The Cinematic Storyboarding Studio
Magic Prism
Stop Prompting. Start Directing.
From an idea to a storyboard. In minutes.
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Prompting vs Directing
One is a text box. The other is a director's desk.
AI Tools
No consistency across shots.
Type into a blank text box.
Watch tutorials for weeks.
Subscribe, then buy credits.
One ban and you're gone.
The director's desk
References that shape the whole story.
A real director's control panel.
Become a better director as you work.
The whole crew, no subscription.
The infrastructure runs on your machine.
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Learn while you direct
You won't just make the shot. You'll learn why it works.
Every lens, angle, and light comes with the reason behind it: what it does, when to reach for it, and when not to. You pick up how real cinematographers think while you work.
The actual guidance built into every control
Flattering compression. Portrait beats where the face is the subject, intimate close-ups, fashion.
AvoidEnvironmental context, or full-body in tight rooms.
Psychological instability. Drug states, a revelation that shifts the floor (Reed, The Third Man).
AvoidGrounded, naturalistic beats.
Classical portrait dignity. Formal reaction shots, the awards-bait close-up (Toland, Citizen Kane).
AvoidComedy, commercial, or full-body action.
Inevitability. Vanishing-point corridors, road-into-distance, one-point perspective (Kubrick, The Shining).
AvoidNaturalistic dialogue.
Forensic. Story told by evidence: the gun, the letter, the ring (Hitchcock's bomb under the table).
AvoidContinuous action, or emotional dialogue.
Lover's grammar. Breath-on-skin proximity, confessional moments (Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love).
AvoidEnvironmental establishing.
You don't just walk away with a storyboard. You walk away knowing how to build the next one.
Storyboard to film
The storyboard is not the end. It is the start of the film.
Every beat carries the frames and the motion your video tool needs. You direct here, then take it straight to video.
Direct it, beat by beat.
Build the film one beat at a time. Same character, same light, same world, shot after shot.
Play it as an animatic.
Press Play and watch your beats run in sequence before you spend a second on video.
Export for video.
One click turns every beat into start and end frames plus a motion prompt. Drop them into Kling, Seedance, or any video tool you already use.
What you actually get
Your keys. Your machine. Your images.
Your keys.
Your key. In your keychain.Bring your Gemini, OpenAI, or OpenRouter key. It lives in your OS keychain and never leaves your machine.
Your machine.
Runs on your laptop. On your disk.The app runs on your laptop. Your film lives on your disk, not our cloud. Nothing phones home.
Your images.
No telemetry. No training.No telemetry. No training on your work. Nothing leaves your machine unless you send it.
When it launches
One-time price. No subscription. No credits. No cap.
You bring your API key, so we never mark up a generation. The spend meter shows the real cost of every image. A full 27-beat film cost us $5.76.
Where it fits
Where Magic Prism fits in the room.
Honest comparison. The good and the not-yet.
| Feature | Magic Prism | Krea | Higgsfield | ArtCraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No subscription | ||||
| No credit caps | BYOK, no server bill | |||
| Runs locally, your key | browser | browser | ||
| Director-style multi-agent pipeline | 8+ agents | basic Nodes Agent | ||
| Bring your own API key | Gemini · Nano Banana | varies | ||
| Storyboard from idea or script | ||||
| Hardware floor | Any laptop | Browser-only | Browser-only | RTX 3060+ |
| Setup time | ~60 sec | Sign-up | Sign-up | Hours-days |
| Mac support | coming |
Comparison reflects public product info as of April 2026
A creative director shouldn't fight their tools.
I built this for my own workflow.
Now I want to know if it solves yours.
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Early Access · Limited · 2026