Creating Templates

You can create templates from layers and sound sequences that you use in your storyboard.

If you are working with a team, it is important to come up with a convention that you all use to name and identify templates. This will facilitate the reuse of the work the templates contain.

Placing storyboard drawings and sounds into template folders

You can take drawing objects on a layer in a panel and store it as a template. You can also take a sound sequence and store it.

To create templates:

1. In the Tool Properties, click the Library Tab.

2. Get rights to the folder.

3. Select an asset to copy to the library:

In the Panel View or Drawing View, select a layer tab to store the layer’s drawing objects.

In the Panel View, select the scene header to create a template of the drawing objects on all layers.

In the Timeline View, select a sound sequence to create a template of it.

4. Drag the selection to the Library tab and drop it in the folder where you want to store it.

The new template appears in the folder you selected.

Importing into files into template folders

You can import drawings, sounds and SWF files into the template folders of a library.

To import templates:

1. In the Tool Properties, click the Library Tab.

2. Get the rights to the folder.

3. Select the folder where you want to place the template:

Windows users must right-click the library folder.

Mac OSX users must [Ctrl]-click the library folder.

4. From the pop-up menu, select Import Files.

The Import Files dialog box opens.

5. Select the files you want to import into the template folder.

The new template(s) appears in the folder you selected.