Storyboards & Frames

Learn more about the key elements of the storyboarding process

22 articles in this collection
Written by James Chambers and Karen Mc Guinness

Boords terminology

An overview of the terminology used in Boords

Written by James Chambers
Updated over a week ago

Creating a storyboard

A short overview on how to create your first Boords storyboard

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Using Boords on mobile devices

A guide to using Boords on mobile devices (e.g. tablet, iPad, iPhone)

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Downloading options

An overview of the various download options in Boords (storyboard, script, images & animatic)

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

How to storyboard with Google Slides

A step-by-step guide explaining how to move your storyboard from Boords to Google Slides

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Google Sheets integration

A step-by-step guide on how to download an .xlsx file from Boords and import it to Google Sheets

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Add images to a storyboard

Using the Image Library

Learn the difference between assets, frame images and stock images

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Adding images to a storyboard

An outline of the various ways that images can be added to a storyboard

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Adding multiple images to a frame

How to add more than one image to a frame

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Edit a storyboard

Using the frame actions toolbar

How to use the Frame Actions Toolbar to move, delete, group and add statuses to your frames

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Using the activity log

How to use the activity log to track changes within your account

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Replacing images

How to replace an image but keep the notes on a frame

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Frame grouping

How to group frames together under one single frame number followed by a letter (e.g. 1a, 1b, 1c)

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Creating storyboard versions

Create new versions of your storyboards to keep iterating simple

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Moving multiple frames

Save time by rearranging multiple frames at one time

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Deleting multiple frames

How to save time by removing multiple frames at once

Written by James Chambers
Updated over a week ago

Moving frames between storyboards

How to move a frame from one storyboard to another

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Keyboard shortcuts

How to use keyboard shortcuts to speed up your work in Boords

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Google Drive & Dropbox integration

Learn how to connect your Boords account with file storage services (such as Google Drive & Dropbox) to upload images seamlessly

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Move & delete a storyboard

Moving storyboards between projects

How to transfer a storyboard between projects and teams

Written by James Chambers
Updated over a week ago

Archiving & deleting storyboards

How to archive or delete a storyboard when you no longer need it

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago

Deleting storyboards on a Free plan

How to remove storyboards from your Project Dashboard while subscribed to a Free plan

Written by Karen Mc Guinness
Updated over a week ago