From animatic to art direction
Video Style Grade is a new feature that transforms fully animated sequences into stylized, cinematic clips using generative AI. Similar to Previs Pro’s existing Style Grade for static images, this feature enables users to render animatics in distinct visual styles – from painterly and hand-drawn looks to photorealistic previews – helping creators better communicate tone and art direction in early pre-production.
Introduced in Previs Pro 3 (September 2025), Animatics transformed traditional storyboards into moving, production-ready sequences – combining timing, pacing, and camera movement with character and prop animation with cinematographic control impossible to achieve with prompted AI. The feature gives filmmakers the ability to preview the blocking, rhythm and flow of a scene long before cameras roll, bridging the gap between storyboard and full previs.
“With Video Style Grade, users can now go beyond motion,” said Ian Lynch-Smith, founder of Previs Pro. “You can visualize your entire sequence in the aesthetic of your film – from gritty realism to ink – all while keeping your camera work, timing, and direction intact. This is a unique advantage Previs Pro brings to animated AI generated video – it’s about extending creative control, not replacing it.”
This workflow aligns with Previs Pro’s growing suite of AI-assisted creative tools, including Style Grade and Light Grade, which use similar human created previs as the hard ground truth for AI refinement in still frames. Together, these tools provide a powerful bridge between early previsualization and final production aesthetics – empowering teams to explore creative directions without complex rendering pipelines. Crucially, these AI systems are designed to enhance, not replace, the creative process – the concept and storyboard must be established first, ensuring that artistic intent remains firmly in the hands of the creators.
Video Style Grade is available to use in the Previs Pro app now for registered users as a free service to trial – downloadable from the App Store.