How I Storyboard in Adobe Photoshop 

I've been manually turning layers off/on for 10+ years. **headdesk** Timeline is what I'm used to using, but it behaves strange when it comes to adding new layers or affecting frame 1. These days I board direct in the animation program just because I like having the audio synced to what I'm doing, and Storyboard Pro is not an option due to cost. Bridge I haven't used but maybe will install, because those template PDFs will save me doing layout when I'm presenting customers with multiple design options.

Been looking for a video like this! Hopefully in the future, we can get a Toon Boom Storyboard Pro tutorial as well.

If an random artist is reading this after watching the video and wishes to do the same as the video in csp here is my advice: You can use the new 3.0 layer comps the same way but i think you should just use animation cells instead, and use folders for the cells, set shortcuts for Menu Comands->animation->edit track- Select previous/Next cell and set an shortcut for each, and another shortcut for create new cell You can use pro tho you will be limited to only 24 frames aka cells, you will just have to make another file to continue if you dont have EX the rest is the same For exporting, I recommend using export animation cells and exporting all of them as pngs, then in another empty canvas Batch import all those pngs, they will be organized as pages internally in csp, which then lets you use Export multiple pages ->pdf which turns each into a pdf page or you can put multiple on a page depending on ur settings. Just wanted to add here since photoshop and sb Pro are hella expensive, good luck boarding.

Blue eye samourai was awesome , those were some good storyboards

thank you I really wanted a video like this 🙏 i've seen a few "boarding in photoshop" videos before, but none explained it in such detail so this is great!! here in brazil nobody uses photoshop for boarding (unless it's advertising work and even then, not that often) (definitely not for feature or tv) but i was trying to focus my portfolio on US feature so this helps a lot 😭 now i finally know how to do it

I thought you used Photoshop timeline I didn't know about comps. Thank you for the video!

damn, i never would've thought of using layer comps, ill have to try that great video!!

I love your videos man, i wish i could draw like you and i can barely call myself an artist right now but im improving. Your videos about animation are helping me quite a lot and i think im finally gonna get into animation big time (i tried it before but was terrible, now my drawing skills are better and i can see my potential) so yeah, Thank you for this

You blew my mind. CSP also has layer comps, thank you so much!!

This is exactly what I needed. I'm still seeking software I can add sounds/music to- that isn't SBP prices, but until then, PS it is :)

Thank you Toniko for this. Highly appreciate you

Been using Photoshop since 2013 and did something almost kinda like this at one point. And man, there are a tone of layers to this, but worth it. You ever used Storyboard Pro before? Because I was considering in using it here sometime.

great demo! again!! can you elaborate on adding storyboard notes, text, dialogue under each board. watching your workflow here, you've completed the board art, in bridge arranged them to your liking, then, you mention going back to pshop to add text; are you merely going back to your layer comps and adding the text underneath and reexporting to bridge all over again for a new boards with text version? or are you importing the newly formatted pdf pages to photoshop and adding text (extracting pdf pages can be a bit annoying)? pdf even has a clunky text tool so i suppose it could be added there. i can imagine wanting to export final pages formatted on an official studio storyboard template with text areas delineated for filling and labeling; do you have a fav process for that? i suppose with bridge there's other ways to add the text to all you've arranged already without going backwards in your process thus far...

this is super helpful, thaanks!! do you ever board with many thumbnails on one page? is that something i should try to move out of doing? i have a hard time visualizing the story if i cant see at least 10-20 of them at once. when i see storyboard tutorials they're usually frame-by-frame.

this seems like it could be helpful for comics so i can switch between pages easily when checking the readability

nice, thanks man!

@20:14 exporting layer comps

Finally something I can also use

What a great video! Thank you so much for the tips!! :D

great tutorial, thanks a lot!

Do you have some answers to the timing issue on Photoshop? It seems to be different on the psd file and once it is exported as a video the whole timing seems to be off.

Good content !

There's a way to create new layer comps in the middle of a big project? for example If i have 100 layer comps but I want to create a new one between the 16 and the 17.

What resolution do you use ? For storyboarding

Is there a reason to use layer comps over timeline or is it just preference?

why dont you just use tvpaint? XD

I am confused someone explain pls Why did he make storyboard in Photoshop? Can't you just do that in the animation software?

thanks for this video :)

So if the storyboard are finished, you put all of the images into timeline and add the audio? Or the audio first then storyboard come later? Anyway thanks for sharing. Never knew such a thing as layer comp. I need to dive more to those tools 😤😤😤✨✨✨

I use artboards to do the thumbnails, I just feel more comfortable. Also I had no idea about the button mode in the action window, that'll definetly be useful. Speaking of actions, how does the fill action ? Like what are its steps?

Do you use Moho Studios Software?

I used to do this, now I stoped paying photoshop and want to learn storyboarding in clip studio instead, anyone know how I can make a similar processs? I’m too used to storyboarding in this fashion

If i want to storyboard live action mainly does it really matter what I use? I have an iPad and don’t wanna roll up on the scene with procreate or sketchbook when everybody else is on photoshop

Please please I need your help on a decision making (So I want to learn animation..3d/2d) as a beginner/novice , would you advice I go for an iPad or laptop that works with making animations.. Which would you advice I go for (Learning for the purpose of creating short stories/content creation)

What can storyboard pro be used on besides photoshop?

Not toon boom storyboard pro?, Edited: oh ok i watched the second half of the video

I want to animatic but ım a minor so ı cant pay. Can you give me some free app?

MWAHAHAHAHA!

Toniko! Please, stop make a sh1t. Where is a full Dream Bandits?