# Creating A New Storyboard

When you create a new project, you will specify the location where you want to store the storyboard elements. You will also be able to specify storyboard project properties, such as the aspect ratio and frames per second (these can be changed later).

To create a new storyboard:

1. Do one of the following:

- Launch the program to display the Welcome screen.
- In the menu bar, click on File > New Storyboard.
- In the File Toolbar, click the New button.

#### Creating a new storyboard from the Welcome screen

When you first open Toon Boom Storyboard you can create a new storyboard directly from the Welcome screen.

To create a new storyboard do the following:

Note
The Directory and Name fields are mandatory and you will be unable to create a new storyboard unless these are completed.

1. In the Directory field, type in the path or browse to the location where you will store the new storyboard project.

2. In the Name field, enter the name of a new file folder where you will store your storyboard project.

If you press the spacebar an underscore is automatically generated to fill the space between the words.

3. In the Title field, type in the name you are giving your storyboard.

4. In the Subtitle field, type in the secondary name of your storyboard.

5. At this point you can choose to assign the resolution of your storyboard output, You can select a different resolution. To add a new one, click to open the New Resolution dialog box .

6. Click on the Create button when you are done. The new project is created and placed in the directory you selected.

The Toon Boom Storyboard window opens the default workspace. The window opens with an empty panel to get you started.

#### Other ways of creating a new storyboard

Apart from using the welcome screen as an access point to create a new storyboard, you can create one after Storyboard is open:

- In the menu bar, click on File > New Storyboard.
- In the File Toolbar, click the New button.

In either case the following dialog box opens and the procedure used to create a new storyboard is the same.

Use this dialog box to name your storyboard, select where you want to store your files (in the Directory field), the name of the storyboard folder (in the Name field), the name of your storyboard and its subtitle (in the Title and Subtitle fields).

To create a new storyboard do the following:

Note
The Directory and Name fields are mandatory and you will be unable to create a new storyboard unless these are completed.

1. In the Directory field, type in the path or browse to the location where you will store the new storyboard project.

2. In the Name field, enter the name of a new file folder where you will store your storyboard project.

If you press the spacebar an underscore is automatically generated to fill the space between the words.

3. In the Title field, type in the name you are giving your storyboard.

4. In the Subtitle field, type in the secondary name of your storyboard.

5. You can select a different resolution. To add a new one, click to open the New Resolution dialog box .

6. Click on the Create button when you are done. The new storyboard project is created and placed in the directory you selected.

The Toon Boom Storyboard window opens the default workspace. The window opens with an empty panel to get you started.

Tip

Other ways to open the New Storyboard dialog box:

- Windows users can use the [Ctrl]+[N] shortcut.
- Mac OSX users can use the [Command]+[N] shortcut.