Recently I needed to develop a storyboard in a hurry for a TV commercial. Problem: I can't draw. Solution: FrameForge 3D Studio 2, a pre-visualization tool popular with film & TV directors. Unexpected extra: Flow! I loved working with this tool.
I found that it was so intuitively designed that I was able to learn the basics in an hour or so. And shortly after that I was using it to generate and explore new ideas faster and more easily than I could have otherwise.
But helping non-illustrators to produce usable 3D sketches is just part of what FrameForge Studio does.
Using FrameForge you can, among other things:
- Build virtual sets and backgrounds
- Populate them with virtual characters
- Move, dress and modify your characters
- Pan, tilt, crane, dolly and zoom one or more virtual cameras
- Try different virtual lenses
- Manage your shot sequence
- Manage your script and marry it to your shots to create a finished storyboard
It's all thoughtfully designed to support real-world shooting. For example, as the makers of FrameForge emphasize, the storyboard images it produces are optically correct, as they would be seen through a real camera of the type modeled by your virtual camera:
I say it's a nominee for a Flow Award. What do you say?
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I agree, FrameForge is brilliant... and really easy to use!