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

Elements and named assets

An element, or named asset, is a character, location or prop defined once and then called into any panel by name, tag or @ mention. From 5 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Element across the catalogueAn element, or named asset, is a character, location or prop defined once and then called into any panel by name, tag or @ mention. Board tools whose wording uses it: Boords, ImagineArt, LTX Studio, Toonkit and Topview Drama Studio.TermElementAn element, or named asset, is a character, location or propdefined once and then called…Found inBoords, ImagineArt, LTX Studio, Toonkit and 1 otherRead2026-09-25
Fig. 1 The definition is the catalogue's; the vendor wording is quoted in the table.

Named assets let the planner decide who and what appears in a frame, rather than leaving it to the model's reading of the text.

Tools that name locations and props as well as characters treat the set as part of the cast.

1The term in vendor wording

Element in the vendors' words, one line per board tool, read 2026-09-25.
Board toolWhat the vendor page saysField
BoordsCast, locations and props are named once and placed in any frame with @Cast
ImagineArtCharacters, locations and props are pinned from reference images and reused with @Cast
LTX StudioEvery character, location and object in the script becomes an Element that can be tagged and reusedCast
ToonkitCharacters are generated first and then mentioned with @ in the scenesCast
Topview Drama StudioCharacter, location and prop records carry visual references reused across beatsCast

Inclusion rule. Board tools whose copied lines use the term or its usual equivalent; one line each. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.

Name your cast, locations and props once, then type @ to put them in every frame your client signs off.

Boords, AI storyboard generator page

Pin characters, locations, and props from any reference image. Reuse them across every scene in your AI film production

ImagineArt, Film Studio overview
  • Overview
    Cast, locations and props are named once and placed in any frame with @Boords, AI storyboard generator page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Character and location capture
    Characters, locations and props are pinned from reference images and reused with @ImagineArt, Film Studio overview / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Storyboard Generator
    Every character, location and object in the script becomes an Element that can be tagged and reusedLTX Studio blog, feature round-up / since 2026-01-22 / checked 2026-09-25
  • Tips for making an AI storyboard
    Characters are generated first and then mentioned with @ in the scenesToonkit, AI storyboard page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Characters
    Character, location and prop records carry visual references reused across beatslocations, and propsTopview, Drama Studio overview / recorded 2026-09-25

2What a storyboard turns into

Between the script and the video in “Element”, SceneMixer hands back the following, in its own words:

That is SceneMixer's core design: characters live in a persistent asset library with locked reference art, and every segment that features a character is generated against those references — same face in episode 1 and episode 50.

SceneMixer, The AI Micro Drama Production Pipeline — “Can AI keep the same actors across 50 episodes?” (read 2026-10-13)

A line lives inside the shot where it is spoken, in four parts: the speaker chip, the delivery note in round brackets, the words after the colon, and the voice chip after the words.

SceneMixer, Dialogue in the Storyboard: How to Write a Line, and What Save Tidies Up (read 2026-10-13)

3Neighbouring terms