“These guys saved us from spreadsheet hell. Half our pre-production process used to live in Slack, the other half in random PDFs and Google Docs nobody could find. Having the boards, notes, call sheets and revisions all connected genuinely sped the whole job up.”
Write it once. The whole suite reads it.
A real screenplay editor with Final Draft and Fountain import, revision mode and live collaboration. Every scene heading, character and location flows straight into the breakdown, the schedule and the shot list. No re-typing, no copy-paste.
See the Script editor →Every app, every tier
Twenty synchronised apps. One project file.
Every plan from Hobbyist to Enterprise ships the full suite. Tiers differ on seats, monthly credits, cloud storage, white labelling and queue priority - never on capability.
Producer
The morning briefing your bond company will read first.
Breakdown
Twelve industry-canonical categories, tagged in seconds.
Budget
Top sheet to bottom line. Variance the night before.
Calendar
Stripboard scheduling your 1st AD will not fight you on.
Diary
DPRs, BTS gallery, the on-set log that organises itself.
Call Sheet
Auto-built. Email + SMS dispatch. Weather built in.
Cast
Roster, deal memos, character bibles. Cross-app synced.
Locations
Scouting, permits, logistics. Every scout, mapped.
Props
Inventory + costume continuity in one searchable library.
Vehicles
Picture cars and unit. Insurance, plates, drivers.
Shoot
Crew + equipment manifest. The on-set source of truth.
Script
The screenplay editor that writes the breakdown for you.
Shotlist
Built from your script. Lens, framing, every shot.
Editor
Storyboard frame editor. Boards your director will sign.
Draw
Professional brushes. GPU canvas. In your browser.
AI Artist
Style-locked image generation. Your own custom artist.
Animate
Screenplay to playable animatic in one click.
Dashboard
The launchpad. Every project at a glance.
Files
Every asset, every version, every project. Searchable.
Team Chat
Real-time channels, project-scoped. No more lost threads.
Script → shoot day · one suite, powered by DollyAI™
Software prices are rising. Crews are shrinking. We built something different.
One tool that replaces a £4,500+/year stack of single-purpose software and outsourced talent for as little as £15/month, built around the people on set, not the people replacing them. Script to wrap, in one project file - with an AI co-pilot beside you in every app, while the human filmmakers still make every real decision.
No sign-up needed - step inside a real production (Origin: Ascension) inside the actual app suite. Fully read-only; nothing you touch is saved.
Build your own style - or pick from ours.
The world's only storyboard image engine built by a storyboard artist.
Mitchell James Hughes is a visual storyteller who lives between imagination and execution - a working storyboard artist whose craft turns scripts into cinematic moments long before the cameras roll. With nearly two decades across advertising, film, branded content and design, his work is rooted not just in drawing frames, but in emotion, pacing, composition and the language of cinema itself. Using the popular models for his own efficiency, he noticed handfuls of issues - so the StoryboardCanvas AI Artist became the frame brainchild of decades of work. Use chat mode, or deep-dive into the Frame Builder in Director mode, where every dropdown is synced to every detail, item and note, ready to attach to your prompt in seconds. He leaves his line, tone and colour as our signature artist style - pick any of his styles, or train your own AI artist with the style-bible engine, and the Style-Lock Engine holds every frame to that hand: clean line, greyscale tone or full colour.
Twenty frames of a real production - drawn, locked and made in StoryboardCanvas.
The Style-Lock Engine
Pick a style, or build your own - and it stays locked.
Built by the founder - a working artist
Mitchell Hughes, StoryboardCanvas' founder and a working professional storyboard artist, drew the line, tone and colour himself. The look is real craft, not scraped off the internet.
Train your own custom styles
Drop a few reference frames and run AI Style Sync. Your studio look becomes a locked artist you can pick from - exactly like Mitchell's - and reuse on every future board.
A lock no prompt can break
Your locked style sits above your prompt. Ask for photoreal and it stays on style - the locked look always wins, every single frame.
