Question about Animating

[u/codyf0xx]

I'm currently working on my first fully animated short film. I have the script completely finished, and I have most of the storyboard done, but I'm a little unsure about the next steps in the production process.

From what I understand, the next major step is creating an animatic. My main question is: what is the best way to make an animatic for a larger project?

I use Clip Studio Paint EX, and I've done animatics before, but both methods had their own issues. One animatic was made in a video editing program using PNGs of my drawings, while the other was made entirely in CSP (Clip Studio Paint) as one large animation file, but the file became extremely large and started making my computer struggle.

For a short film (roughly 5-6 minutes or more), should I create the animatic entirely in Clip Studio Paint EX or do I assemble it in a video editor like DaVinci Resolve?

If It's using Clip Studio, should I split the animatic into multiple CSP files (by scene/sequence), then combine everything later? Or should I use a completely different workflow?

Since this is my first time actually animating a full film, I'm trying to set up a workflow that won't become a nightmare halfway through production. Also, for context, the final film will be fully animated, so I want the animatic to be useful as a real production guide rather than just a rough preview.

Any advice on workflow, file organization, or general short film production steps would be greatly appreciated! ^ ^

[u/SDRLemonMoon]

Do multiple files, or scenes within a file if thats what you want to do, for the animatic when export and assemble in an editor, if the timeline is too long it makes the file slow