Boords founder James Chambers says the company has never taken outside funding and has two people working on it full time. He describes an animatic tool in development and integrations with After Effects, Photoshop, and Slack as the product’s direction at the time of the November 2017 interview.
Boords co-founder Tom Judd explains how the storyboarding product emerged at animation studio Animade. James Chambers built a working prototype within a week, and a general-use version followed within months. Boords’ newly launched commenting feature lets users share client URLs. Judd also outlines plans for an animatic tool, live collaboration, and a Photoshop plugin.
Animade co-founders Tom Judd and James Chambers launch Boords, a web-based storyboarding tool designed to simplify the process for production teams. The software grows out of internal storyboarding tools used at their London animation studio and becomes a standalone offering from the Animade team. Boords offers tiered plans, including paid options, and the article quotes studio leadership on customer adoption.
