Storyboard Artist Interview Question:

Tell me what's the difference between StoryBoard Quick, StoryBoard Quick Studio and StoryBoard Artist?

Submitted by: Muhammad

StoryBoard Quick is great for creating quick shot setups and concept ideas to show crew and potential clients.

☛ - Storyboard Quick is loaded with multiple libraries of images (6 rotatable and colorable) Characters; 12 Location Libraries- 6 interior categories, 6 exterior categories; and 5 Prop Libraries).
☛ - Storyboard Quick takes the focus off illustration skills and enables the user to focus on story enhancement thru shot design.
☛ - Professional print formats are quick and easy to choose, and each frame has its own Caption Window to add dialog, camera notes or hold script text from imported screenwriting documents.

StoryBoard Quick Studio has all the features of Storyboard Quick and more.
☛ - Twice as many Character poses, adding Print-to-Sketch, and QuickShots Technology to make shot set up faster than fast! Additonal character poses include Phoning, Point/Shooting, Fighing, Driving, Typing/Dining, and Lounging.
☛ - Print-to-Sketch renders your storyboards in an artistic line sketch style for presentation and sharing. Quick Studio now includes import options for Final Draft's new formats.
☛ - QuickShots Technology generates storyboards automatically. Choose shot type, actors, and location, with the caption added for you!

StoryBoard Artist has all the features of Storyboard Quick and Storyboard Quick Studio and more: 30 times more artwork and a timeline for adding sound and image transitions.
☛ - Create professional presentation-style storyboards with sound, motion, transitions (create runtime animatics or moving storyboards). The StoryBoard Artist Timeline adds the Pan and Zoom (a/k/a Ken Burns) in-frame motion, transitions between frames and four tracks of sound for music and effects.
☛ - StoryBoard Artist also includes linking features for designing non-linear / branching storyboards for game development and simulation projects. Its print features are highly customizable to take advantage of the application's multiple captions per frame and integrated database. StoryBoard Artist exports to iBooks, QuickTime, HTML and XML. StoryBoard Artist project files can be opened on your iPhone or iPad using the new StoryBoard Artist Shot Assistant app available in the Apple App Store. The new Artist v.5.1 has import options for 3D images and videos frames, plus expanded Sketch modes for both printing and working, and image effects for imported graphics.

StoryBoard Artist Studio adds "montage" page layouts, additional Sketch Modes and QuickShot shot types, more Timeline features with 16 tracks of sound, and locking Timeline ranges to fine-tune edits.
☛ - StoryBoard Artist Studio introduces onion-skin animation features, a new Paint Canvas layer, and automatic Image Effects shortcuts. - StoryBoard Artist exports to Avid MetaSync, non-linear editing systems, ePUB format, and Final Cut Pro.
Submitted by: Muhammad