Scene to video

Export the greybox animatic from the Scene Timeline as a video. Useful for blocking review and structural sign-off before any renders are produced.

Export the greybox animatic from the Scene Timeline as a video file. The output is the 3D scene's blocking played out across the timeline – the structural framing of every shot, captured as motion, before any AI rendering happens.

This is distinct from a 3D scene export (GLTF / USD); that path exports the 3D environment for use in another tool. Scene to video exports the animatic itself as a video.

Three adjacent paths exist for non-AI or wireframe video exports. Pick by scope:

• Scene to video (this page) – per-scene animatic from the Scene Timeline, Compose / Publish mode.

• Direct Render – per-shot wireframe, Visualize mode. The same job as Compose's Export Render; different surface.

• Export Scene Videos – per-scene cut of the AI-rendered videos, Visualize mode. Generative, not wireframe.

Scene Timeline view with the greybox animatic playing across multiple shots, ready for a video export of the blocking pass

What it does

Before any AI rendering, the Scene Timeline already contains the blocking: camera framings, lens choices, shot lengths, animated subjects and cameras. Scene to video captures that animatic as a video file – useful for reviewing the structural cut, sharing blocking with a director, or producing a low-cost preview before committing to AI render credits.

How to use it

1. Switch to Compose mode and open the Scene Timeline.

2. Open the scene-to-video export action from the scene's controls.

3. The job runs and the output is a video of the greybox animatic across the scene's shots in their authored order.

4. The file downloads automatically to your local download directory when complete. H.264 30fps MP4.

When to reach for it

• Blocking review. Walk a director or producer through the structural cut before committing to renders.

• Pre-render preview. Confirm the sequence reads at all before spending credits on Visualize.

• Reference handoff. Hand a downstream artist a video of the blocking they can match their work against.

When not to reach for it:

• Final delivery. The greybox animatic isn't a rendered shot. For finished output, render each shot in Visualize and use Export Video or Export shot video.

• The 3D scene itself. If the downstream tool needs the 3D geometry, use Export formats for GLTF or USD instead.

Limits and known issues

• No transitions, no audio. The animatic is a structural pass; there's no per-shot audio and no cross-shot mixing.

• No format choice. H.264 30fps MP4.

Related

• Export Video

• Export shot video

• Export formats: for 3D scene exports (GLTF, USD).

• Timeline

• Publish tab