Re-drawn the moment it drifts
Every frame is scored against the reference for line, tone and colour, then automatically re-drawn the instant it falls off the look.
Surgical inpainting
Repaint one corner of a frame and the engine redraws only that region - in the same locked hand, never the whole board.
Synced to your whole project
The Frame Builder pulls every scene, character, prop and note from your project, so a board lands with your script's detail baked in - not a generic prompt.
One locked style, every creative mode:
One frame. Three finishes.
Or lock your own. Drop a few reference frames, run AI Style Sync, and the engine holds every future frame to your studio look - across storyboards, posters, concept art and key art alike.
From our beta · what the testers said
The filmmakers who broke it first helped us build it.
Thirty-six anonymous beta testers - producers, directors, screenwriters, storyboard artists, designers, animators - pressure-tested the platform through Spring 2026. Names private, words in full. Scroll for more.
“Honestly? We came in expecting another gimmicky AI app. Stayed because the producer workflow stuff was actually solid.”
“The frame approval system ended up being weirdly addictive. Tiny thing, but being able to comment directly onto storyboard frames instead of sending giant feedback emails back and forth made revisions so much faster.”
“As a producer I care about one thing: time. If software saves me time, I keep using it. Storyboard Canvas saved us time almost immediately.”
“The beta was chaotic at first in the best possible way. New tools kept appearing every other week. One minute it was storyboards, then suddenly we had scheduling tools, script syncing, shot planning, notes, animatic timelines… felt like the software was evolving in real-time.”
“We used it on a music video shoot and the director stopped asking for PDF exports after day two because everyone was already working inside the project directly.”
“Most production software feels like it was designed by accountants. This actually feels made by filmmakers.”
“I'm a storyboard artist and was VERY sceptical going in. Thought it would just be another AI image generator pretending to understand production. But the continuity tools and frame organisation stuff is genuinely useful. It doesn't replace artists, it just cuts out loads of the repetitive admin around the job.”
“The call sheet builder saved our arse on a commercial. Client changed timings late in the evening and instead of rebuilding everything manually we updated it once and the whole production flow adjusted around it.”
“There's still bugs occasionally, but weirdly that made us trust it more because the dev team actually responds. We flagged an issue with frame ordering at like 11pm and woke up to a patch.”
“The writer tools surprised me most. I thought they'd be basic, but the script environment actually encourages visual pacing. You start thinking in shots while writing.”
“I've never seen software update this aggressively before. Sometimes you'd log in after a weekend and entire sections had changed.”
“The AI image generation is good, but the actual production pipeline around it is the real value. That's the bit competitors are missing.”
“We shaved days off pre-production during a branded campaign because producers, creatives and storyboard artists weren't constantly waiting on exports from each other.”
“The budgeting side needs more development still, but even in beta it gave us a clearer overview of where resources were going across the production.”
“Storyboard Canvas feels like someone finally realised filmmaking software shouldn't all exist in separate islands.”
“As a designer, I appreciated that the platform still leaves room for human taste and decision making. It speeds up process without flattening creativity.”
“The shot list generation got scary good over time. Early beta was rough. A few months later it was suggesting coverage ideas that actually made sense editorially.”
“Normally by the third revision cycle everybody starts losing track of what version they're even looking at. That basically disappeared during testing.”
“We initially only cared about generating boards quickly for agency pitches. Ended up using the script tools, scheduling, annotations and presentation modes way more than expected.”
“The platform still feels ambitious and slightly insane… but in a good way.”
“As someone who manages multiple departments, the biggest improvement was communication. Everyone was looking at the same ecosystem instead of 15 disconnected files.”
“The drawing app integration was what sold our storyboard team. Being able to paint over AI generations or adjust compositions directly inside the workflow felt surprisingly natural.”
“It feels less like software and more like a production workspace.”
“The continuity tracking genuinely helped on a longer-form job. Matching eyelines and geography across scenes became much easier when the boards, notes and shot progression all lived together.”
