Boords Alternative: Professional AI Storyboarding

Behind every film, game, or animation, there are 100–1,000 hand-drawn scenes. The process of creating storyboards is essential but often time-consuming, requiring extensive effort to generate unique ideas, concepts, and styles before even starting to draw. Many creative teams struggle with challenges like AI-generated images not matching their vision, difficulties importing assets, and the lack of professional tools. At Drawstory.ai, we're tackling these challenges head-on to make AI storyboarding faster, easier, and more intuitive.

Challenges of AI Storyboarding Today

1. AI Image Generation Limitations
   Many creatives use tools like Midjourney and DALL·E to generate storyboard images, but they can't upload their story and generate storyboard from script. These tools also struggle with generating precise SVG images, making vector-based workflows difficult.

2. Inefficient Workflows
   Importing assets from external software like Adobe Illustrator into other storyboarding tools is often cumbersome. Some existing tools, like Boords, have non-intuitive interfaces, making navigation and editing more complex than it should be.

3. Time-Consuming Concept Development
   Coming up with fresh visual ideas takes significant time. The lack of SVG templates for characters, objects, and environments adds another layer of difficulty, slowing down the production process.

4. Communication Gaps
   Storyboarding isn’t just about visuals - it’s about conveying action and timing. Clients and teams often struggle to understand the pacing of scenes just by looking at still images, making animatics an essential step in storytelling.

Why Drawstory.ai is the Best Boords Alternative for AI Storyboarding

At Drawstory.ai, we building a platform from the experience we had in filmmaking and pre-production. We have a storyboarding process with AI-powered tools designed to address these challenges directly.

1. AI-Driven Storyboard Creation

Our AI for storyboarding helps generate storyboard scenes directly from script, making it easier to turn scripts into storyboards. Instead of generating each scene separately or needing to write a prompt for every image, users can input an entire script and automatically generate a complete storyboard. This drastically reduces the time spent on manual prompt writing and ensures consistency across scenes.

2. Seamless Import & Export

We support importing assets from Adobe Illustrator and other external software, ensuring a smooth workflow for designers who work with existing tools. Our platform also makes it easy to copy and paste scenes, duplicate projects, and organize storyboards into folders.

3. Pre-Built SVG Templates

To speed up the creative process, we are introducing a library of customizable SVG templates for characters and objects. This will allow teams to build storyboards faster without needing to redraw elements from scratch.

4. Built-In Animatic & Feedback Features

Drawstory.ai enables users to transform storyboards into animatics, helping teams and clients understand the timing of scenes more effectively. With integrated feedback tools, teams can collaborate seamlessly, making edits in real time.

AI for Filmmakers: Boosting Production with Drawstory.ai

Through our user demos, we’ve seen how creative teams approach storyboarding with Drawstory. Many users have been relying on Midjourney for storyboarding, but they often find themselves generating each scene separately. When shown how Drawstory can convert entire scripts into storyboards without requiring a prompt for every scene, users were excited by the efficiency gains. One user even double-checked multiple times, "So I don’t need to write a prompt for each scene, right?" - highlighting how revolutionary this approach is for speeding up production.

Why AI for Storyboarding is the Future

AI for filmmakers is transforming the pre-production process, allowing teams to move faster while maintaining high-quality visuals. Drawstory.ai eliminates the bottlenecks of traditional storyboarding, helping production teams focus on storytelling instead of tedious manual tasks.

Our mission at Drawstory.ai is to make storyboarding effortless, whether you're working on a TV series, social media campaign, film, or game. With AI-powered generation, SVG templates, intuitive editing, and enhanced collaboration features, we are creating a platform that empowers creatives to focus on storytelling rather than technical hurdles.

Are you ready to revolutionize your storyboard process? Try Drawstory.ai and experience the future of AI storyboarding today.