StoryBoard Quick
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| Developer(s) | PowerProduction Software |
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| Stable release | v.6.1 / May 2012 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X, Windows XP, Vista, and 7 |
| Type | Storyboard software, computer graphics, page layout, graphic organizer |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Homepage |
StoryBoard Quick is a storyboarding software application for creating and editing digital storyboards for non-graphic artists. Used primarily in the film and TV industry by film directors, producers, writers, commercial production companies and educators to produce a visual layout of media projects for communicating with crews and/or clients before commencing the main production process.
History
StoryBoard Quick v1.0 was the first vertical market storyboarding application created for filmmakers on the Mac OS. It combined features of page layout, text entry, layered-image manipulation and integrated artwork.[1] It was introduced at ShowBiz Expo in 1993 in Los Angeles, and released at Macworld Conference & Expo in 1994 in San Francisco.[2] A Microsoft Windows version followed in 1995. StoryBoard Quick is published and supported by PowerProduction Software. Co-founded in 1991 by Paul Clatworthy and Sally A. Walsh, the company is privately owned and located in Los Gatos, California.
Use and features
StoryBoard Quick is used to plan spatial relationships between characters and props within their locations in shots and scenes using built-in 2D storyboard (multi-angle rotatable characters, colorizable props, location backgrounds) graphics (and/or combining with imported digital art or photos). StoryBoard Quick also facilitates the planning process when starting from a screenplay with features enabling the importing of scripts (from screenplay applications like Final Draft, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Storyist, Montage and others) using import wizards. StoryBoard Quick offers numerous pre-formatted professional storyboarding layouts for printing or distributing boards along with exports formats for continuing the digital workflow into editing software or Internet distribution (HTML or Flash movie).
Further reading
- Thomas Ohanian & Michael E. Phillips (1996, 1998). Digital Filmmaking: The Changing Art and Craft of Making Motion Pictures, Focal Press, ISBN 978-0-240-80427-9 pages 54,56,57,58,59, 174
- Curtis Poole, Ellen Feldman (1999). The Digital Producer: Getting it Done with Computer-based Tools, Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-80395-7, ISBN 978-0-240-80395-1 page 49
- Bryan Michael Stoller (2003). Filmmaking for Dummies, Wiley Pub., ISBN 978-0-7645-2476-9 pages 138, 140
- Pete Shaner, Gerald Everett Jones. Real World Digital Video (3-22-2004). ISBN 0-321-23833-8 and ISBN 978-0-321-23833-7, pages 107–108
- John Rizzo, Scott Knaster (2004). Mac Toys: 12 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment, published by John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-7645-4351-2, ISBN 978-0-7645-4351-7, page 313
- Jeremy Vineyard (2004). Lighting for Digital Video & Television, Focal Press, ISBN 1-57820-251-5, ISBN 978-1-57820-251-5 page 102
- Mark Simon (2007). Storyboards: Motion in Art Edition: 3, illustrated Focal Press. ISBN 0-240-80805-3, ISBN 978-0-240-80805-5 page 163
References
- Official website for StoryBoard Quick
- System requirements
- Wired Magazine, April 1994, Caleb John Clark
- Sept 2012
- LifeLong Learning 2013
External links
- Official website for PowerProduction
- School-video-news.com
- ATPM May 2002 Review: StoryBoard Quick 3.2.1
- Digital Media Net Review: StoryBoard Quick v4 08/05/04
- Cyber Aspect Review Quick 4, 2003, Julie Smyth
- Mac Products Guide