EpicDraft for creators

Write it. Board it.Play it back.

From script to animatic, on your own machine. Storyboards and a playable animatic from your script, then, with Pro in Labs, a cut sized for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok or Vimeo.

Storyboards and animatics are free on every platform, and the timeline is free in Labs. Rendering and publishing are Pro, in Labs: $15, once.

One scene, from the page to the animatic, recorded in the app.

02 — How it works

From a page to a picture.

Each step builds on the one before, in the same project. The animatic's captions are your script's lines, so they change when the script does.

  1. 01Free

    Write

    Start from a logline, a beat list or a full script. Formatting is automatic, and a line in the margin marks where each shot starts. Pick a length, a :60 spot, a short film or a short-form episode, and craft checks tell you when the page runs long.

  2. 02Free

    Board

    Storyboards follow your scenes: a board for each scene, with shots that hold its frames. Sketch a frame in the app, bring in drawings and photos, render frames from your 3D blocking, or generate them with Pro.

  3. 03Free

    Block

    Work out where everyone stands in a simple 3D set before you commit to frames.

  4. 04Free

    Play

    Play the animatic: each frame for its time, with the script's lines as captions and the sounds you add to your 3D scenes. Or run a table read and hear every character before you record.

  5. 05Free · Labs

    Cut

    A timeline with lanes for takes, voices and sound, plus motion and transitions for each frame. With Pro, generate video takes on your Mac or with a video service you connect, then render an MP4.

  6. 06Pro · Labs

    Shoot

    The same project breaks down into a stripboard and a shooting schedule, with eighths per day and a list of the scenes it could not place. Cast and crew, auditions and budgets sit beside it.

03 — Publish

Tall or wide, sized before you upload.

Export for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, Reels or Vimeo and EpicDraft picks the frame, the size and the files that site asks for.

Pro · Labs

YouTube, Vimeo

720p, 1080p or 4K

Captions saved as .srt, plus a cover image

Shorts, TikTok, Reels

1080 × 1920

Captions drawn into the picture

You post it, not us.

EpicDraft never uploads for you. On a computer it saves the video with what the site asks for beside it, and a button opens that site's upload page. On a phone it hands the video to your share sheet.

04 — Yours

Take it anywhere. Keep it yours.

Local-first

Free

Your projects live on your device. Pro adds optional cloud backup, yours to turn off.

Models on your machine

Pro

On a Mac or iPhone, storyboard frames and concept art can generate on the device. Anywhere else, connect a service with your own key. Your work is never used by us to train AI models.

Hand off to your editor

Pro · Labs

Export an OpenTimelineIO editing folder and the sound mix as stems. Captions as .srt or .vtt are free.

Into Blender

Free

Send a blocked scene to Blender as a .glb and keep building it there.

From script to animatic, on your own machine. On every major platform.

Apple macOS and iOSMicrosoft Windows
FirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariMicrosoft Edge
LinuxAndroid

05 — Download

Choose your platform:

No account required. Free to write, on every platform.

Or skip the install: EpicDraft runs right in your browser. Launch in Web

Other downloads

06 — Pricing

Choose the write plan for you:

From script to animatic, on your own machine.

Free

Everything from the first line to a playable animatic, on every platform.

  • Storyboards for every scene, with frames you sketch, shoot or render from 3D blocking
  • A playable animatic, with your script's lines as captions
  • 3D blocking, and .glb exports for Blender
  • The timeline, with motion and transitions for each frame (in Labs)
Get Started Today

Pro

$15

One-time purchase. Nothing renews.

Generate frames and video takes, then render the cut at the size the site wants.

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Generate storyboard frames & concept art, on your Mac or iPhone or through a service you connect
  • Video takes on your Mac or through Runway, fal.ai or your own ComfyUI (in Labs)
  • Render an MP4 and export for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, Reels and Vimeo (in Labs)
  • Voices and sound generated for your timeline (in Labs)
Get Pro

New accounts get 14 days of the AI tools to try them.

You're buying a license to use EpicDraft's Pro features, not the software itself. By buying, you agree to the Terms and Conditions and the Purchase Terms.

07 — FAQ

Questions creators ask.

Follow the story.

Release notes, new features and the occasional article.

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