Editions

	Light edition
	All the basics of StoryLiner: create and manage shots, explore with edit variations, batch render. This edition is free. It can be used to open Blender files made with an advanced version of StoryLiner. You can download it from the support GitHub: Download StoryLiner Light Edition

	Previz edition
	Perfect for previz and pure 3D. Manipulate all the shots in a very intuitive way thanks to the Interactive Shots Stack and the Edit Timeline widgets. Retime the whole scene, or any part of your animation with the Retimer. Stamp all the shots information directly onto the rendered images with Stamp Info.

	Storyboard edition
	Start very early in pre-production by steching the first visuals of the story! In addition to all the Previz features, this edition provides all the tools and environment for efficient storyboarding as well as hybrid 2D/3D previz.

	Studio edition
	All the Previz and Storyboard features plus a set of tools to exchange the edits with external editing applications and generate documents such as edit boards. This edition is very well suited to handle full projects, whether you are a freelancer or a studio with wide pipelines.

Differences between editions

	StoryLiner Light	StoryLiner Previz	StoryLiner Storyboard	StoryLiner Studio
	Free. All the basics	Perfect for previz and pure 3D	Provides all the tools and environment for efficient storyboarding and animatics	Can handle large scale projects and wide pipelines
Non-Linear Editing	✓	✓	✓	✓
Edit Play Mode	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shots, Edits	✓	✓	✓	✓
Project Settings	✓	✓	✓	✓
Features
Camera HUD	✓	✓	✓	✓
Camera Backgrounds	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shot and Edit Notes	✓	✓	✓	✓
Batch Shot Renaming		✓	✓	✓
Modes Visual Feedback		✓	✓	✓
Retimer		✓	✓	✓
Edit Timeline and Editing Tools		✓	✓	✓
Interactive Shots Stack		✓	✓	✓
Viewport Toolbar		✓	✓	✓
Objects Toggle (to come in V1.3)			✓	✓
Collections Toggle (to come in V1.3)			✓	✓
Camera Display Filters			✓	✓
Dedicated tools
Layouts	Previz	Previz	Storyboard, Hybrid, Previz	Storyboard, Hybrid, Previz, Edit
Storyboard Frame Tools			✓	✓
2.5D Free Grease Pencil Tools			✓	✓
Continuous Drawing on GP objects			✓	✓
SMPTE and Seconds units				✓
Rendering
Batch rendering	✓	✓	✓	✓
Playblast	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stamp Info		✓	✓	✓
Snapshots			✓	✓
PDF Edit Board export				✓
Import / Export edit lists with OpenTimelineIO				✓
Resources
Source code (1)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Python library dependencies (2)		Pillow	Pillow	Pillow, FPDF, OpenTimelineIO
Scripting API				✓
Integration of experimental packages				✓
Pipeline additional tools				✓
Access to Beta versions				✓
Dedicated support				For Indie Studio and Company licenses

(1): StoryLiner is licenced under GPLv3. Full source code of the corresponding edition is then provided when you get the add-on.

(2): Python dependencies are libraries automatically installed during the add-on installation. Nevertheless Blender has to be launched in Administrator mode for that process.