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Storyboards are the planning layer of Cinema Studio. A storyboard is a saved sequence of frames — each with its own description, shot language, and reference images — that you build before spending credits on video.

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Why storyboard

Video is the most expensive output in Pixio, and the least predictable from a prompt alone. A storyboard front-loads the decisions that are cheap to change:
  • What’s in each shot
  • How it’s framed
  • What it references
  • What order it goes in
Change a frame’s framing in a storyboard: free. Discover the framing was wrong after generating six clips: expensive.

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What a frame holds

Per-frame references are the feature to exploit. A single global style reference flattens a sequence; per-frame references let a scene shift look deliberately while staying coherent.

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Working with them

1

Build the sequence

Lay out frames in order. Describe each shot plainly — shot language can be generated from the description.
2

Attach references

Add reference images per frame for subject and look.
3

Generate in place

Generate a frame from the board and the result comes back to it, so the storyboard stays the source of truth.
4

Commit to video

Once the frames are right, generate the clips — via Video Agent for episodic work with character memory, or Generate for single shots.

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Where storyboards live

Storyboards are saved and listed on their own page, separate from timeline projects.
Storyboards intentionally don’t appear in the Video Editor library — they’re plans, not footage. The editor works with clips.