“Half the tools in film production feel like they hate creatives. This didn't.”
“The producer dashboard became our central hub during prep. Scripts, boards, references, shot notes, revisions, locations - all in one place. No more digging through ancient email chains trying to find Version_12_FINAL_FINAL_v2.pdf.”
“I think what impressed us most was that the developers clearly understand filmmaking language. Coverage, pacing, lenses, blocking, continuity… it's not just generic tech buzzwords pretending to be cinema.”
“We started using it for commercials and now we're testing it internally for drama development because the workflow is honestly smoother than some enterprise-level production tools.”
“The software occasionally overreaches, but I'd rather have a platform aiming too high than another boring stripped-back SaaS tool.”
“The animatic timeline tools are going to be huge once they mature properly. You can already see where it's heading.”
“As a writer/director, the coolest part was seeing rough scene ideas immediately become visual sequences. It changes the energy of brainstorming completely.”
“Clients understood ideas faster. That alone made it worth using.”
“It's the first AI production tool we've used where the human creative process still feels respected.”
“Six years working on commercials and music videos. Honestly never seen pre-production this consolidated in a single tool. Half the meetings I used to have just don't need to happen anymore - everyone's looking at the same boards, the same shot list, the same call sheet, updated live. That's the bit no one's solved before.”
“Three of us spread across London, Bristol and Berlin worked the same project in real time for two weeks. The fact that the director, producer and storyboard artist were all inside the same project file - boards updating live, comments threading on frames, scene revisions reflecting everywhere - was honestly the difference between a manageable week and a complete disaster.”
Meet Dolly. Omnipresent across every app and every surface - text, data, images - so you don't have to be.
Dolly reads your project once - script, breakdown, schedule, call sheets, storyboards, every connected app - and stays mounted on every page from there. And she remembers: locked creative decisions, your standing taste, the bible of your film, carried between sessions.
Ask her anything and she answers from your live production data, not a guess - then offers to act on it. Agent mode proposes the addition; nothing is written until you approve it. Flip on double-check and she scores her own answer against the project's real facts before you ever see it. And when a question belongs to a specialist, she brings in the family - Marlowe on script, Sable on the money, Cass on the day, Indra on casting, Vee on continuity.
The decisions are yours. The repetitive work - the re-typing, the cross-checking, the "wait, did I update that everywhere?" - is what Dolly's there to take. On every paid plan, in every app.
Reads your whole project
Script, breakdown, schedule, cast, locations - all in sync. Edit one, the rest follow.
Remembers your film
Locked decisions, your standing taste, the creative bible - carried between sessions, for the whole production.
Acts - with your approval
Agent mode answers from live project data and proposes additions. Nothing is written until you approve each one.
Checks her own work
Flip on double-check and every substantial answer is scored against your project's real facts - and revised - before you see it.
Brings in the family
Marlowe (script), Sable (line producer), Cass (1st AD), Indra (casting), Vee (continuity) - specialists one click away.
Sees the boards, briefs the morning
Director's notes on your storyboard frames, plus a risk-ordered production briefing whenever you ask.
AGENT MODE - ask → she proposes with a field-by-field preview → you approve in one click → undo in one click. Plus the proactive modes: hourly production watch, a morning briefing, and a weekly director's review of your boards. She can even read the open web and bring back the references.
Every AI action shows its price before you click and charges only on success - quick chat starts at a quarter of a credit.
Dolly in every app
WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND
She keeps watch on the whole production while you sleep.
Hourly production watch
Scans every active project against its own risk rules - unsigned deal memos, a shoot day under-staffed, a budget line about to break - and flags it before it costs you.
Morning briefing
Each day she assembles what needs your attention - self-checked against your real production data - and drops it straight into your notifications.
Weekly board review
She looks at your storyboards with a director's eye and leaves notes on composition, coverage and continuity drift - a standing review you never have to ask for.
