

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

Everything You Need Before Production

Pre-pro is where productions are won or lost. Get it right and the rest flows. Get it wrong and you're fixing it in post—or worse, back to square one with the client.

Boords keeps everything in one place. Write scripts with the two-column AV editor, then turn them into storyboards in minutes. Rough out frames with our AI storyboard generator to explore ideas fast, or upload your own artwork.

Generate shot lists automatically. Build animatics to test timing before you commit. From script to boards to sign-off—one tool, not five.

Whether it's a 30-second spot, a brand campaign, or a longer-form piece, Boords handles the creative planning that happens before production.

Share boards with clients via presentation-ready exports or live review links. Get frame-by-frame notes in one place—no more hunting through email for that one comment. Know exactly which version was approved, and prove it.

3,000+ agencies and studios use Boords because it's built for visual storytelling—not adapted from PM tools designed for something else entirely.

11 years of preproduction sign-off

Hear from teams that switched from email threads and Final_v3.pdf to one place for storyboards, animatics, and client sign-off.

Before Boords, storyboarding was time-consuming and technical. Now I can focus exclusively on creative decisions and make my work better!

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

Producer, CatCow

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

Chris Wilson

Co-Founder, Scriberia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Founder, Yard B

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

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

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

Head of Production, ENTHRAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!