# AI Storyboard Generator > An AI storyboard generator turns a script or idea into a sequence of planned shots. Kenerate Director writes that board for you: the script becomes scenes, each scene becomes shots with a prompt, length, camera setting and dialogue or narration, and the production plan shows the credits for every shot before anything renders. You edit, reorder or delete shots, approve, and the board renders as video with consistent characters. For still panels instead, use the Image studio with a reference image. Director runs on paid plans. URL: https://kenerateai.com/ai-storyboard-generator Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 20 October 2026 ## Key facts - Start from: A script, a written idea, or one of the Director Quick Starts - Board: Scene cards, each with its shot tiles; drag to reorder, select many to act on at once - Each shot: Prompt, length, camera, dialogue or narration, caption, cast references - Camera: 6 lenses · 14–135 mm · f/1.4–f/11 - Before rendering: Production plan with model, length and credits per shot - Formats: 16:9 · 21:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:3 · 3:4 - Video models: Seedance 2.0 (default) · 2.0 Mini · 2.5 · Wan 3.0 · Wan 3.0 Prime - Still panels: Image studio: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (16 refs) or Nano Banana 2.1 (14 refs) - Access: Director: paid plans with a verified email · Image studio: free credits to start ## Steps 1. Paste the script or the idea — Open Director, paste your script or describe the story, and pick the ratio, look and length. A Quick Start such as Short Film or Product Ad fills sensible defaults. 2. Answer the questions, get the board — Director asks a few questions, then lays the story out as scene cards, each with its shots: prompt, length, camera and lines. 3. Edit the board before it costs anything — Change any shot's model, length or camera, reorder, add or delete shots. The plan shows the credits for every shot and the total. 4. Approve and render — Approve the cast sheets and the plan. Shots render in order; re-render only the ones that miss, then edit the cut and export an MP4. ## In depth ### Storyboard, shot list, animatic: what each one is A storyboard shows the shots in order. A shot list writes down the technical side of each one: framing, lens, length, who is in it. An animatic plays the boards over time with sound. Director's board covers all three in one place: the scene cards are the board, each shot's settings are the shot list, and the rendered takes on the timeline are a moving animatic you can export. ### What's on a shot tile Every shot on the board holds the parts you'd write on a paper storyboard, plus what the video model needs: - The prompt: what happens in the shot, in plain words. - Length in seconds, snapped to what the chosen video model can render. - Camera: lens, focal length and aperture, all optional. - Dialogue or narration and an optional caption. - Cast and location references, so faces and places match the other shots. - Continuity: start from the previous shot's last frame, or from a frame you grabbed. ### Editing the board Drag a tile to reorder shots within a scene or across scenes. Tick several shots, or Select all, to render the ones without a take, switch them all to one model, or delete them (with Undo). Each scene's menu adds a shot, renders its missing shots or moves the scene. Replaced plans and deleted shots go to Earlier cuts, where you can restore them. ### Still storyboard panels in the Image studio If you need a classic panel board for a pitch, a client or a shoot, draw it in the Image studio. Ask for a grid, for example "a 6-panel storyboard, 2 rows of 3, numbered, black-and-white pencil sketch", describe each panel in order, and upload one picture of your character as a reference. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst handles numbers and short labels inside the image well; Nano Banana 2.1 is strong at keeping one character the same across frames. ### Who it's for Directors and students planning a shoot, agencies pitching an ad, creators planning a Reel or a YouTube short, and anyone who wants to see a story before paying to render it. Director's Quick Starts include Short Film, Micro Drama, Film Trailer, Product Ad, UGC Ad, Explainer and Music Video. ## FAQ Q: What is an AI storyboard generator? A: It is a tool that turns a script or idea into a sequence of planned shots, so you can see the story before you shoot or render it. Most tools draw still panels. Kenerate Director builds the board as scenes and shots with their prompts, lengths and camera settings, and can then render that same board into video. Q: Can it make a storyboard from a script? A: Yes. Paste the script into Director. It reads the scenes, asks a few questions about tone, look and length, and splits the story into scene cards with their shots. Each shot keeps its own dialogue or narration line, and you can change the plan before anything renders. Q: Is there a free AI storyboard generator? A: Director, the storyboard-to-video tool, needs a paid plan and a verified email; anyone can open it and watch the examples. For still panels, a new Kenerate account gets free credits and the free plan includes models such as Qwen Image 3.0 and Flux 2 Dev in the Image studio. Q: Does Director draw storyboard panels? A: Not as a separate sheet. Before rendering, each shot is a tile with its prompt, length and camera, and the cast sheets show the characters; after rendering, the tile shows the take. If you want drawn panels, make them in the Image studio and ask for a 4- or 6-panel grid in one image. Q: How do I keep characters the same across shots? A: Director makes a character sheet for each cast member (front, three-quarter, profile and close-up) and every shot with that character uses it as a reference. In the Image studio, upload one picture of the character as a reference; GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst takes up to 16 references and Nano Banana 2.1 up to 14. Q: Can I set the camera for each shot? A: Yes. Each shot can carry a lens (spherical prime, anamorphic, vintage, macro, fisheye or tilt-shift), a focal length from 14 to 135 mm and an aperture from f/1.4 to f/11. The choice is added to the shot's prompt when it renders. Q: Will I know what it costs before rendering? A: Yes. The production plan lists every shot with its model, length and credits, plus the total for new work. Shots that already have a take cost nothing again. You can change models or lengths and see the estimate update before you approve. Q: Can I turn the storyboard into an animation or a video? A: Yes, that is the point of Director: the approved board renders shot by shot with video models such as Seedance 2.0 or Wan 3.0, then you trim and reorder on the timeline, add music and voice, and export one MP4 at 480p, 720p or 1080p. ## Related pages - AI short film generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-short-film-generator - AI comic generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-comic-generator - Text to video AI: https://kenerateai.com/text-to-video-ai - AI video generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-video-generator - AI movie trailer generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-movie-trailer-generator-free - Reference to video AI: https://kenerateai.com/reference-to-video-ai ## Sources - Kenerate Director (the studio): https://kenerateai.com/app/director - Kenerate Image studio: https://kenerateai.com/app/image