Shot Designer vs ShotPro

Shot Designer is a camera-blocking tool that brings diagrams, shot lists, storyboards, animation, a Director’s Viewfinder, and team sharing together. It can move cameras automatically when characters are repositioned in a diagram. The shot list and diagram stay linked, so edits to one update the other. Users can animate characters and cameras in real time to preview scene rhythm, while the Viewfinder supports major camera formats and records the lens used for a shot. Other tools include set and lighting designers, imports for production drawings, templates, and a prop and furniture library. The Free plan saves the current scene but allows only one scene at a time and omits file management, export, and sync or team sharing. Pro costs 19.99 USD once and adds those management and sharing features, Scene Freeze, and PDF, JPG, and Excel export. Shot Designer runs on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. The maker positions it for directors and directors of photography.

ShotPro is a previsualization tool for planning stories and scenes, aimed at productions, schools, indie groups, and individuals. Projects organize scenes into sequences that users can order, rename, annotate, and build from supplied or custom templates. A 2D mode sets character, camera, and prop movements; 3D mode helps refine a scene's appearance. ProCam controls include aperture, focus distance, ISO, shutter speed, lens size, depth of field, and camera shake. Users can import FBX objects, audio, 3D characters, and images, including images with alpha channels. The timeline supports camera movements and cuts, voiceovers, text, print markers, and face-capture tracks, though some tracks require expansion packs. Movies of projects or scenes can be exported up to 4K at 24, 30, or 60 fps, and storyboard frames can be printed with notes. An iOS-only AR expansion pack overlays 3D objects on a live camera view and records the result. Standalone Single costs $35, paid once for one Mac or Windows machine; ShotPro S Monthly costs $9.99 a month and includes expansion packs.