How to Use Digital Signage Templates?

Learn how to use ready-made digital signage templates and the online editor to design content quickly with EasySignage.

What are digital signage templates?

Templates are pre-designed content across different categories that you can customise to fit your needs. They also include a built-in editor, so you can create and design templates from scratch for complete creative flexibility.

 

How do I add a template to a playlist?

You add templates from within a playlist layer using the EasySignage dashboard .

To add a template:

  • Open the management console
  • Click on Playlists
  • Open a playlist
  • Click on a layer where you will add a template
  • If the layer has no media, the apps dialog will open; otherwise, click on Add New
  • Click on Add from Templates
  • Click on a template category, for example, Basic
  • Click on a template, such as Basic text, to add it (it will be added as an image)

 

How do I edit a template in the online editor?

Once a template is added, you can open the online editor to customise it in the EasySignage dashboard .

To edit a template:

  • Click on Open Editor
  • Click on the text or object to select it
  • Use the object controls in the top bar to make changes
  • Use Settings to adjust the border, transparency, and shadow of the selected object
  • Use Font to control text style, alignment, colour, size, and font family
  • Use Background to change the template background colour, and Color to change the selected object’s foreground colour

 

How do I position and arrange objects in a template?

The editor gives you full control over where each object sits and how objects stack on top of one another.

To position and arrange objects:

  • Align an object to the left, center vertically, center horizontally, right, top, or bottom
  • Use Send Backward or Bring Forward to move an object one step back or forward
  • Use Send to Back or Bring to Front to move an object behind or on top of all others
  • Change the left and top position values, or drag and drop objects and use the arrow keys to move them
  • Use the Layers list to drag layers up and down, lock a layer from being modified, or hide and show a layer

 

What content can I add to a template?

The editor includes several object and media libraries you can add to your design.

You can add:

  • Objects, including social media objects and menu designs you configure with your own values
  • My Images, where you can upload images from your PC, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Facebook, or reuse images from your assets
  • Backgrounds, chosen by category and resized to fit the template
  • Collections, a built-in searchable image library, and Pixabay, a third-party searchable image library
  • Shapes, which can be customised in size and colour, and Icons, searchable transparent vector images

 

How do I save and reuse a template?

When your template design is ready, click on Save.

  • The template will be processed and saved as an image
  • To edit it again later, click on Open Editor

 

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