Animatics
Create animated storyboards and motion previews of your narrative — no animation software, no frame-by-frame work. Generate polished animatics in minutes with Magic Hour.
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How to Create Animatics
From storyboard to motion preview in three steps
1
Input your storyboard or script
Upload storyboard frames, paste your script, or describe scenes. Magic Hour generates animated motion previews.
2
Set timing and pacing
Adjust scene duration, transitions, and pacing to match your narrative rhythm and edit style.
3
Generate and review
Generate your animatic in HD. Review with your team, refine timing, and lock the edit before production.
Animatics for Every Production Need
From pitch animatics to production previs — motion that tells the story
Film & TV animatics
Create motion previews for film and television scenes. Lock timing and composition before shooting.
Commercial animatics
Generate animated storyboards for ad campaigns. Win client approval with motion, not static frames.
Animation previs
Create rough motion previews for animation projects. Establish timing and flow before full production.
Music video animatics
Generate motion previews for music video concepts. Sync visuals to beats before the shoot.
Pitch animatics
Create compelling pitch presentations with animated storyboards. Motion tells the story better than stills.
Game cinematic previs
Generate motion previews for game cinematics and cutscenes. Prototype storytelling before production.
Testimonials
Hear what our users have to say
"Magic Hour is the fastest way I've found to go from an idea to a polished image or video. It's simple, the results are consistent, and it's easy to iterate. It feels like a real creator tool."
Vishal Sankhat
Instagram Creator (534K followers)
"Magic Hour is a powerful AI tool for creating video, photo, and even voice content all in one place. Being able to generate videos up to 60 seconds from a single prompt is something most similar platforms still don't offer."
Daniel Davidson
Youtube Creator (194k subscribers)
"Magic Hour is one of the few AI tools I genuinely trust. Most tools are hit or miss, but Magic Hour feels reliable. I know what I'm going to get, which makes it easy to use regularly for social content."
Nasion Patriotik
Social Media Creator (1.8M followers)
"Most AI tools look impressive at first, but they're hard to rely on once you use them regularly. Magic Hour has been different for me. It's easy to use, the results are consistent, and I can get something polished without spending time fixing or redoing things. It fits naturally into how I create, which is why I keep coming back to it."
Lisa Li
Multimedia Designer at Rakuten Viki
Everything You Need for Animatic Production
Motion previews, no animation skills needed
Frontier Model Access
Use Veo, Sora, Kling, Seedance, and more. Generate motion with the right visual fidelity for previs.
Storyboard → Animatic
Upload static frames and generate smooth motion transitions. Bring your storyboard to life.
HD Output, Up to 60s
Generate HD animatics up to 60 seconds. Complete scene previews with proper timing.
Multiple Aspect Ratios
Generate animatics in any format — cinema scope, TV, mobile, or social.
Parallel Generations
Generate animatics for multiple scenes simultaneously. Complete your previs faster.
API for Production Pipelines
Integrate animatic generation into your pre-production workflow.
Thousands of Templates
Make your photos even better and faster with our high-quality templates.
Explore TemplatesBring Your Story to Life
Create Your AnimaticWe Value Your Privacy & Data Security, Always
Commercial use, training, deletion, retention (1 day), and security. Retention:1 day
Commercial use
Paid plans permit commercial use of outputs. Free users can preview and test.
No training
We do not use your uploads or outputs to train our models.
Delete anytime
You can delete your content or account at any time. Deletion removes content from active storage immediately.
Security
Encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is restricted for operations and support.
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Animatics FAQ
Create animated storyboards and animatics with AI. Generate motion previews of your story — no animation software needed.
Start from a prompt, script, image, or clip in Magic Hour, pick a model and aspect ratio, then generate. Download your output when it is ready—no separate editor required.
Export common aspect ratios like 9:16, 16:9, and 1:1 depending on the tool. Many workflows support HD output and clips up to 60 seconds where the model allows.
Paid plans include commercial use of outputs subject to our Terms of Service. Free tiers are intended for preview and testing.
Yes. You can integrate generation into your product or pipeline via our API and SDKs. See the developer documentation for endpoints and authentication.