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{{Infobox software
| name = FrameForge Storyboard Studio
| screenshot = Juliet without Romeo FF3D.png
| screenshot size = 250px
| caption = FrameForge Storyboard Studio on [[Mac OS X]]
| developer = [[Innoventive Software]]
| latest_release_version = Version 4
| latest_release_date = December 2019
| operating_system = [[Mac OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| genre = [[Pre-production]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{Official website}}
}}

'''FrameForge Storyboard Studio''' (formerly '''FrameForge Previz Studio''') is [[previsualization]] [[storyboard]] software used by [[film director|directors]], [[cinematographer]]s, [[Visual effects supervisor|VFX Supervisor]]<ref>[http://www.frameforge3d.com/News/Press/Most-Advanced-Spy-Agency-in-the-World-uses-FrameForge-Previz-Studio.../ Mark Kolpak, VFX Supervisor Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]</ref> and other creatives in the fields of [[filmmaking]], [[Television Production|television production]], filmed [[advertising]], industrial videos and other filmed or video content.

The software creates virtual sets and locations using simulated cameras, actors and objects in photo-accurate 3D scaled sets for previsualization.  FrameForge creates data-rich Storyboards and exports these sequences for use at all stages of production for both traditional 2D shoots and, with the introduction of version 3, stereographic 3D shoots too. It won a [[Technology & Engineering Emmy Award|Technical Achievement Emmy]] from the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|National Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="emmy"/> for the program's "proven track record of saving productions time and money through virtual testing."

It also won a Lumiere Award from the Advanced Imaging Society (previously the International 3D Society) for the program's support of Stereo 3D filmmaking.<ref>[http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-205785.htm Innoventive Software Receives Two Lumiere Technology Awards from the International 3D Society]</ref>

==Background==
The program was designed by filmmaker Ken Schafer and his San Diego–based software company Innoventive Software, LLC. A graduate of New York University's film program, Schafer started software programming in the 1980s by creating an extensive system of macros for [[WordPerfect]] that automatically formatted text into screenplay format. He packaged these macros and sold them under the name Script Perfection. The macros evolved into the stand-alone program called ScriptThing and was eventually exclusively licensed for sale by Screenplay Systems under the name of Movie Magic Screenwriter.<ref>Holben, Jay. "FrameForge 3D Studio Simplifies Storyboard Process" ''American Cinematographer Magazine'' October 2003. pp 101&ndash;106</ref> Schafer followed up with other software designs including the program FrameForge Storyboard Studio.

==Awards==

* [[Technology & Engineering Emmy Award|Technical Achievement Emmy]] from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Pre-production Previsualization System Category.  One of the key criteria for this Emmy was that the pre-visualization capability of this software allows the user to test and solve real-world production issues during pre-production, with a proven track record of saving productions time and money by eliminating the requirement to perform physical tests on-set until convinced of the final design.<ref name="emmy">{{Cite web |url=http://emmyonline.com/tech_67th_recipients |title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE 67th ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS |access-date=2015-10-05 |archive-date=2015-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006075249/http://emmyonline.com/tech_67th_recipients |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Lumiere Statuette from the Advanced Imaging Society given to honor FrameForge's technological achievement in the stereoscopic medium, and recognize the significant impact the program has had on the advancement of stereoscopic arts and technologies.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.FrameForge.com/ Innoventive Software website]
*[[b:Movie Making Manual/Storyboarding|Wikibooks Movie Manual on Storyboarding]]
*[[v:Lesson:3D Storyboard|Wikiversity - Lesson on 3D Storyboarding]]

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