Export to EDL/AAF/XML Dialog Box

Destination Path

Allows you to specify the directory in which to save the exported files. You can click on the Browse button right of the field to browse your file system and select the destination folder.

Allows you to enter the prefix or the pattern for the names of the exported files. You can leave this field blank to use the default file naming pattern, type in a file name to use it as a prefix, or type a full pattern using the following variables:

%t - Project title
• %a - Act number
• %q - Sequence number
• %s - Scene number
• %p - Panel number

Export Type

Lets you elect the format in which to store the timing information (timecode for panels and audio tracks). The format will be chosen depending on the destination application:

• Generate EDL file: Can be imported in Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere.

NOTE Due to limitations with the EDL format, only the first four audio tracks in your project can be exported, and sound clips that are used multiple times in the project will only appear one time in the exported sequence.

• Generate AAF file: Can be imported in Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress, Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere.

NOTE Due to limitation with the AAF format, Slide-in and Slide-out transitions will be converted to Dissolve transitions, Clock Wipe transitions will always be exported as 12 o’clock (0 degree) clockwise transitions, and Edge Wipe transitions will be exported as either Horizontal, Vertical or Corner Wipe transitions.

• Generate XML file: Can be imported in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.

NOTE If your editing system is not mentioned above, check its specifications to verify which format can be imported.

Generates an EDL, AAF, or XML file.

Options

Allows you to select the movie format in which each clip is exported:

• QuickTime Movie (*.mov): The Apple QuickTime format. This is the default export format and is recommended for its portability, and also because it allows you to choose among several video codecs.

  NOTES

  • On Windows, Apple QuickTime must be installed to allow Storyboard Pro to export QuickTime movies. You can configure the export of QuickTime movies to use any codec that is compatible with QuickTime, including H.264, MPEG-4 and Animation.
  • On macOS, Storyboard Pro uses Apple AVFoundation to export QuickTime movies, which allows you to export using codecs such as H.264, Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 4444, among others.
  • If you are looking to export a QuickTime movie with transparency, be sure to choose a codec that supports encoding with an alpha channel.

• H.264/MPEG-4 (*.mov) : A simple movie format that uses the H.264 codec, which is supported by most web browsers.

  NOTES

  • Using this format does not require additional software. However, if this is the first time you export a movie in H.264/MPEG-4 format, you will be prompted to download the OpenH264 library from Cisco. Simply click Yes when prompted, and Storyboard Pro will automatically download the library, then export the movie.
  • There are no encoding options for this format.
  • This format supports resolutions of up to 4096×2304. Each dimension must be a multiple of 16 pixels.
  • Audio exported in this format is encoded in PCM 16-bit stereo, 22.05 kHz.

• Windows Media Video (*.wmv): The native format for Windows Media Player.

  NOTES

  • Windows Media Video (.wmv) files can only be exported on Windows.
  • Video players and editors on non-Windows systems can generally not open Windows Media Video (.wmv) files.

• Flash (.swf)

• Image sequence in Jpeg (.jpg), Targa (.tga) or Portable Network Graphics (.png) format.

This option exports movies or image sequences with a transparent background. If this option is NOT checked, frames without a background will be exported with a white background. This option is only available for QuickTime Movie (.mov), Targa (.tga) and Portable Network Graphic (.png) formats.

Click this button to configure the video settings. When exporting in QuickTime, this allows to set the video codec, framerate and quality. When exporting in WindowsMedia Video allows to set the video bit rate and variable bit rate quality.The resolution drop-down right of the Video Config button can be used to define the output resolution, since you might not always need to export the storyboard at full resolution. You can select Full, Half or Quarter of a project’s resolution.

Sets the resolution to be a quarter size, half size, or full size of the current storyboard resolution.

Sets the colour space for the export.

If you plan to create an export for use in a different software, you may want to match colour spaces to keep all your colours consistent. The default setting is the current Storyboard Pro project colour space, which was selected on creation of the project.

Exports more than one QuickTime movie clip per scene (which might contain more than one panel) e.g. to obtain better granularity during editing since the storyboard will have smaller movie clips.

If you only need the EDL, AAF or XML files to be generated, deselect this option so no video files are rendered.

When enabled, the project’s sound files are copied to the same directory as the EDL/XML/AAF files and the video files when exporting. Sound clips that are used several times in the project will only be copied once and linked to several times in the EDL/XML/AAF sequence. Disabling this option can be useful if you are overwriting a previous EDL/XML/AAF export of your project and have not made changes to the sound clips in your project, as it will make the export faster.

Export Range Tab

Exports the entire storyboard.

Select this option to export a specific selection of scenes. Then, click on the Select button to open the Scenes Picker dialog box, in which you can:

• Type the number of a sequence or of a scene in the Sequence or Scene fields in the Filter section, to only show matching sequences or matching scenes in the list.
• Click and drag to select a range of scenes.
• Hold the Ctrl key and click on each scene you want to add to your selection.
• Hold the Shift key, then click on the first scene and the last scene you want to add to your selection, to select every scene between those two scenes inclusively.
• If your project has sequences, click on a sequence to select every scene in that sequence.

Exports only the currently selected scene.

Exports only the currently selected panel.

Exports panels on which tracking changes is enabled—see About Track Changes.

Burn In Tab

Prints the project timecode on the video as an overlay on your video.

Prints the scene names and panel numbers as an overlay on your video.

Prints another time code counting the time for the current panel, scene or sequence, depending on what is selected in the Repeat drop-down.

Displays additional duration information using Time Code or Frames units.

Displays additional duration information per panel, scene or sequence.

Camera Grid Tab

Prints the Title Safe Area over the picture. By default, this area is 20% smaller than the camera frame. It is used as a guideline of the area that CRT displays might crop out of the picture. Visual elements such as text and logos should be placed within this area.

Prints the Action Safe Area over the picture. By default, this area is 10% smaller than the camera frame. It is used as a guideline of the area that CRT displays might crop out of the picture. Characters and action should be placed within this area.

Prints the title safe area and the action safe area for the 4:3 camera frame over the exported image. They can be used to position elements in projects that are meant to be displayed in both widescreen and 4:3 proportions.

Prints the 4:3 camera frame over the exported image. This frame corresponds to the camera frame if the aspect ratio of the picture was 4:3. It can be used to position elements in projects that are meant to be displayed in both widescreen and 4:3 proportions.

Captions Tab

Choose whether to not print captions (None) or select one of your project’s captions to print into the exported movies. By default, a Storyboard Pro project has Action Notes, Dialog, Slugging and Notes captions, but you can also choose to print custom captions if your project has any.

Select which font the captions will be printed in. By default, they will be printed in Arial.

Sets the size of caption lines relative to the height of the exported movies. For example, if exporting a movie at 1080p with 3% Height captions, each caption line will be 32 pixels in height.

Prints the captions at either the Top Left, Top Centre, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Centre or Bottom Right of the panels. By default, captions are printed to the Bottom Centre.

Sets the maximum amount of caption lines to print on each panel. If a caption being printed requires more than the maximum amount of lines, it will be cut off with an ellipsis (...) at the end.

Select the font colour in which to print the captions.

Select the background colour on which to print the captions. If the checkbox is unchecked, the captions will be printed directly into the rendered picture. Otherwise, they will be printed in rectangular boxes of the chosen colour.