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“Filmmaking software that isn’t just for filmmaking.”

At Cocoa Box, we love hearing the wide variety of uses people find for Penultimate. So we were thrilled to read this very cool post by filmmaker, visual effects guy, and writer Stu Maschwitz. He talks about what he does, how he uses Penultimate, and best of all, he created and posted a whole series of downloadable storyboard papers that anyone can use!

As I detailed in The DV Rebel’s Guide, storyboards don’t have to be immaculately drawn to be effective. Which is lucky for me, because I have let wither whatever drawing ability I once had. To me, the boarding process is about flow. I need a tool that allows me to bang out my ideas as they come. For as long as I can remember, that’s been printed storyboard templates and a mechanical pencil. 

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Penultimate is a great example of filmmaking software that isn’t just for filmmaking. I’m so fired up about my new storyboarding workflow that I’m sharing my Prolost storyboarding templates.

Check out his whole post, and a bunch of downloadable storyboard templates, here.


(from prolost.com)

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