Storyboarder, a great new free tool for cartoonists and animators

El Animation world has hit a big change in the last two decades thanks to the 3D that has revolutionized both animated films and television series. Programs such as Maya or 3D Studio Max have been participants in those changes in which traditional animation has taken a back seat.

These programs have also given rise to some studies start with the idea of ​​offering free tools so that any amateur or professional I have a space to express themselves through all kinds of ideas and designs. Storyboarder is a great step to take both for the studio that launched it and for that cartoonist, student or professional who wants to have a free tool to animate or create storyboards.

Storyboarder is designed to be a quick and simple tool that uses six drawing tools and some panels that can be moved around the screen as we want. It is also characterized by being fully integrated with other software such as Photoshop with which we can refine in other tasks that need more precise tools.

It can import storyboards drawn by hand on paper when taking a photo of each of the vignettes with the mobile, or take the capture generator, which allows the user to type a description in the sidebar and take well-positioned 3D models.

The person in charge of bringing us this great tool is Wonder Unit, a small study that has explained the reason for making it available from the public completely free of charge. Its main objective is developing good stories and producing movies. That is why for years they have been developing software tools for internal use.

El use of these processes and tools is vital for creativity just as they say. And they also understand that only they are the ones who benefit from tools like Storyboarder is something that they cannot admit. They believe that their tool needs to be shared so that many more can use it.

So is available on both Mac, Windows and Linux. You can download it from this link.