Export to Movie 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

Export Movie Format

Allows you to specify the format in which to export the movie. You can choose between the following formats:

• Windows Media Video (*.wmv):  A movie format available on Windows only.
• QuickTime Movie (*.mov): A movie format available on macOS as well as Windows if Apple QuickTime is installed.
• Flash (.swf): A movie format that supports vector graphics and which can be embedded on the web.
• Jpeg (*.jpg): A sequence if images in a lossy compressed format. This format is faster to output and requires less storage space, but does not preserve image quality.
• Targa (.tga): A sequence of images in a lossless compressed format.
• Portable Network Graphics (*.png): A sequence of images in a lossless compressed format. PNG images require less storage space than TGA images and are commonly supported by Web browsers and consumer software.

When exporting in Windows Media Video (.wmv), QuickTime Movie (.mov) or Flash (.swf) format, this opens a dialog in which you can select video and audio compression settings for the movie files.

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

Allows you to select how to separate the exported movie files:

• Per Scene: Create one movie file for each scene in your project.
• Per Sequence: Create one movie file for each sequence in your project, if any.
• Per Project: Export your whole animatic into a single video file.

Includes transitions in your export movie files.

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

Action Safe 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. The size of this area can be changed in the Camera tab of the Preferences dialog—see Camera Preferences.

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.