Dario

BETA

Project: None

autosave

Scene:

Panels:

Delete / Backspace to remove

Place a camera to start

Stop

1 sq = 1m

Click to place · Double-click to name · Double right-click to rotate · Right-drag a camera to aim · Drag to move

Shot details editing

Scene #

Shot (letter)

Day

Page

Hold in animatic (s) — used when the shot has no camera move

Status

Colour tag

Interior / Exterior

Time of day (3D sky)

Camera: —

Shot type

Angle

Tilt (3D pitch) 0°

Camera move

Lens

Equipment

Description / action

Dept notes

Storyboard frame

Click to upload

Shots

This scene:

All scenes:

Day: Status: Camera:

Build a playable cut: add scenes to the timeline in any order (a scene can appear more than once), drag to reorder, then play the whole sequence in the 3D preview.

Scope: Order: Paper:

File

One .json file is one project. Save As… names the file after the project; Save (⌘S) writes back to it (the Mac app also auto-saves every 5 min).

Production details

Optional — tracked with the file for reference (shown on exports later).

Recent files

Recovery — autosaves every 60s and after each shot change

Autosave recovery

Backups — dated snapshots, kept automatically

Appearance

About Dario BETA

Dario is free during the beta. Version

Dario works offline once it has loaded. Your work autosaves in this browser for recovery, but the safe copy is your .json file: use Save or Download a copy regularly, and keep it somewhere backed up.

Deliver

Video render PNG sequence · Resolve-ready

Renders the animatic frame-by-frame to a numbered PNG sequence in a .zip (with an import readme). Drop the frames into DaVinci Resolve, or run the included ffmpeg line. Open the 3D preview once first so the renderer is ready.

Scope Sequence

Layout Frame rate Resolution

Rendering…

Previs sequence: PDF images:

Video render (PNG sequence)

The animatic rendered frame by frame for DaVinci Resolve or ffmpeg. Settings are in the card above.

Storyboard

Frames with slate and description, laid out on Letter, Legal or A4. Scope, order and paper come from the Storyboards stage.

Shot list (CSV)

Spreadsheet of the visible Shot List columns, for Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets or StudioBinder.

Shot list (PDF)

Printable shot list table with status.

Shot cards (PDF)

One card per shot with its frame and details, for the set.

Setup list (PDF)

Shots grouped by camera setup, in shooting order.

Setups (CSV)

The setup breakdown for this scene as a spreadsheet.

Project file (.json)

The whole production in one file. Save writes your working file; Download a copy makes a dated backup without changing it.

Scene template

Save this scene's set (walls, props, positions) to reuse in other scenes.