CineLeopard Planner
Pre-Production for AI Video, on Mac
A native macOS app for organizing AI-video pre-production. Break a script into a stripboard of scenes and shots, write text and image prompts, generate images for reference inputs and stills, generate video clips or upload your own, and then track what you have made — all the way to a clean handoff for your editor.
Bring your own keys. Production Planner organizes your pre-production and talks to the AI providers you already use — it does not host or store video, and it never sees your keys or your work.
Screenshots
Color-coded stripboard with AI image and video generation
AI-powered script parsing into shot lists and prompts
Long-form screenplay workflow for features and short films
Elements library for characters, locations, and props
Short-form planner for social media and quick edits
Large Canvas editor with the “make me a video” agent
Guide art direction with custom text, tags, and images
Access to state-of-the-art image and video models
Bring-your-own-API-keys generation for maximum flexibility
Import clips and images from your own computer
Use it for AI, Hybrid, and Traditional Production
Features
Turn a Script Into a Plan
Paste or import your script — or just a rough outline — and Production Planner organizes it into a clear, color-coded list of scenes. Each scene is tagged with the basics like time of day, indoor or outdoor, location, and who appears, so you can see your whole story at a glance.
Break Scenes Into Shots
Open any scene and split it into individual shots, by hand or with AI, each with its own description and notes. Mix in what you already have, like footage you filmed, photos you own, or images and video you made on other platforms, and fill the gaps with the AI tools built right into the app.
Text & Image Prompt Builder
Turn a shot into a structured image prompt with consistent style, wardrobe, and reference handling. Edit, refine, and reuse prompts across a project so your look stays consistent shot to shot.
AI Image Generation, Your Keys
Generate stills and reference images to use as image prompts using Grok Imagine, Flux 2 Pro, Nano Banana Pro, or Nano Banana 2. Every request uses your own API key and your own provider account.
Generate Video with SOTA Models
Generate video from a text prompt and reference images with Grok Imagine 1.0, from a text prompt and a start frame with Grok Imagine 1.5, or as 1080p clips with Veo 3.1 Fast via Replicate. As with images, every request runs on your own API key and provider account.
Mood Boards & Reference Elements
Collect and save mood-board references to mood-board pages, and in long-form, set up wardrobe, prop, and character references in an Elements library. Drag images in or link a folder in place — references stay where they live, on your Mac.
Short-Form & Canvas Workflows
Plan short-form pieces on a grid, or use the full-width, infinite-length Large Canvas to lay out a multi-scene project where every item is a shot. The short-form planner also collapses into smaller clip tiles you can drag to rearrange.
Agentic “Make Me a Video” Workflow
On the Large Canvas, an agent walks a brief through script, image and clip prompts, and voiceover, then stitches your title card, clips, and voiceover into a finished video you can save to your computer. Prefer to polish it yourself? Export the separate clips and pieces and finish in an external editor for precise, professional results.
Production Handoff Exports
Export a self-contained bundle from any workflow — prompts, reference and generated stills, voiceover, and short clips. From the Large Canvas, you can also export a rich timed timeline.json that CineLeopard and other editors import directly.
Bring Your Own Keys
Production Planner is built around your own API keys for XAI, Replicate, and Anthropic. Keys live in your Mac’s Keychain and are sent only as authorization headers to the provider you choose — never to us.
Local-First & Private
Every project, prompt, and image is stored locally in your Application Support folder. No accounts, no developer servers, no analytics. Built-in backup and restore keeps your work safe.
Why Production Planner
AI video tools are good at generating a single clip and bad at everything around it — keeping a look consistent, knowing which shots you still owe, and handing a coherent plan to whoever cuts the final piece. Production Planner is the missing pre-production layer: it organizes the work so the generation actually adds up to a film.
It is a native Mac app — SwiftUI and SwiftData, no Electron, no web views. Your projects live on your machine. There is no account to create and no server in the middle. The only network calls are the ones you trigger, going straight from your Mac to the AI providers you configured with your own keys.
When the plan is ready, Production Planner exports a clean handoff — prompts, reference and generated stills, voiceover, and video clips, plus a timed timeline manifest that the CineLeopard video editor app imports directly when you use the planner's Large Canvas workflow.
System Requirements
What's Included
Pricing
$9.99/ month
Full access to every feature. Cancel anytime.
Subscriptions are billed and managed through the Mac App Store. You can cancel anytime from System Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
Production Planner is a subscription for the app. AI generation uses your own API keys from XAI, Replicate, and Anthropic — you purchase credits from those providers or they bill you directly for the usage you choose to run.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Production Planner cost?
Production Planner is $9.99 per month, billed through the Mac App Store, with full access to every feature. AI generation is billed separately by the providers you use, since you bring your own API keys.
Why do I need my own API keys?
Production Planner has no built-in account or server. To break down scripts and generate images and video, you supply your own keys from XAI (Grok and Grok Imagine), Replicate, and optionally Anthropic. This means you control your usage and costs, and your content goes straight from your Mac to the provider you chose.
Where do my keys and projects live?
Your projects, prompts, and images are stored locally on your Mac. API keys are kept in the macOS Keychain, marked “this device only,” and are sent only as authorization headers to the provider you call. We never receive your keys or your work.
Does Production Planner generate or store video?
It generates video, but it does not host or store it for you. Using your own provider keys, the app generates images and video, stitches a finished video on the Large Canvas, and lets you bring in clips and footage you already have. Everything is saved locally to your own files — we never host or store your video.
Can I hand my project off to a video editor?
Yes. Every workflow exports a self-contained bundle — prompts, reference and generated stills, voiceover, and short clips. From the Large Canvas, you can also export a timed timeline.json manifest that CineLeopard imports directly so you can reconstruct the same sequence in an editor.
Can I use Anthropic (Claude) for text generation?
Yes. You can toggle between Grok (xAI) and Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest) for text generation, including the parsing and agentic tasks that power the app. Add your Anthropic key in Settings → API Keys and choose your preferred model.
Do I need an account or login?
No. Production Planner does not require account creation or login. Your subscription is tied to your Apple ID and verified locally on your Mac via Apple’s StoreKit framework. Nothing is sent to our servers.
How do I cancel or get a refund?
Cancel anytime from System Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions on your Mac. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com — we never receive payment information.