# template

With templates, you can centrally store, update and manage reusable animation objects.

For example, you can create a template out of your opening and closing credits. Then you can copy the template into an episode and update it with the new episode name.

You can store templates locally, in a folder in your animation set folder, or globally, in a folder in a central location on your computer.

To use templates in your animation, you can either copy or link them into your animation.

- When you copy a template, Toon Boom Studio copies all of the contents from the template into your animation set directory.
- When you link a template, Toon Boom Studio references the contents of the template reducing the amount of content on your hard disk. This can also reduce the final file size of your Macromedia® Flash movies if it is linked more than once and you transform templates into movie clips when you export to Macromedia® Flash.

You can create templates from items in your animation set or from images, sounds and movies on your computer. Then you can reuse these items in other scenes in the current animation or in future animations you work on.

You can view and organize templates in the Library window. Toon Boom Studio templates have the extension TBT (Toon Boom templates).

See Also
The Library Window
Re-using Drawings and Images from the Current Animation
Creating Templates
Using Templates
Creating, Renaming and Deleting Catalogs
Defining the Author and Copyright of a Template