Templates

The Templates tab drops a ready-made design onto the canvas in one click. It covers three different kinds of parts (pages, slides, and video), keeps a personal library of anything you save, and can publish a design for other users to reuse.

Quick overview

1. Open the Templates tab (Alt+1) in the icon rail.
2. Switch between Post, Slide, and Video mode depending on what you are building.
3. Browse by category, or search by name.
4. Click a template to apply it. In an infinite scene it is added as a new frame instead of replacing the canvas.
5. Save your own design as a template from the gear menu, then reuse it from My Templates.

Detailed reference

Mode switch

A three-way switch at the top of the panel changes what the grid shows.

Mode	Shows
Post	Business card, logo, CV/resume, invoice, social post, story, banner, and email header templates, grouped by category
Slide	Slide-deck layouts, drawn from a separate slide template registry
Video	A placeholder view reserved for future video templates

Switching modes re-renders the whole grid, so search terms and open categories reset.

Browsing and search

Control	Behavior
Search box	Filters by template name and category as you type
Category dropdown (Post mode)	All, Business Card, Logo, CV/Resume, Invoice, Social Post, Story, Banner, Email
Accordion sections	Each category expands into a horizontal preview slider
See all (N)	Opens the full grid for that category
My Templates	A dedicated section for anything you have saved yourself
Community templates	Shared designs fetched from the template gallery, shown inline alongside the built-in set

Applying a template

Situation	What happens
A design is already on the canvas	You are asked to confirm before it is replaced
You are in an infinite scene (board mode)	The template is added as a new frame instead of replacing anything
You are on a video page or a slide-deck page	Applying a template opens a new page rather than overwriting the current one
The template's canvas size differs from the current one	The product type and canvas size switch to match the template before it renders

My Templates

Save the current design in three ways: the save prompt that appears after you finish a design, Save as Template in the gear menu, or the equivalent action from the Templates panel itself. Each save captures the canvas as JSON plus a thumbnail, stored locally so it survives a reload.

Action	What it does
Apply	Places the saved template exactly like a built-in one
Rename	Changes the display name
Export as JSON	Downloads the raw template data
Delete	Removes it from My Templates
Share to community	Opens a dialog that submits the template for other users to browse, subject to a consent and moderation step

Saved templates live in this browser's storage, so they do not follow you to a different computer unless you export them as JSON first.

Slide and video modes

Slide mode replaces the category accordion with its own registry of slide-deck layouts; picking one behaves the same as Post mode, applying to the current slide or opening a new one. Video mode currently shows a placeholder rather than a browsable set, reserved for when video templates ship. Motion-graphics overlays for video (lower thirds, title cards, end screens, callouts) are a separate library that lives inside the video editor's own timeline view, not in this Templates tab; see Video overview.

Single and Infinite canvas mode

A small pill above the grid switches between Single (classic pages) and Infinite (an endless scene made of frames). The pill only changes the mode, it never creates a page by itself:

Mode	What clicking a template does
Single	Applies the template to the current page, following the confirmation rules below
Infinite	Adds the template as a new frame on the infinite canvas; the first template you add opens an infinite page automatically if you are not already on one

While Infinite mode is active, a hint above the grid reminds you that clicking a template adds it as a frame rather than replacing anything. Saved templates can be added as frames the same way. See Infinite scenes and frames for how frames behave once they are on the canvas.

Community templates

Templates you saved can be shared to a public gallery other users browse from outside the editor. Community items appear automatically inside the matching category section (for example a shared business card design shows up under Business Card, alongside the built-in templates) and each card is labeled with the author's name.

Action	What happens
Share to community	Opens a form for a title, an optional description, a category (auto-filled from the design's product type, editable), and a license; the first time you share anything, a one-time consent dialog explains the terms
Publish behavior	Depending on the workspace's moderation setting, a shared template either goes live immediately or is queued for review before it appears in the gallery
Re-sharing an edited template	Submits a new version for review instead of a new template; the previously published version keeps serving the gallery until the update is approved
Using a community template	Clicking a community card in the gallery opens it directly in a new, correctly sized page

Sharing requires being signed in to the panel; if you are not, the editor offers to open the sign-in page in a new tab. Deleting your local copy in My Templates does not remove the community copy, since the shared version is an independent snapshot.

Step by step

Apply a template and customize it

1. Open the Templates tab (Alt+1).
2. Search by name, or expand a category and browse its preview strip.
3. Click a card. If a design is already on the canvas, or the template's size differs from the current page, a confirmation dialog explains what will happen before anything changes; canceling leaves your current page untouched.
4. Once applied, click any object to restyle it, swap an image, or change text, exactly as you would with anything else you built by hand.

Save your own design as a reusable template

1. Build or finish a design on any page.
2. Use the save prompt that appears after finishing a design, Save as Template in the gear menu, or the equivalent action inside the Templates panel.
3. Name the template. It is stored with a thumbnail and reappears at the top of the Templates panel under My Templates.
4. Apply it later like any built-in template, or right-click the card for Rename, Export as JSON, Share to community, or Delete.

Add a template as a frame on an infinite canvas

1. Open Templates, and switch the Single/Infinite pill to Infinite.
2. Click any built-in or saved template card. If you were not already on an infinite page, one opens automatically and the template becomes its first frame.
3. Repeat to keep adding frames, they are placed in a row to the right of the previous one.
4. Switch the pill back to Single to return to working with classic pages.

Share a saved template with the community

1. In My Templates, right-click a saved card (or use its share icon) and choose Share to community.
2. The first time you do this, accept the one-time contribution terms.
3. Fill in a title, optional description, category, and license, then submit.
4. Depending on the workspace's moderation setting, the template either publishes immediately or is queued for a moderator to approve; a badge on the card shows whether it is pending or live.

Common tasks

Task	Steps
Find a template fast	Type in the search box; it matches across every category and My Templates at once
Reuse a design across canvas sizes	Save it as a template, then apply it to a new page of a different product type; the size and product type switch to match
Move a saved template to another computer	Right-click it, choose Export as JSON, then import it (via the same save flow) on the other machine
Undo an accidental template share	You cannot un-publish from the editor; contact the workspace admin to remove a live community item
Go back to a blank canvas from inside a category	Open a category's full grid and click the Blank card at the top

Troubleshooting

Applying never overwrites board, video, or slide-deck pages silently

Board mode, video pages, and slide-deck pages all refuse to apply a template directly onto the current surface. Each shows a confirmation first and then opens the template on a fresh, correctly sized page instead, so you never lose the board, video timeline, or slide you were working on.

Sharing needs a signed-in panel session

Share to community and re-sharing an edit both call the panel's API with your session. If you are signed out, the editor prompts you to open the sign-in page rather than silently failing.

My Templates lives in this browser only

Saved templates are written to this browser's local storage. Clearing site data, switching browsers, or moving to another computer loses them unless you exported each one as JSON first.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Alt+1	Open the Templates tab

Tips

Start from a template, then restyle

Applying a template is not final. Once it is on the canvas, every object is a normal, editable object, so you can swap colors, fonts, and images freely.

Save before you experiment

If you have built something you might want again, save it to My Templates before making risky changes. It is a much faster reset point than undo history alone.

Related

• Artboard sizes for the canvas presets templates draw their categories from
• Bulk builder for turning one design into many pages from a spreadsheet
• My shapes for saving individual objects rather than a whole design
• Classic pages and Infinite scenes and frames for where an applied template lands