AI Storyboard Generator: from script to scenes, with timing
Paste a script and it gets split into scenes exactly as written. Describe an idea and the narration gets written too. Every scene shows the visual, the one line of on-screen text, the spoken words, the motion, and how many seconds it takes.
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Your scenes land here.
Each scene shows what is on screen, the one line of text the viewer reads, the spoken narration, and how it moves. Then copy it, download it, or build the video from it.
- No sign-up required
- Vertical 9:16 or widescreen 16:9
- Scenes stream in as they are planned
- Build the video from the storyboard
An AI storyboard generator turns a script or an idea into the scene-by-scene plan a video is built from. Instead of sketches, this one gives you what a motion designer actually needs: the composition of each frame in words, the single line of text a viewer reads on screen, the narration spoken over it, a note on how the scene moves, and a time estimate, all laid out on a timeline. It works on a vertical 9:16 canvas for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, or a widescreen 16:9 canvas for YouTube and websites. When you paste a finished script, the wording is preserved and only split at natural beats; when you give it an idea, it writes the narration with a hook in scene one. The storyboard copies as Markdown, downloads as a file, and builds as an animated video in one click.
Everything you need
Built for creators who want fast, high-quality results.
Five things per scene
What is on screen, the on-screen text, the exact narration, the motion, and the seconds. Enough to brief a designer or build it yourself.
Script in, scenes out
Paste a finished script and it is split into scenes as written, never rewritten or shortened. Or give it an idea and get the narration too.
Two canvases
Vertical 9:16 storyboards compose tall with one focal object and room for captions. Widescreen 16:9 storyboards use side-by-side layouts and left-to-right flows.
Timeline view
Every scene's share of the runtime on one bar, so you can see where the video drags or rushes before anything is built.
Streams as it thinks
Scene cards fill in one by one as the plan is written. No spinner for thirty seconds; the first scene is readable in a few.
From storyboard to video
One click carries the narration into the Motion Graphics studio, where each scene gets designed, animated, voiced, and captioned.
How it works
Four steps. Under a minute.
Paste a script or describe the video
A finished script keeps its words. A one-line idea gets narration written for it. Up to 3,000 characters.
Pick the canvas and scene count
Vertical for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok; widescreen for YouTube. Let it choose the number of scenes or fix it at 4, 6, 8, or 10.
Watch the scenes arrive
Each card shows the frame, the on-screen text, the narration, and the motion note, with a running total on the timeline.
Copy, download, or build it
Copy the storyboard as Markdown, download it as a file, or send the narration into the studio and generate the video.
Perfect for
Explainer and educational videos
Plan how a concept unfolds frame by frame: the mental model, the naive version, the problem, the fix. See the visuals before you animate anything.
Product launches and ads
Storyboard the pain, the turn, the product in use, and the proof in as many scenes as the ad has seconds.
Training and onboarding
One step per scene with the on-screen label a learner needs to read, so the video can be reviewed by the team before it is produced.
Client pitches and briefs
Agencies hand clients a numbered scene list with timing instead of a wall of text. Download it as Markdown and drop it in the deck.
YouTube and faceless channels
Break a long script into visual beats so every section has something on screen, not just a voice over a static image.
Motion designers and editors
A shot list with composition, text, and motion notes per scene, ready to build in any tool or to generate here.
Frequently asked questions
Is the AI storyboard generator free?
Does it draw the storyboard frames?
Can I storyboard an existing script?
How many scenes does a short video need?
What is the difference between a storyboard and a shot list?
Which canvas should I pick?
How do I turn the storyboard into a video?
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