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STORYBOARD MAKER

The storyboard maker with
room for the whole sequence.

Storyflow is a storyboard maker on a truly infinite canvas. Start from a script or a single idea, let AI generate the frames, then drag them into order, add shot notes, and pin references beside each panel. Share a view-only link or export the board when it is ready. Free forever, no credit card.

Free plan

No credit card

Works in your browser

Used by creative professionals at:

Artlist

Pixar

Nike

Red Bull

The North Face

Porsche

Start from a ready-made template

Pick a board, then let AI fill it in. Every template is a real, editable starting point on the same infinite canvas.

Storyboard built in Storyflow
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What is a storyboard maker, and why build one on a canvas?

A storyboard maker lets you plan a video, film, ad, or animation shot by shot before you shoot a single frame. Each panel captures what the audience sees: the framing, the action, the camera move, a line of direction. Laid out in order, the panels turn a script or an idea into a sequence you can read, critique, and hand to a crew.

Most storyboard tools box you into a fixed grid of panels on a page. That is fine until you want to reshuffle a scene, drop in a reference photo, or plan the shot list and the schedule beside the board. Storyflow builds the storyboard on an open infinite canvas instead. Every frame is a real card you can drag, reorder, recolor, and annotate, so the sequence bends to the edit rather than snapping to a template.

The canvas also means the storyboard does not sit alone. Describe the scene in the AI chat and it lays out a full board of frames. Turn the board into a shot list or a production plan on the same canvas. Attach the moodboard that sets the look right next to it. The storyboard becomes the center of pre-production instead of one more file to keep in sync.

HOW IT WORKS

Make a storyboard in four steps.

Start from a blank canvas or a script. Either way the frames stay yours to reorder and rewrite.

01

Open a free canvas

Start in the browser with a free account. Nothing to install and no card to enter, just an infinite canvas ready for your first frame.

02

Generate frames from your script

Paste a scene or describe the sequence in the AI chat and Storyflow lays out a full board of storyboard frames for you to shape, or start placing panels by hand.

03

Arrange, note, and reference

Drag frames into order, add shot notes and camera directions to each panel, and pin reference images or video stills beside the shots they belong to.

04

Share or export

Send a view-only link so anyone can review the board without an account, invite collaborators to build it with you, or export the storyboard as an image or PDF.

A storyboard maker that keeps up with the edit.

Keep the frame-by-frame planning you know. Lose the fixed grid, the object cap, and the export-and-forget ending.

A storyboard made of draggable frame cards on the Storyflow canvas

Frames are real canvas cards

A board you can actually reorder

Every panel is a card you drag, recolor, and annotate. Reordering a sequence is a move, not a redraw, so the board keeps pace with the cut instead of locking it in a grid.

See the infinite canvas
AI generating storyboard frames from a script on the canvas

AI generates the frames

From script to storyboard with AI

Describe the scene or paste the script and the AI lays out a full board of frames, using the current board as context. It gives you a first sequence to react to instead of a blank grid.

See the AI storyboard generator
A storyboard next to a shot list on the same canvas

Pre-production in one place

Storyboard beside the shot list and plan

Turn the board into a shot list or a production plan on the same canvas, and keep the moodboard that sets the look right next to it. Pre-production lives together instead of in five files.

See the shot list generator
A long storyboard spreading across an infinite canvas

Room for the whole sequence

An infinite canvas, no frame cap

A feature has hundreds of shots, and that is the point. With a truly infinite canvas and no object cap on the free plan, no scene gets cut for space and the board never runs into an edge.

See the free infinite canvas

Free forever. No frame cap.

Open a canvas and start boarding. The free plan has no object cap and no time limit, so a real sequence never pushes you to upgrade mid-scene.

Unlimited storyboards with room for every shot

Basic AI usage to generate and expand frames

Attach images, PDFs, video, and reference stills to any frame

Share the board view-only, or invite collaborators free

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A free storyboard workspace in Storyflow

PLAN THE SHOT

Built for the way storyboard artists actually work.

Lay out the sequence, note the shots, hang the references, and keep the whole board visible at once.

