Text2Video Board

Between the script and the video: what AI storyboard tools hand back

Boarding basics: when a board has to leave the tool

A board leaves the tool when someone outside it must read it: a client approving, a crew shooting, a producer funding. That is when export matters. From 7 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

When a board has to leave the toolThe note's four stages, in order: Who reads it (A client, a crew or a producer); What format (PDF, images, shot lists, animatic or deck); Export (checked before the board is built); Share (the board is read outside the tool).Who reads itA client, acrew or aproducer.nextWhat formatPDF, images,shot lists,animatic ordeck.nextExportChecked beforethe board isbuilt.nextShareThe board isread outsidethe tool.
Fig. 1 The stages run in the order of the note.

Most catalogued tools say nothing about board export, because they expect the board to be used inside the product. The ones that describe it offer PDF, images, shot lists, animatics or decks.

Check the export before the board is built, not after.

1Examples from the catalogue

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

Boords, AI storyboard generator page

Export as PDF, PNG, or animatic video to share with teams

Frameo.AI, AI storyboard generator page
  • Produce
    Storyboards export as PDFs, images, shot lists, voiceover-ready scripts or MP4 animaticsexportsBoords, AI storyboard generator page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Plans
    Export is ticked on every paid plan, the one-time top-up included; no file format is namedDrawstory, front page and plans / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Step 3
    PDF, PNG or animatic videocustomize, export and shareFrameo.AI, AI storyboard generator page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Can I export to standard formats?
    Character sheets and scene boards export as images; finished videos download as MP4OiiOii, questions and answers / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Export and share
    Shot lists and storyboards export as PDF, animatics as MP4, and storyboards as a pitch deckStoryboarder.ai, home page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Collaboration
    Storyboards export as branded PDFs or as a motion picture screenplay, or go out as a comment linkStoryboardHero, home page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Can I export my AI storyboard as a file?
    The finished storyboard exports as a file; the page says formats vary by featureToonkit, AI storyboard page / recorded 2026-09-25

2What a storyboard turns into

Between the script and the video in “When a board has to leave the tool”, SceneMixer hands back the following, in its own words:

SceneMixer writes dialogue into the script analysis, assigns each line to a shot with a speaker and a short delivery note, and the video model performs it — picture and audio generated together, so the mouth forms that sentence in the language you chose.

SceneMixer, AI Dialogue Generator (read 2026-10-13)

Paste a scene or a short script and SceneMixer gives you a storyboard — numbered shots with framing and seconds — and then a moving version of each segment, which you can join into a rough cut of the scene.

SceneMixer, Using SceneMixer for Previs and Animatics Before a Live-Action Shoot (read 2026-10-13)

3Further basics

The examples come from what vendors published on their own pages; the tools were not run.