Storyboard panels

A Constant Canvas is a fixed-size drawing panel made for storyboarding. Each one is a frame you draw a shot in, give it a size and a background, sketch the action, and fill in the shot info beneath it. Lay several out side by side and you have a storyboard.

Create a panel

Right-click an empty spot on the board ▸ Add ▸ Constant canvas…, then choose a size and background color. The dialog is pre-filled from your defaults, set those once under Settings (default width, height, background, and how many info columns each panel shows).

Unlike other cards, a panel has a fixed size: it’s a stable frame to draw in, so it won’t reflow as you sketch.

Draw in a panel

A panel is a drawing surface: select it and draw directly inside the frame with the drawing tools. (See Drawing & annotation.)

Panel info (F2)

Each panel carries storyboard metadata shown in a strip along the bottom, a title plus one or more info columns (for things like shot number, action, or notes). Press F2 on a selected panel to edit the title and column text. The number of columns is set in Settings and applies to your panels consistently.

Build a storyboard

Drop several panels onto the board and arrange them into rows to lay out a sequence. Because panels are a fixed size, a row of them reads as an even storyboard strip. Each panel saves into the board and travels with it.