Using templates
Selecting a template and modifying its overlays.
A template is a pre-built set of text overlays and shape overlays designed to drop on top of your video clips as a coordinated unit. Applying a template adds all of its overlay elements to the project in one click. Your video clips are untouched; only the overlay tracks change.
Where to find them
Open the Templates panel from the studio sidebar (the icon strip on the left). Each template has a thumbnail preview, a name, and a short description of what it's designed for.
The current templates:
- Luxury Real Estate: elegant sequential text reveals, designed for high-end listings
- Open House: property listing layout with address and details
- Luxury Home Tour: multi-room walkthrough with animated text reveals and shape overlays
Applying a template
Click any template thumbnail to apply it.
If your project already has text overlays or shapes (from a previous template or manually-added elements), a confirmation dialog appears warning that applying a new template will replace all existing text overlays, shapes, and other overlay tracks. Your video track is preserved either way. Click Apply Template to swap in the new template, or Cancel to keep what you have.
If your project has no overlays yet, the template is applied immediately with no prompt.
Try a couple of templates before committing. Each one drops in a full coordinated set of overlays, and applying a different template cleanly replaces them, so you can iterate quickly without hand-cleanup. The video track stays put across applies.
Editing what a template added
Every text or shape element a template drops in is fully editable afterwards. Click any text or shape on the timeline to open its properties panel. You can change:
- The text content (replace the placeholder copy with your listing's actual address, agent info, CTA, etc.)
- Font, size, weight, color, and opacity (text)
- Color, opacity, and size (shapes)
- Position on the canvas (drag in the canvas preview)
- Timing: when the element appears and how long it stays on screen (drag the element's edges on its timeline track)
Changes show up live in the canvas preview. No re-render required until you click Generate Video.
What templates don't do
A few things to know up front so you can plan around them:
- Templates don't auto-fit to your video length. The text and shape elements have fixed timings as defined in the template. If your project is longer or shorter than what the template was designed for, some elements may run past the end of the video or finish before the last clip. You can drag any element's edges on the timeline to retime it.
- Templates don't pull from project metadata. Placeholder text in template elements (like "Listing Address") is literal text. It doesn't read from your project name or settings. Edit each text overlay to insert your actual content.
- Templates only set overlays. They don't change your video clips, music, transitions, or project settings. Those are managed separately.
Cost
Applying or switching templates doesn't cost credits. Render as many test versions as you want; each render uses the timeline as it exists at that moment. See How credits work for what does and doesn't cost credits.
Common questions
Will applying a template undo my custom text? Yes. The confirmation dialog is your stopping point. If you click through, all existing overlays (template-added or manual) get replaced.
Can I save my own template? Not in v1. Custom-template support is on the roadmap for team plans.
Can I apply more than one template at once? No. Applying a new template replaces the previous one's overlays. To get elements from two looks, apply one template and then add additional text or shape overlays manually on top.
What if my template's text reveals end too early or run past my video? Click the affected text element on its timeline track and drag its end edge to retime. Templates use fixed timings; longer or shorter projects often need a few timing tweaks.