Automatically Inserting Images as Acts, Scenes, Panels and Layers

When using the Import Images as Scenes dialog, it is possible to automatically insert each image you import into the right act, sequence, scene and panel. You can do this to generate new acts, scenes and panels from images, or to automatically inset images in the existing act, scene and panel. It is even possible to insert multiple images in the same

This can be accomplished by naming your images using the following pattern:

<ProjectName>-A#-S#-E#-P#-L<LayerName>.<extension>

Here is how the pattern works:

  • <ProjectName>: This is the name of the project. This string will not be inserted into the Storyboard Pro project, but it is mandatory.
  • A: Indicates the act the image will be placed in. Replace the # with the number of the act.
  • S: Indicates the scene the image will be placed in. Replace the # with the number or name of the scene the image should be inserted to.
  • E: This parameter is optional. If you want to insert the same image into a series of consecutive scenes, you can use this parameter to indicate the last scene in which to include the image. The image will be inserted in every scene starting with the one specified by the S parameter and ending with the one specified by the E parameter. Replace the # with the number or name of the last scene this image should be inserted in.
  • P: This parameter is optional. It indicates which panel the image will be placed in. Replace the # with the number of the panel in the scene.
  • L: This parameter is optional. It indicates the name of the layer the image will be placed in. Replace <LayerName> with the number of the layer in the scene.
IMPORTANT Do not use spaces in your file names. If you want to use several words in the project, scene or layer name, you can separate each word with an underscore (_).

For example, if you have images named as follows:

  • RocketRodeo-A1-S103-P1-LBackground.png
  • RocketRodeo-A1-S103-P2-LBackground.png
  • RocketRodeo-A1-S103-P3-LBackground.png
  • RocketRodeo-A1-S104-P1-LCity.png

Importing them as scenes will results in the following:

By using the E parameter, you can insert a single image into several scenes. For example, if you give an image the following name:

  • RocketRodeo-A1-S100-E102-P1-LBG.png

Importing it will result in the following: