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✦ AI-Powered • Built by artists, for artists.

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Storytelling.

The digital workstation for
generative storytelling.

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Free & open source • macOS, Windows, Linux

Company Logo Cinestorm


Combines image, video, and sound generation
into a streamlined creative workflow.


Connects the creative tools you already use.


Cinestorm empowers storytellers to iterate at as fast as they can think. Get bad ideas out of the way and move forward quickly, saving precious production time and budget.


From sketch to screen.

01

✏️

Sketch Rough

Draw your composition with Cinestorm's fast, simple tools. Stick figures welcome. It's about placement, not polish.

02

Prompt & Generate

Describe what you want. Your sketch becomes the reference image. The AI generates a refined version that matches your vision.

03

🔄

Layer & Iterate

Generated art imports as a layer above your sketch. Keep refining, regenerate specific areas, or move on to the next board.

Everything you need.

🖌️

6 Essential Tools

Light pencil, hard pencil, pen, brush, note pen, eraser. That's it.

📄

Layer System

Keep your sketch separate from generated art. Toggle visibility. Stay organized.

🔌

Multi-API Support

Connect to Flux, Sora, Veo, or your own ComfyUI endpoint.

Instant Boards

Add, duplicate, rearrange. Reducing the barriers between you and your next idea.

📝

Metadata & Dialogue

Add action, dialogue, timing, and shot type to every board.

🎨

Photoshop Integration

Click to open in Photoshop. Save. Auto-updates in Slingshot.

📤

Export Everywhere

Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, PDF, Animated GIF. Take your boards anywhere.

⌨️

Keyboard-First

Every action has a shortcut. Master the keys, master the speed.

Built for
Artists.
🎬

Directors

Visualize your shot list before you roll camera.

✍️

Writers

See your words come to life, even if you can't draw.

🎨

Animators

Rough out sequences fast. Polish comes later.

📺

Showrunners

Pitch episodes with boards that actually look finished.

🎮

Game Devs

Storyboard cutscenes and gameplay moments visually.

💡

Anyone with an Idea

If you can describe it, you can board it.

Bring your own models.

Cinestorm doesn't lock you into one service. Connect to the generative APIs you already use, or spin up your own local endpoint.

// Configure your endpoint
{
  "provider": "comfyui",
  "endpoint": "http://localhost:8188",
  "workflow": "img2img_flux"
}

Shortcuts for superspeed.

N New board
G Generate
Prev board
Next board
D Duplicate
L Toggle layer
E Edit in PS
⌘K All shortcuts
Company Logo Cinestorm

Optimize your creative workflow.

Free & open source.

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