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Storyboard Export Formats: PDF, CSV, MP4, Premiere and FCP

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What should leave a storyboard tool: print PDF, shot-list CSV, animatic MP4, image sequences, and NLE handoff. How CineoBoard treats each as the same version.

The board is not finished when it looks right on your laptop. It is finished when the crew, the client and the editor have the same version in the format they can use.

PDF board deck

Printable, one or more panels per page, footers visible. This is what still gets taped to a wall. Sample: PDF.

CSV shot list

The nine columns. Sortable for the AD. Download the blank.

MP4 animatic

Pictures plus time plus scratch audio. Proves the slot. How to make an animatic. Timing sheet: CSV.

Image sequence / NLE

Reframe exports toward Premiere and Final Cut for crews that cut on pictures. The rule is the same: export from the approved version, not from a folder called export2.

What not to do

Email five formats from five dates. One record, many exports. That is the product pitch because it is the actual failure. Pre-production software.

FAQ

Do clients need the CSV?

Rarely. They need the PDF or the review link. The CSV is for production.

Can I still send PPTX?

Yes if the agency insists. Treat it as an export, not as the working file.

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