Block out a scene as a nine-panel storyboard
- Type
- Image preset
- Runs on
- Seedream 5
- Input
- Text, plus images to edit or follow
- Output
- Image (JPEG, PNG)
- Options
- Speed: Fast, Slow · up to 4 per run · 12 aspect ratios · Resolution: 1K, 2K
- Price
- From 68 credits
- Plan
- All plans, including Free
Plan the shots before you pick up a camera. Describe a scene and this app draws it as a 3x3 storyboard: nine black-and-white pencil-sketch panels with shot notes, told in order. It runs on Seedream 5, from 68 credits per board, so you can try several versions of the same scene.
How to make a storyboard grid
- Write the scene in order: the setting, the characters and what happens, beat by beat.
- Attach an image (optional), such as a location photo or character sketch to follow.
- Pick a shape. 1:1 keeps the nine panels square-ish; 16:9 gives each panel a wider, film-like frame.
- Choose speed, resolution and count: Fast or Slow, 1K or 2K, 1 to 4 boards per run.
- Generate and compare the boards.
What to write
Think in beats. Nine panels is about nine moments, so a short numbered or comma-separated sequence works well:
- "A courier runs through a crowded night market, knocks over a fruit stall, ducks under a curtain, hides in a back room, holds her breath as footsteps pass, then slips out the window"
- "A boy finds a stray dog in the rain, shares his sandwich, walks it home, his mother frowns, then smiles and lets it in"
- "A chef opens the restaurant at dawn: lights on, knives sharpened, vegetables chopped, first order arrives, plate goes out to the dining room"
- "Two astronauts repair a satellite, a bolt drifts away, one reaches for it, the tether pulls tight, they share a relieved look"
Tips
- Keep it to one scene. Nine panels go further when they cover one sequence rather than a whole story.
- Mention key shots you care about: "wide establishing shot", "close-up on the hands", "over-the-shoulder".
- Use 2K if you want to crop panels out or read the shot notes more easily.
- Run 2 to 4 boards and pick the one with the clearest flow.
After you generate
Use Recreate for the same settings again, or Reuse prompt to rework the beats. Send to another tool: Upscale for a larger board, Erase objects to clear a panel detail, or Animate to open Seedance 2.0 with the board as the first frame.