Freeform storyboard frames grouped by scene on the canvas

Sequence without a fixed grid

Freeform frames, not a locked template

Reorder by dragging: Move a frame and the sequence follows. When the edit changes, the board changes with a drag rather than a rebuild of the whole page.

Insert and split scenes: Drop a new panel between two shots or pull a scene apart into more frames. The canvas makes room instead of forcing a fixed number of cells.

Color and group by scene: Recolor frames and cluster them by scene or act so a long board still reads at a glance from a zoomed-out view.

AI generating storyboard frames from a script and brief

AI that reads the board

AI generates frames from your material

Board a scene on demand: Paste a scene and ask the AI to storyboard it. It builds frames that follow the action, using the current board as context so they fit the sequence you are making.

Bring in your script and brief: Add up to one Blueprint and three documents as context with an @-mention, so a script or a creative brief shapes the frames the AI generates.

Re-prompt to reshoot: Ask for a tighter cut, a different angle, or more coverage on a beat. The AI reworks the frames while keeping the panels you have already dialed in.

A storyboard with shot notes and reference images on each frame

More than a sketch per panel

Shot notes and references on every frame

Note the shot: Add framing, camera moves, and direction to each panel as notes on the canvas, so the board carries the plan, not just the picture.

Frame grabs from video: Pull stills from YouTube and Vimeo straight onto a frame when a reference shot explains the look better than a description.

Attach the references: Images, PDFs, GIFs, and links sit beside the frame they support, so location photos, lookbooks, and notes live on the board instead of behind a link.

A storyboard turned into a production plan on one canvas

The board is step one

From storyboard to production plan

Turn frames into a shot list: Convert the board into a shot list or a production plan on the same canvas, with the AI carrying the frames across so you plan from the storyboard, not from scratch.

Share the sequence: Invite collaborators free, or send a view-only link so a director or client can walk the whole board in the browser without an account.

Export for the crew: Need the board in a deck or a call sheet? Export the storyboard as a clean image or a PDF in one step.

WHO IT IS FOR

Who makes storyboards in Storyflow?

Anyone who needs to see the sequence before the camera rolls.

Filmmakers and directors

Board a scene from the script, arrange coverage, and hand the crew a sequence with shot notes attached. Then turn it into a shot list on the same canvas.

YouTubers and creators

Storyboard a video from the outline, grab reference stills from other channels, and plan the whole shoot without leaving the canvas. Free, with no time limit.

Marketers and ad teams

Turn a campaign concept into a storyboard for an ad, share a view-only link for client sign-off, and keep the brief and moodboard beside the board.

Animators

Lay out an animatic frame by frame, reorder beats as timing shifts, and pin style references next to the panels they inform.

Students and teachers

Plan a class film or a first project as a storyboard, learn shot language by boarding it, and export the board for a submission or a critique.

COMPARED

How Storyflow compares to other storyboard tools.

Plenty of apps draw a neat panel grid. The question is what the board can become once it is drawn.

Storyflow

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What creators are saying

Join early creators getting structured workspaces and AI that remembers their projects

Storyflow has sped up my workflow by at least 3x, which means more flow state and more projects I can actually ship. It truly changed the way me and my team create.

Reilin Joey

Reilin Joey

Director & YouTuber

One prompt gets me a structured board. But the tactics are my favorite. I run my YouTube scripts through them and my intros and retention got better. It's amazing.

Justkay

Justkay

YouTuber & Freelance Filmmaker

I used to juggle five apps to plan a project. Now I describe what I am making and get boards, lists, and a schedule. All in one place.

George

George

@fernwehchronicles

Storyboard maker questions, answered.

Everything people ask about making storyboards in Storyflow.

A storyboard maker helps you plan a video, film, or ad shot by shot, laying out each frame in order so you can see the sequence before you shoot. Storyflow does this on an infinite canvas where every frame is a real card you can move, edit, and annotate, rather than a fixed grid on a page.

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The sequence is in your head. Get it on the board.

Start a storyboard by hand or from a script, arrange the frames that matter, and turn the board into a plan. Free plan, no credit card.

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