Glossary and Shortcuts

Glossary and Shortcuts

The vocabulary used throughout the workspace and every keyboard shortcut.

Glossary

TermMeaning
ProjectContains your entire workstream, including your project’s name, description, and all its episodes. A project can contain multiple episodes.
EpisodeContains a single script and its related Storyboard, Canvas, and Production surfaces. A project can contain multiple episodes.
SceneA reusable location that is both a universal asset and a narrative marker in your Timeline and Script Doc. A Scene can appear more than once as events and characters revisit the same location.
Scene KitOn Canvas, select a Scene in the Timeline to open its context in the right sidebar, then choose the Scene Kit tab. It brings together the Scene’s related assets and script text, with images you can drag into the generation box.
CharacterA reusable person asset with images, description sections, a color, and a dialogue voice.
PropA reusable object asset, declared in the script as {NAME}.
SequenceThink of a Sequence as a video within a Scene. It can include multiple Shots to plan the video’s key moments and hold multiple video takes. Review Sequences and their takes in Production.
ShotA key moment you plan on Storyboard to shape your story. You can optionally add Shots to the generation pill to create Sequence videos. Shots can have variations, a keyframe, media, and camera details. Each variation is represented by a single keyframe image: add multiple images to Shot Media, and the first image becomes the keyframe.
ReferenceIn the generation box, type @ to open the reference selector and choose an image tagged to a Scene, Character, or Prop asset.
TagRight-click an image on Canvas to tag it to a Scene, Character, or Prop asset, or to a Shot for Storyboard. Right-click a video to tag it to a Sequence.
Review statusSet None, Pending, Approved, or Rejected on Shot image variations and Sequence video takes. Use these statuses to track progress and keep your team aligned.
CreditsThe unit for paid media generation. One credit is one US cent.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Canvas shortcuts apply when the focus is on the board rather than in a text field. Documents shortcuts apply inside the script editor.

Canvas

Key or gestureWhat it does
FFrame tool.
CComments sidebar and click-to-place comment.
Cmd/Ctrl + C, Cmd/Ctrl + VCopy and paste selected images.
Cmd/Ctrl + DDuplicate the selection.
Cmd/Ctrl + ZUndo the last board change.
Backspace or DeleteDelete the selection.
Cmd/Ctrl + EnterSubmit a valid composer draft.
Shift + F10 or Menu keyOpen the selected item's menu.
EscapeCancel Text placement, Canvas picking, or close the Image Editor.

Documents

Key or gestureWhat it does
EnterAccept a suggestion or advance to the next screenplay element.
TabCycle the line type, or write braces around a matching Prop name.
Cmd/Ctrl + EnterAccept the selected SmartType suggestion.
Enter / Shift + Enter in a commentPost the comment / insert a line break.