How to Create Templates
A template is a copy (instance) of the artwork stored in the library which you can reuse in different scenes. Once a template is stored in the library, you can access it from any project, as many times as needed.
You can create a template from the Stage or Thumbnails view.
- In the Library view, select a folder in which you want to store your template.
- In the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view, drag and drop the layer you want to create a template from into the right panel of the Library view.
- In the Rename dialog box, enter the name for your new template.
- In the Thumbnails view, select the panel in which you want to insert the template.
- In the Library view, select the template you want to insert.
- Drag the selected template to the Stage or Camera view.
- To insert it between two specific layers, drop it between those layers in the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view.
- If you want to insert it over all the other layers, you can drop it directly into the Stage or Camera view.
- In the Library view, select a folder in which you want to store your template.
- In the Thumbnails view, click and drag on the drag and drop handle of the selected panel, then drop it into the right pane of the Library view.
- In the Rename dialog box, type a name for your new template.
- In the Library view, select the template you want to import.
- Drag and drop the selected template into the Thumbnails view, between the two panels where you want it to be inserted.
The panel in the template is added to the storyboard, inserted between the two other panels.
- If you are inserting the template between two scenes, you are able to choose whether the panel will beattached to the previous scene or the next scene, or whether it will be inserted into its own scene. This will depend on how close to either scene or to the gap between them you drop the template. As you move the panel around in the gap, a red line will indicate where the panel will end up.
- You can also drop a template over a panel's thumbnail to add its layers to that panel.
- In the Library view, select a folder in which you want to store your template.
- In the Timeline view, select a panel and drag it into the right pane of the Library view.
- In the Rename dialog box, type a name for your new template.
- In the Library view, select the template you want to import.
- Drag the selected template into the Timeline view, over the panel in which you want it to be inserted.
The template's layers are added to that panel's layers.