Creating Templates

Creating a template is as easy as selecting what you want from the Exposure Sheet or Timeline window and dragging your selection into the Library window!

You can create templates from any piece of animation content:

Create templates from single or multiple images and drawings, or sounds, in the Exposure Sheet window.
Create templates from single or multiple elements, or from a selection of frames across multiple elements, from the Timeline window.

When you drag your selection in the Library window, Toon Boom Studio analyzes the content and assigns an icon to the template based on what it contains.

To create templates:

1. Select Window > Show Library to display the Library window.

2. In the Library window, select the library where you want to create your template.

3. Select the item(s) you want to use to create a template from either the Exposure Sheet or the Timeline window.

Depending on the view window you are in, you can select the same items one of the following ways:

You can select a range of cells from any part of the Exposure Sheet (you cannot select one or more columns).

To select a range of cells, click the first cell and drag-select the adjoining cells (either from the same column or the adjacent columns). You can also press [Shift]+click to select a range of cells.

You can select a range of adjacent items (cells or elements, pegs, cameras) from the Timeline window, as well.

To select a single element, click the element title in the Timeline window.

To select a range of elements, click the first element title and [Shift]-click a range of elements in the Timeline window.

To select a range of cells, click and drag through the cells you want to select.

If you have de-selected the Single Cell Selection option in the Sceneplanning tab of the Preferences dialog box, you must press [Option] and drag the pointer through the cells you want to select.

4. Drag the selected items to a library in the Library window. Toon Boom Studio assigns an icon to represent the contents of the template and assigns a temporary name.

5. Type the name of the new template, replacing the default name, and press [Return]. To better organize your project or global templates, you can create Catalogs (which are similar to folders).