CineLeopard Planner

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.

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, optionally Anthropic, and optionally Fal. This means you control your usage and costs, and your content goes straight from your Mac to the provider you chose.

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.

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.

Yes. Every workflow can export prompts and media. On Large Canvas, Export → Timeline package writes a full package (timeline.json, Project.xml, Media/, clips). Use Export → Final Cut Pro to start the save dialog in Movies → Final Cut Exports, or Export → DaVinci Resolve for Movies → DaVinci Resolve (Media Storage). Package contents are the same; the destination only makes import easier for each app.

Export via Export → DaVinci Resolve (or use the helper copy under Movies → DaVinci Resolve → CLPP-Exports if you saved elsewhere). In Resolve’s Edit page: File → Import → Timeline… and open Project.xml. Leave “Automatically import source clips into media pool” on. If Resolve reports clips not found, choose Yes and select the DaVinci Resolve Media Storage folder that contains your package — that dialog only lists Media Storage volumes from Preferences → System → Media Storage, not your whole disk. You can Add… your export parent there permanently. Do not drag Project.xml onto the Media Pool.

CineLeopard: File → Import Timeline Bundle… and select the package folder that contains timeline.json (any save location is fine). Final Cut Pro: prefer Export → Final Cut Pro so the package is under Movies → Final Cut Exports, then File → Import → XML… and open Project.fcpxml or Project.xml; keep Media/ next to that file.

Yes. In Settings → API Keys, pick Grok (xAI) or Anthropic as the language model, then choose a specific model (Grok 4.6 / 4.5, or Claude Sonnet 5 / Opus 5 / Fable 5). That choice writes plans, scripts, and shot prompts. Image and video models are separate selectors at the top of each project.

Yes. Settings → API Keys has an Image / video backend control: Replicate or Fal. That is where Nano Banana, Flux, Veo, and other non-Grok models run. A SpaceXAI toggle (on by default) keeps Grok Imagine stills and clips on your xAI key, including Imagine 1.5 image-to-video and 1.5 ref-to-video. Add a fal.ai key only if you switch the backend to Fal.

In Large Canvas, link a character folder that has look-named subfolders — you choose the names, and each subfolder becomes a labeled look. The agent holds a look until the script switches, then feeds the matching plate. A single primary photo still works as before — subfolders are only for multi-outfit characters. You can also set a Look chip on each extra reference in Elements.

No. Once you edit the image prompt on a Large Canvas shot card, later agent or planner passes leave that wording alone. A full New Plan or a new agent script run is what rebuilds prompts. Click a still or clip in the strip to inspect it; right-click to set the hero used for Make clip and for assembly.

Yes, when the planner writes the script. The Vision-panel script is a screenplay you can read: action lines plus quoted on-camera dialogue under character cues whenever someone speaks. Narration stays in the separate voiceover field and is what goes to the voice model. If you paste your own script, dialogue is kept verbatim.

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.

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.

In Large Canvas or Long-Form, open the Elements tab and find the Location card. Use Clear site map or Clear room map on that location to discard the AI-built layout so the next agent plan rebuilds it from your current reference photos. To reset every location at once, use Clear all place maps in the Elements header. Changing a location’s primary reference image also clears stale maps automatically. Clearing a map does not delete your reference photos.

By default projects stay in date-created order so opening or editing one does not move it to the top. Use the sort control (up/down arrows) next to PROJECTS in the sidebar to switch to Name, Recently updated, or Manual order. In Manual order, right-click a project to Move Up or Move Down.

Yes. While a step is running, use Pause or Cancel in the agent panel. Pause finishes the current still or clip (so a generation you are already charged for still lands), then stops before the next one. During Research & script, Pause waits until that whole planning step finishes, then stops before Images. Finished steps stay on the canvas — click Continue run to resume without starting over. After a pause the start-of-run text box is hidden on purpose, because Continue does not replan from new words; use New run for a full restart. Use Start over only when you want a completely clean agent slate.

No. If the Vision rail already has text, the agent keeps it and combines it with what you type in the agent box. The agent box does not wipe Vision. Draft text you type for the agent is also kept if you switch to Elements or another tab and come back.

New Plan rebuilds the shot list and image/video prompts from Vision, script, and Elements. If the scene already has prompts, stills, or clips, you get a confirmation first. Vision text, Elements, and Art Direction are kept. Export or back up first if you need existing generated media on those shots.

Location reference photos own architecture and layout. Art direction still steers light, exposure, atmosphere, and design taste — even when locations are set. Art direction images apply at generation time; art direction text is baked into prompts when you plan, so replan or edit prompts after changing AD wording.

Yes, on Large Canvas. Music is off by default. Turn on the Music toggle in the Vision panel, optionally describe a style, and make sure a Replicate key is saved. The agent can generate an instrumental bed, or Assemble Video will create one when Music is on and none exists yet. The bed is mixed low under voiceover and clip audio.