PDF Profile Dialog Box

Lets you enter a a name for your custom layout or edit the existing name.

Lets you enter a short description of the layout.

Lets you Select an image file representing the custom layout you are creating; it will be displayed in the profile list. For best results, your image should be 45x45 pixels.

Lets you select the unit of measurement (points, mm, cm or inches) used in the Page Layout dialog box.

Lets you select any font installed on your system to use for all text in the PDF document.

To export Unicode characters to your PDF document, click the [...] button to select the language encoding and the embedded PDF font that will be used to display the text in the PDF document.

Lets you define the size of the font.

Lets you set the duration value in feet.

Select the type of page you want to print on: 11x17, A3, A4, Legal, Letter and Custom. If you select Custom, fill in the desired width and height.

Lets you enter the desired width of your PDF.

Lets you enter the desired height of your PDF.

Lets you set the PDF to portrait or landscape orientation.

Lets you set the titles used in the main table. Use a semicolon (;) to separate each entry. You can also specify the font size after a title.

For example: Cut;Picture,15;Caption,15;Time

Lets you set the degree of clockwise rotation of the storyboard on the printed page.

Lets you select the number of storyboard pages to print on each sheet.

Lets you reverse the position of the captions in relation to the panels.

Lets you enter the distance from the top page edge.

Lets you enter the distance from the bottom page edge.

Lets you enter the distance from the left page edge.

Lets you enter the distance from the right page edge.

Lets you insert a cover as the first page of the PDF.

Lets you select an image (PNG, BMP or JPG file format) to use as a watermark on the cover.

Displays the project title defined in the storyboard properties.

Displays the project subtitle defined in the storyboard properties.

Displays the duration (as a time code or frame) of the selected storyboard panels.

Displays the date of export.

Lets you include a revision note on the cover page.

Defines the number of panel rows displayed per page.

Defines the vertical spacing between panels.

Defines the number of panel columns displayed per page.

Displays each panel’s visual content.

Displays a rectangle around the panel’s visual content on each page.

Displays the image in the panel at a percentage of the original size.

Defines the DPI value of the exported images in the PDF storyboard. The default value is 150. A higher value increases the sharpness of the images, as well as the final file size of your PDF.

Defines the maximum height a panel can have when it is full page.

Makes each new scene start on a new page.

Makes each new sequence start on a new page.

Makes each new act start on a new page.

Displays each panel’s shot name, panel number, and duration as a header.

Displays a rectangle around the panel header on each page.

Displays the total number of panels in the scene in the panel header.

Displays the duration of each scene.

Displays the duration of each panel.

Displays the name of the sequence.

Displays the name of the act.

Displays the sequence name as part of the scenes’ names.

Displays the act name as part of the scenes’ names—see About the Storyboard Structure

Displays the selected caption.

Displays camera motion (such as pan, tilt, or zoom) in the image across several panels.

Ensures the camera movement is included in a single panel space.

When using the Vertical profile, displays images on the right side of the page instead of the left.

Displays transition information (Transition type and duration).

Replaces the panel’s image with an X and the text “No Panel” above it. This is used when there is not enough space to display a panel on the same page. The panel with the image is normally displayed on the next page or the nearest one with enough space to show the image on.

Displays the panel at the maximum of its height.

Keeps every panel of your printed storyboard the same size.

Renders an in thumbnail and an out thumbnail for the 3D panel, as if the user would have added a snapshot at both ends of the panel.

Displays a transition as a panel.

Displays the camera frame and camera path on the PDF export. Disable the option to hide them.

Prints the different camera keyframes on the exported images. The actual camera keyframes on each panel are rendered instead of just the in and out frames.

Displays the hash marks, small triangles in the bottom of the camera frames which indicate the ratio of the camera.

Prints the In and Out camera labels of your camera moves to your storyboard.

Prints the 4:3 area on each panel of your storyboard which has a camera movement—see.

Prints the 4:3 safe area on each panel of your storyboard which has a camera movement. To learn more about the 4:3 safe area—see.

Includes every caption in the PDF. You can deselect this option to activate the browsing button. Click the Browse button to display a list of all the captions. Select the ones to export.

Includes the empty captions of your project in the PDF.

Adds revision notes as a new caption.

Removes empty lines after captions.

Lets you decide how captions are framed. Options include:

Lets you select the font for the caption.

Lets you define the size of the font.

Determines the scale factor used when converting a font to a PDF font (screen resolution versus print resolution).

Lets you set the minimum font size to use when shrinking captions.

Reduces size of captions if they do not fit in the panel.

Enables the Caption Title Font and Caption Title Font Size options.

Lets you select the font for the caption title.

Lets you set the size of the font for the caption title.

Ignores text formatting, such as bold, italics, that may be in the caption fields in the interface.

Prints the Sketch captions to your storyboard.

Prints the Sketch captions even if they are empty.

Sets the height rule for the Sketch captions:

Defines the maximum height a Sketch caption can be. Set the Select Max Height in the Sketch Height Policy to make this option available.

Sets the rule of how your sketch will appear in the Sketch caption.

Adapts the box to the text or sketch and spreads it across the next panel if necessary. When this option is deselected, the caption text or a sketch that is too long or big for the space available in the box will be cut.

Displays a header on each page (except the cover). The header includes the project title, project subtitle, and project episode defined in the storyboard properties.

Lets you enter the size of the footer for each page except the cover.

Lets you select an image (.bmp, .jpg or .png) to display on the header. Scale the logo to match header's height.

Sets the position of your logo in the header.

Displays the project title defined in the storyboard properties.

Displays the project subtitle defined in the storyboard properties.

Displays the filename of the PDF on the cover.

Displays a page number in the header on each page (except the cover).

Displays the sequence name as part of the page number.

Displays the act name as part of the page number.

Shows the current page number, as well as the total number of pages of the storyboard (3/7).

Defines the first number to start the page numbering.

By default, the pages are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc... You can define a sub page number in this field. For example, if you set a subpage number “1”, the pages will be named 11, 12, 13, 14, and so on. If you set a subpage “_a”, the pages will be named 1_a, 2_b, 3_c, 4_d, and so on.

Displays a rectangle around the page number in the header on each page.

Lets you select any font installed on your system for the footer text in the PDF document.

Displays a footer on each page (except cover). The footer includes the project copyright, defined in the storyboard properties.

Lets you enter the size of the footer for each page except the cover.

Lets you select an image file to use as the logo in the footer.

Lets you select any font installed on your system for the footer text in the PDF document.

Lets you define the size of the font.

Displays the project title defined in the storyboard properties.

Lets you select the font for the title in the footer.

Lets you set the font size for the title in the footer.

Displays the filename of the PDF on the cover.

Lets you enter a substitute for the word page.

Lets you enter a substitute for the word sequence.