Create your own template

iPhone

Start with the steps below. Editing tools appear beneath the canvas; tap the active tool to hide or show its controls.

iPad

Use the same task steps. The sidebar gives you access to Layout Builder, Templates, and Projects. In a wide editor window, controls can sit alongside the canvas; narrower windows use the compact panel. A missing control may be inside a collapsed section or the page’s options.

Start in Templates

1. Open Templates → Create Template. Build the layout with the preview photos, then set its background, frames, text, and optional camera details.
2. Use Template Preview to try your own photos, show empty photo slots, or preview a repeating batch.
3. Save and name the template. Preview photos and their photo details are not saved as template content.

Save from a project

1. In Export, tap Save as Template. Name the design and choose whether to include text wording. Photos and crops stay with the project.
2. Your template appears in Templates. Tap Use from Photos in Export for shortcut setup instructions.

Use and manage saved templates

1. Tap a template in Templates, then choose Use Template to add a new set of photos, or Edit Template to change the design.
2. Use Template Options to rename, duplicate, share, delete, or make it your default. Mark favorites to keep preferred designs handy.
3. Tap Import Template in Templates to open a shared template file. Camera-detail templates belong in the Camera Details library.

Mac

1. Finish your layout, then choose File → Save as Template… (Shift-Command-S).
2. Name the template and review the saving choices. Open Templates in the library to find the saved design.
3. To start a design directly, choose File → Create Template (Option-Command-N). Save the template draft when it is ready.
4. Use the saved template with a new set of photographs, check text and photo-specific details, then export the finished pages. A template draft itself is not a finished photo project.