The Storyboard to video workstation shows a Create new storyboard form where you describe the video you want and let the app build a multi-shot storyboard. The form stays on the page while you choose the platform, length, aspect ratio, elements, and Video brief.
How do I create a new storyboard?
Select a portrait model or choose No Model, open Storyboard to video, fill in the Create new storyboard form, and press Generate in the workstation's bottom bar. You'll see "Creating storyboard. It'll be ready shortly." The new storyboard is added to your generation feed and opens in the storyboard editor while its shots are being prepared.
What do I fill in?
Platform — which channel the video is for: TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, or YouTube. This tags the storyboard and tunes the result for that platform. The field starts empty with "Please select".
Length — the target length of the finished video. The options are 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes.
Aspect ratio — the frame shape: 9:16, 3:4, 16:9, 4:3, or 1:1.
Video brief — the required description of what the video should cover. A counter tracks your length against the suggested 20,000-character maximum; going over it doesn't block typing or creating (the server applies the final validation). The placeholder reads "Please enter...".
Element — optionally open the element column and add Characters, Background, or Product elements. Click an element row to insert its
@chip into the brief. A new storyboard can hold up to 50 elements in total.
Platform, Length, and Aspect ratio have no preselected default. All three empty placeholders read "Please select". A portrait model selected in the workstation supplies the character look used throughout the storyboard's shots. In No Model mode, APOB supplies its default generation model behind the scenes without presenting a portrait model in the interface.
When you select a portrait model, the hint banner includes that model's @ chip. In No Model mode, the model chip is omitted.
Why is the Generate button greyed out?
The Generate button stays disabled until you've entered a Video brief and the generation context is ready. Platform, Length, and Aspect ratio are also required. Generate checks them in that order and shows "Please select a platform.", "Please select a length.", or "Please select an aspect ratio." when one is missing. If you submit without a brief you'll see "Please enter the video brief." No Model mode does not add another blocking requirement.
How much does creating a storyboard cost?
The credit cost is shown on the Generate button before you commit. The total is the current server-provided per-second storyboard-creation rate multiplied by the Length you selected. Selecting Elements does not add an extra charge. See Credits & billing.
What happens after I press generate?
The form clears its brief and elements after the request succeeds, the new storyboard is added to the generation feed, and the storyboard editor opens. While it builds, the editor shows its generation state and already lets you choose the Voice model; that choice is kept through the completion refresh and saved when the storyboard becomes ready. When it's done, the shots appear and you can edit them. If building fails, its task shows an error and you can regenerate the storyboard.
After you have created at least one storyboard for the selected model, the form also shows History Storyboards. Press View History to switch the generation feed to storyboard results and scroll to them. If the desktop workstation is fullscreen, it closes first so the filtered feed is visible immediately.
What does "Storyboard ready" mean?
It means the app finished expanding your brief into shots — the storyboard's task succeeded and it can now be opened and edited. Until then it's still generating (or, for free users waiting behind others, "In queue"). You can't open or generate from a storyboard until it's ready.
Can I reuse the same brief?
Yes. Use Regenerate storyboard from a storyboard's detail or editing view to build a new storyboard from its supported inputs, including its brief, platform, length, aspect ratio, and original input elements. The credit amount under a Regenerate storyboard button uses the current server-provided storyboard rate multiplied by the duration that button's request will submit. Editing its shots can change the current total Duration, but Regenerate still uses the original supported Length. On a legacy storyboard's detail page, a saved duration that falls between supported Length options rounds up to and is priced at the next supported Length. The brief keeps its creation-time Element chips even if an Element is later removed from the editable storyboard.
On mobile
Open the mobile workstation sheet to use the same creation flow. Platform, Length, Aspect ratio, Video brief, and the element chips are stacked in the sheet, while Generate remains in the bottom workstation bar. The element handle matches Text to Video's compact chevron and opens the complete grouped element list over the lower part of the Video brief card.