Approval inbox
Every change she proposes waits in an inbox, across sessions - approve, undo, or dismiss whenever you're ready. Nothing is written without your say-so.
Plan, then execute
Hand her a multi-step goal and she drafts the plan; one approval runs the whole thing, checkpointed so it resumes exactly where it left off.
Production memory
She remembers locked creative decisions and your standing taste between sessions, and tidies her own memory each week so it sharpens instead of bloating.
Background work is platform-gentle and never spends a credit without an owner - and you can turn any of it on or off per project.
Make it yours · the colour studio
Paint the whole suite in your brand colours.
Open the colour studio from the droplet in the menu bar - pick a curated palette or set your own accent for every one of the twenty apps. Switch between Light, Dark and Monochrome. Your theme saves to your account and follows you into every app, every session. Tailor it to your studio, your client, or your mood.
Look for thedroplet in the menu bar - on the marketing site and inside the app.
Twenty apps. One project. Zero replacements.
Built for filmmakers who want their tools to talk to each other and their AI to work for them, not over them. From £15/month - script to screen, on one bill.
The tool you pay for next month will be measurably better than the tool you pay for this month.
Bi-weekly cadence. Public roadmap. Honest changelog. Every quality-of-life upgrade ships to every plan, retroactively. Here's the actual board.
All data and claims within this website are based on current software. Go have a look around in our read-only DEMO - please note some of the apps need a paid subscription. Track the developers in the changelog. Thanks for the on-going support - every share helps us keep the prices where they are.
Three families. One project file.
Each app carries its own colour in the in-app nav so you always know where you are. The project file underneath stays one - change a scene heading and every other app updates with you.
The page a producer keeps open every morning.
Ten apps for breakdown, budget, schedule, cast, crew, locations, props, vehicles, equipment, and the diary that saves your bond company.
Breakdown
AI tags every prop, costume, and SFX in seconds. No more hand-tagging.
- Full-script AI breakdown in a single pass, batched in parallel
- 12 industry-standard colour categories (StudioBinder-compatible)
- Scene view and grid view, filterable by category
- One-click push to Cast, Props, Vehicles, and Schedule
- Manual overrides preserved across re-runs
Producer
The production cockpit. EFC + variance + hot-cost + bond reports + EPK - every morning, by 6am.
- Eight-tile scorecard auto-rolled every morning by 6am
- Hot Cost auto-rolled from yesterday’s wrap
- AI overtime predictor
- AI Daily Production Report narrative
- Weekly Cost Report PDF
Budget
Top sheet to bottom line. Tax credits, fringes, cashflow and the firm bid - in one app.
- Twelve-tab budget module
- Tax Incentive Estimator
- Fringe Matrix
- Cashflow Schedule
- AICP Bid Builder
Cast
Roster, deal memos, availability, character bibles. The cast book, automated.
- Auto-extracted character list from your screenplay
- Actor profiles with headshots, reels, conflicts, and rate cards
- Availability calendar that flags double-bookings
- Continuity photos and wardrobe notes per scene
- Casting Portal
Locations
Scouting, permits, logistics. Every shoot location, mapped and ready.
- Interactive map with pins for every scouted location
- Permit status chips
- AI Artist location concept renders
- Insurance, contact, fee tracking with 30-day expiry alerts
- Tech-scout photo galleries with annotations + lightbox EXIF
Props
Inventory plus costume continuity, in one searchable library.
- AI-extracted props list from your script
- AI Artist prop concept renders
- Source tracking: own / rent / buy / build
- Per-item budget, vendor, and return date
- Scene assignment with conflict alerts
Vehicles
Picture cars and unit vehicles. Insurance, plates, drivers, scene refs.
- Picture-car and crew-transport tracking
- Driver assignment with call times
- Insurance and registration expiration alerts
- Parking maps embedded in call sheets
- Fuel, mileage, and return-condition logs
Calendar
Stripboard scheduling. Eight views. The one tool your AD will not fight you on.
