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Content Lab: Create and Use Templates

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This article explains how to apply, create, and save templates in Content Lab. 

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What are templates in Content Lab?

Templates are a shortcut to customizing your video clips. They allow you to reuse and apply the same branding settings to your video clips. 

Content Lab offers various AI-powered, pre-made templates in several styles and formats to suit different platforms. You can find the following pre-made templates ready for your use: 

  • Fullscreen Video
  • Landscape with Captions
  • Portrait Centered with Captions
  • Square with Captions
  • Audiogram Square
  • Audiogram Landscape
  • Audiogram Portrait
  • Active Speaker Square with Captions
  • Active Speaker Landscape
  • Active Speaker Portrait with Captions
  • Speaker Grid Square with Captions
  • Speaker Grid Landscape
  • Speaker Grid Portrait with Captions
Note: Not all of these templates are available for all clips. For example, templates with a speaker grid are only available for clips featuring more than one speaker. 

How do I change the template of my video clip

  1. Log into Content Lab and select the video clip you want to edit. 
  2. On the left side panel, you can see available Templates. 
  3. Click the All Templates button to view all available templates for your video clip.
  1. Use the All Sizes dropdown to filter templates by aspect ratio:
    1. Landscape
    2. Portrait (or)
    3. Square
  1. You can also use the filters named AI, Audiogram, Brand Templates, etc., to find your preferred templates. 
  2. Select your preferred template and click on it. 

Voila! You’ve now applied your desired template to your video clip. 

How to save a template

  1. Log into Content Lab and select the video clip you want to edit. 
  2. Use the left side panel to customize the clip by applying caption formatting, background color/image, and intros/outros. 
  3. Once you’ve applied the changes, click the Save As Template button on the top of the clip editor.
  4. Give your template a Name (Mandatory), include Tags for easy identification (Optional), and click the Save Template button. 
Note: Separate multiple tags with a comma (,). 

The template you saved is now available under the Template section in the clip editor. You can simply click on it to apply it to future clips you create. 

FAQs & Troubleshooting

1. How to change the name of a previously created template?

  1. Log into Content Lab and select any video clip. 
  2. On the left side panel, click the All Templates button and select the template you want to modify. 
  3. Click the three vertical dots icon on the template. 
  4. Click Edit to modify its name, and click Save.
Note: The three vertical dots icon is visible only for templates that you've created. You cannot modify the name of pre-made templates. 

2. How do I delete a previously created template?

To delete an existing template:

  1. Log into Content Lab and select any video clip. 
  2. On the left side panel, click the All Templates button and select the template you want to delete. 
  3. Click the three vertical dots icon on the template. 
  4. Click Delete, and click Yes.
Note: You can only delete templates that you created. You cannot delete pre-made ones. 

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