This is a quick overview of new released e-Conte board iPad app for creating Japanese style storyboard.

1. e-Conte board
Quick Start Guide
SGA Works LLC, Electricwoods LLC
Version 1.0

2. What is e-Conte board?
• iPad app for making Japanese Anime style storyboard
• Requires Apple Pencil for drawing
• Requires subscription to enable drawing and editing
features
• Without subscription, you may still able to view
storyboard documents

3. Creating a document

4. Creating a scene

5. Three View modes

6. Use Apple Pencil to draw here
Tap to type dialogue
Tap to type dialogue
Tap to add a new shot
1. Worksheet Style Mode

7. 2. Editing View ModeTools
Layers
Tap to add a layer
Active Layer
Tap to edit layers
Use Apple Pencil to draw here
Playback controls

8. 3. Fullscreen View Mode
View coordinate mode
Tap to show layers
Use Apple Pencil to draw here
Tap to add a layer Tap to add a layer

9. switch to editing mode
switch to fullscreen mode
Tips:
You may switch to arbitrary view mode directory from worksheet style view.

10. Layers

11. Show layers
Active layer
All drawing works goes to the active layer
left right
Add a new layer
Edit layers

12. Edit description (totally optional)
＊ It helps you organize layer structure when they grow

13. left right
Toggle show / hide a layer

14. Duplicate this layer

15. Tools

16. Undo and Redo Tool
• Each layer has its own unlimited undo stack
• You may undo all your work to the very beginning
• Images are subject to undo, but not redo

17. Pen colors and opacities
Tap and hold to select a pen color or an opacity
Pen colors Opacities
100%
75%
50%
25%
black
red
white
blue
brown

18. Drawing Tools
thin
very thin
thick
very thick
Line width
Tap and hold to expand

19. Eraser Tool
• Erases vector strokes
• Not like raster eraser tool
• Erases strokes only on the active layer
Source Using eraser tool Erased

20. Hand Tool
Select layers in effect
(Can be multiple layers)
Move or scale to adjust
Hand
Tool

21. Exporting

23. Storyboard PDF
Print or Share

24. C PICTURE DIALOGUE ACTION TIME
No. 1
1+00
C1
1+00
C2
1+00
C3
1+00
C4
TOTAL(4+00)

25. Camera / Artbox

26. Camera / Artbox
• Camera
• A rectangle equivalent to camera or screen
• Artbox
• A drawable rectangle larger than camera box that can
be used for zooming, panning or tilting

27. Edit artbox

28. Drag a handle to resize artbox
Done

29. Camera
Artbox
Now you can draw here with your Apple Pencil.
DIALOGUE here ACTION here
Text fields moved
down here

30. Switch Camera / Artbox here

31. Organizing Scenes

32. Drag a scene to reorder
Toggle editing mode
Delete a scene (undoable)
Add a scene

33. Organizing Shots

34. Drag a shot to reorder
Toggle editing mode
Insert a blank shot
Delete a shot
Copy / Paste / Duplicate a shot

35. Toggle group / ungroup them as a single shot
Toggle start / stop stopwatch
Accept the duration
+1 frame
-1 frame
Retake
Stopwatch style duration entry
Calculator style duration entry
Duration entry
FramesSeconds

36. Customization

37. Smaller
Larger

38. Left Right

39. Exchanging
documents

40. .dstoryboard
• You can exchange documents with others
• It is actually a directory not a single file

41. Questions?

42. https://www.facebook.com/groups/eConteBoardCommUserGroup/
e-Conte board Community
User Group

43. Fin