- Eight views
- DOOD (Day-Out-of-Days) report for every actor
- 1st AD Agent
- Dolly day-order optimizer
- Company-move and meal-break awareness
Call Sheet
Auto-generated from your schedule. SMS dispatch. Weather built in.
- Auto-fill from Schedule, Cast, Locations, Vehicles
- SMS dispatch with one-tap RSVP
- Pickup, makeup, wardrobe, and set-call times
- Weather, sunrise/sunset, and nearest-hospital lookup (auto-geocoded)
- Signed public share tokens
Shoot
Crew plus equipment manifest. The on-set source of truth.
- Gear inventory
- Crew roster
- Live intelligence bands
- Production overview strip
- Embedded Call Sheet, Budget, and Breakdown modules
Diary
Production diary, DPRs, BTS gallery. The crew log that organises itself.
- 11 view modes
- Live Continuity Tablet
- Costume + Makeup Continuity capture
- Shoot-day sidebar with one-click filter
- BTS photo and video uploads with scene linking + lightbox
The creative spine - script to animatic, end to end.
Six apps for the writers, directors, DPs, and visual storytellers - with DollyAI™ riding shotgun the whole way.
Script
The screenplay editor that writes the breakdown for you.
- Typed screenplay blocks with Tab cycling
- Scene headings, dual dialogue, parentheticals
- Revision mode with locked numbers and colored pages
- Watermarked distribution
- AI Clearance Scanner
Shotlist
AI-built from your script. Lens, framing, every shot mapped.
- Full shot grammar: angle, size, lens, movement
- Cinematography parameters per row
- Lens × Sensor × Shot Validator
- Lighting and sound notes per shot
- Setup time estimates feed the schedule
Editor
Storyboard frame editor. Ship boards your director will sign.
- Drag, snap, group, and layer frames on a pixel canvas
- Smart alignment guides and auto-spacing
- Camera-movement overlays
- Frame → AI animatic clip → schedule loop
- Scene and sequence templates for pitch decks
Draw
Pro-grade brush engine. GPU canvas. Apple Pencil Pro. In your browser.
- Stock ABR brush library + brush studio with full settings controls
- Custom Tip Painter
- Custom Texture Creator
- Trade brushes in .sbcd
- Adobe .abr brush import
AI Artist
Built by storyboard artists. Fed by your whole production - every frame already knows the scene.
- Frame Builder pulls every choice from your production
- Built by storyboard artists
- No throwaway character bible to hand-build
- Choose the look once
- Eight generation modes
Animate
Screenplay to playable animatic in one click.
- One-click: frames + camera arrows + script timing -> animatic
- 27 camera presets + 9 transitions + proper timeline editor (trim, ripple, snap)
- Onion skinning + auto-tweening across keyframes
- Aspect-ratio templates (16:9, 21:9 anamorphic, 9:16 social, 1:1) with safe-zone overlays
- Multiple stacked audio tracks
The shared layer underneath every app.
Dashboard, files, team chat, cloud library - the connective tissue every other app rides on.
Dashboard
The launchpad. Every project at a glance.
- All active productions with phase and health
- Today's call sheets and approvals queue
- Dolly's daily brief
- Cross-project search and recent-file jump list
- Role-aware
Files
Every asset, every version, every project. Searchable, shareable, never lost.
- Full version history on every asset
- Never-lose-saves
- Linked previews across script, storyboard, and shot list
- Drag-in imports and drag-out exports
- Search by scene, character, prop, or date
Team Chat
Channels for every shoot. No more lost messages.
- Channels, DMs, and threaded replies
- Comments anchored to script lines and frames
- @mentions, approvals, and audit trails
- Presence indicators and live cursors
- Read receipts on call sheets and sides
Cloud Library
Cloud-synced across every device. Reusable across every project.
- Cloud-synced project files across every device
- Reusable character, location, and prop libraries
- Shared reference boards and locked style profiles
- Per-project or per-studio visibility controls
- Offline-first
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