Storyboards

I've recently started converting Secret of the Dragon's Eye to storyboards. This is happening, because so many of today's visual tools should be plotted out in advance. This saves a lot of time, pain, and effort when planning for computer/video games, movies, graphic novels, etc. In fact, a graphic novel is just storyboards made to look pretty.

So, if you're interested in having a go, you've got to try Six Mile Creek Systems' Springboard Story Editor. You can get a free trial version at http://6sys.com/

This nifty little program is VERY user friendly and patterned after the Microsoft Windows toolbar model, of course. I especially like the import feature, because it means I can just insert a graphic I've already acquired on my own. There are all sorts of additional gadgets and doodads to enhance your presentation and the art tools are pretty easy to manipulate. Each time I've come to a scene where I don't have anything visual, I just snatch up the pen and draw stick figures. With all the colors, fonts and styles, I can make a convincing red dragon, at least to me. My son is the critic.

There's 1-click capabilities for text too and drop-down boxes to insert your descriptions just about anywhere. All-in-all, this software is 5 Stars for ease and end results. Anybody can create storyboards and they should!