Storyboard Cutter is a free, Mac-exclusive application designed to automatically identify and extract individual image frames from PDF storyboards.
Developed as an independent workflow optimization tool, it is especially useful for animators, video editors, and filmmakers who need to separate combined storyboard sheets into sequentially numbered image files without doing it manually. Key Features
AI-Assisted Detection: The app uses an intelligent layout-recognition approach to accurately find and slice the boundary boxes of individual frames.
Handles Complex Formats: It can successfully parse complex table-style storyboards and faint, hand-drawn layout sheets.
Sequential Batch Export: Extracted frames are automatically processed and exported as cleanly organized, numbered image files.
Free and Lightweight: The developer offers the software as a free utility to support the creative community. How to Use It
Download and unzip the application file on your macOS device.
Right-click (or Control+click) and select Open on the first launch to safely bypass Mac security restrictions. Click the Select PDF button inside the interface.
Upload your multi-page storyboard PDF to let the app automatically slice and save your individual shot frames.
(Note: If you were instead looking for the Cutter Tool inside the industry-standard software Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, that is a built-in drawing feature used to lasso, trim, and transform specific vector or bitmap line segments within a drawing panel.)
Are you looking to use this tool for animation production, live-action previsualization, or a different type of video project? Knowing your specific workflow can help me suggest the best companion tools!
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