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Storyboard Pro is the leading industry software for storyboard artists like Mark Simon. In this course, he shares the secrets to getting the most from the software,.
5/29/2018Released
12/4/2014 Storyboard Pro is the leading industry software for storyboard artists like Mark Simon. In this course, he shares the secrets to getting the most from the software, and tricks to make your storyboarding more efficient. Learn how to set up files, make notes and track changes, and share your boards with production, and get time-saving shortcuts along the way. Plus, discover how to use audio, moving cameras, and real-time animatics to make your story ideas stand out even more. Topics include:- Why storyboard digitally?
- Setting up a new Storyboard Pro file
- Zooming, rotating, and moving around the workspace
- Editing in the timeline
- Using layers to speed up your work
- Creating, editing, and deleting custom brushes
- Using the shape tools
- Adding text and captions
- Saving images and audio to the library for reuse
- Working with cameras
- Creating animatics
- Editing audio
- Exporting your storyboards
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- Welcome to the essential training for theStoryboard Pro software.I'm Mark Simon.I'm not only a trainer but I also use this software inproduction every day.I own Animatics and Storyboards, Inc., a large storyboardcompany on the east coast.I've been in the industry for almost 30 yearsand have nearly 4,000 production credits and I useStoryboard Pro on all my storyboard gigs.In this course, we'll be covering everything you needto know to work proficiently in Storyboard Pro.
We will cover setting up your files, the drawing tools,secrets to creating real time animatics, moving camerasand layers, best ways to work with audio, how to easilytrack your changes, and anything else that'll save youtime as you storyboard on commercials, features,games, or TV shows.So let's get boarding.
Q: This course was updated on 10/12/2016. What changed?
A: We added and updated over a dozen tutorials, to bring the training up to date with the latest version of Storyboard Pro (v5.0).
Q: This course was updated on 08/02/2017. What changed?
A: New videos were added that cover timeline markers, radial and directional blurs, using the drawing tools, and flipping scenes.
Q: This course was updated on 05/29/2018. What changed?
A: New videos were added that cover reviewing the timeline, including a video that explains how to edit the background layer in an entire shot or scene. In addition, new videos were added that cover importing and animatics.
GTS, a scanning tool developed by Studio Ghibli
- Sequence number scanning can be conducted efficiently according to in-between animation numbers.
- Compatible with 4 types of scanning.
(black-and-white, colored, with or without binarization) - The settings for scanning can be saved. Processes can be reproduced when some cuts are rescanned.
- Compatible with the TWAIN standards
Digital painting
- Anti-aliased lines can be used.
- Since the data of paintings are independent of those of the palette, it is easy to paint with provisional colors.
- Smooth operation even with high-definition image data
Filming
- Equipped with the time sheet-type interface
- Effects can be synthesized easily with the GUI using the node tree.
- Images can be handled with the real scale considering resolution [dpi] (units, such as millimeter, are specified)
- It is possible to use more effects by using the plug-in.
Other features
- Compatible with both raster and vector images
- Equipped with the function for the interconversion between the sequence image of the colored binarized TGA and the OpenToonz format, to secure the compatibility with existing workflow.
- The localization for the Japanese version available