Editions

StoryLiner Light Light edition

All the basics of StoryLiner: create and manage shots, explore with edit variations, batch render.

This edition is free. You can download it from the support GitHub: Download StoryLiner Light Edition


StoryLiner Previz 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.


StoryLiner Storyboard 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.


StoryLiner Studio 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 Light
StoryLiner Previz
StoryLiner Previz
StoryLiner Storyboard
StoryLiner Storyboard
StoryLiner Studio
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 Link to documentation
Features    
Camera HUD Link to documentation
Camera Backgrounds Link to documentation
Shot and Edit Notes Link to documentation
Modes Visual Feedback Link to documentation  
Retimer Link to documentation  
Edit Timeline Link to documentation  
Interactive Shots Stack Link to documentation  
Viewport Toolbar Link to documentation   
Dedicated tools    
Layouts Link to documentation PrevizPrevizStoryboard, Hybrid, PrevizStoryboard, Hybrid, Previz, Edit
Storyboard Frame Tools  
2.5D Free Grease Pencil Tools Link to documentation   
Continuous Drawing on GP objects  
SMPTE and Seconds units   
Rendering    
Batch rendering Link to documentation
Playblast Link to documentation
Stamp Info Link to documentation  
Snapshots Link to documentation   
PDF Edit Board export Link to documentation    
Import / Export edit lists with OpenTimelineIO Link to documentation    
Resources    
Source code (1)
Python library dependencies (2) PillowPillowPillow, FPDF, OpenTimelineIO
Scripting API Link to documentation    
Integration of experimental packages   
Pipeline additional tools Link to documentation    
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 automaticaly installed during the add-on installation. Nevertheless Blender has to be launched in Administrator mode for that process.