Creating Templates
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You can create a template out of many assets in your project. You can create a template out of a panel, a layer, a sound clip and even animation keyframes.
Creating a template is as simple as selecting the asset you want to store in the template, then dragging and dropping it into a library in the Library 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 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 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 a folder in which you want to store your template.
- In the Timeline view, select a sound clip.
- Drag and drop the selected clip into the right pane of the Library view.
- In the Rename dialog box, enter the name for your new template.
- In the Timeline view, select the scene containing the camera movement.
The camera's animation keyframes will appear in the Camera track of the Timeline view.
- In the Camera track of the Timeline view, select the animation keyframes you want to store in your template:
- To select all the keyframes in the animation, double-click on one of the keyframes or on the space between one of the keyframes.
- To select a series of keyframe, click on the first keyframe in the series then, while holding Shift, click on the last keyframe in the series.
- To select each keyframe individually, click on the first keyframe you want to select then, while holding Ctrl, click on each keyframe you wish to select.
- Do one of the following to copy the keyframes to the clipboard.
- In the top menu, select Edit > Copy Camera Keyframes.
- Press Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘ + C (Mac OS X).
- In the Library view, select the folder in which you want to store your template.
- Do one of the following to paste the keyframes into a new template:
- In the top menu, select Edit > Paste.
- Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ + V (Mac OS X).
- In the Rename dialog box, enter the name for your new template.
- In the Timeline view, select the panel containing the animation.
- In the Layer list of the Stage or Camera view, select the layer containing the animation.
The layer's animation keyframes will appear in the Layer track of the Timeline view.
- In the Layer track of the Timeline view, select the animation keyframes you want to store in your template:
- To select all the keyframes in the animation, double-click on one of the keyframes or on the space between one of the keyframes.
- To select a series of keyframe, click on the first keyframe in the series then, while holding Shift, click on the last keyframe in the series.
- To select each keyframe individually, click on the first keyframe you want to select then, while holding Ctrl, click on each keyframe you wish to select.
- Do one of the following to copy the keyframes to the clipboard.
- In the top menu, select Edit > Copy Layer Keyframes.
- Press Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘ + C (Mac OS X).
- In the Library view, select the folder in which you want to store your template.
- Do one of the following to paste the keyframes into a new template:
- In the top menu, select Edit > Paste.
- Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ + V (Mac OS X).
- In the Rename dialog box, enter the name for your new template.