Storyboards
A storyboard in CineLog is a visual view of your whole project’s shots, grouped by scene, with previs frames attached. It isn’t a separate copy of the data — it sits on top of the shot list, so reordering a storyboard reorders the underlying shots.
This guide assumes The basics.
What a storyboard is
Section titled “What a storyboard is”A view of your whole project’s shots, grouped by scene, showing previs frames and the main shot fields. Both layouts scroll through every scene in one continuous view, with scene markers between scenes — the scene picker in the toolbar jumps to a scene rather than filtering to it. It doesn’t duplicate shots; it’s a layer over the shot list.
Layouts
Section titled “Layouts”Two display modes:
- Linear — a horizontal strip of shot panels side by side on desktop and tablet; on phone, a full-screen carousel showing one shot at a time. Good for review presentations.
- Grid — multiple shots side-by-side in a resizable grid. Good for at-a-glance reference.
Switch from the Storyboard entry in the sidebar on desktop (Linear is the default; pick “Grid View” to switch). On phone, use the Linear/Grid pill at the bottom of the screen.
Adding previs frames
Section titled “Adding previs frames”Tap an empty previs cell on a shot. Your device’s image picker opens — photo gallery on phone, file browser on desktop. The images you select upload directly to that shot, and they appear in the project’s media library under it.
Frames belong to their shot — a frame is never shared across shots, so changing one shot’s frames never affects another. To add, replace, or remove frames on a shot that already has previs, use the Manage PreVis Files dialog from the shot list’s previs overlay.
Reordering frames
Section titled “Reordering frames”In Grid layout, drag shots to reorder — Linear and the phone carousel don’t support drag reordering. The reorder applies to the underlying shots — there is no separate “storyboard order” that diverges from shot order. Shot letters update accordingly.
Display settings (per storyboard)
Section titled “Display settings (per storyboard)”Grid columns, spacing, aspect ratio (Flexible by default — each frame’s native proportions — or a fixed ratio like 16:9, 4:3, or 2.35:1). Adjust from the toolbar.
Export
Section titled “Export”Cmd / Ctrl + P exports the storyboard to PDF, rendered locally.
If this isn’t working
Section titled “If this isn’t working”“I reordered my storyboard and now my shot letters changed.” Expected. Reordering a storyboard reorders the underlying shots; there’s no separate storyboard order.