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# Storyboard Approach For Long-Form Videos

# 🎬 What's the best way to build a long-form video without wasting credits?

For anything long- a multi-minute story, a full episode, a long music video- build your **storyboard as still images first**, check every scene before committing to motion, then generate motion and lip-sync in one bulk step once everything's right. It starts the same as any guided workflow, with one different choice at the end.

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### Start the same way

1. Run through your workflow as usual: [How do I use Script to Video?](https://help.atlabs.ai/en-us/article/how-do-i-use-script-to-video-n3sinn/) or [How do I make a Music Video with Atlabs?](https://help.atlabs.ai/en-us/article/how-do-i-make-a-music-video-with-atlabs-sqy1bs/), depending on your input. Upload your script or audio, set your style, and finalize your cast exactly as normal.

#### Choose Storyboard at the Finalize step

2. At **Finalize Video**, you will see three options: **Storyboard, Video Preview** and **Full Video.** Select **Storyboard.**
Atlabs generates a still image for every scene, with no motion or lip sync yet.

#### Check every scene before spending more credits

3. Go through the storyboard scene by scene. Check consistency, check locations, and edit anything that's off using the **Visual tab** before moving on. This is the point to catch problems; fixing a still image is far cheaper than re-generating motion or lip sync after the fact.

#### Generate motion for everything at once

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4. Once every scene looks right, find **Select scenes to generate motion** below the video preview.
5. Click it, then **select all scenes.**
6. Choose a motion model, or leave it on the default.
7. Click **Generate.**

Atlabs generates motion and lip sync for any scene where you've tagged a speaking character, across every selected scene in one pass.

💡 **Why this works for long videos:** your storyboard images are locked in as correct before you spend credits on motion; nothing needs re-generating because a visual changed after the fact; it's more credit-efficient than the Full Video path, and you keep full control scene by scene before committing.


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