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title: Designer and Templates
slug: using-fusion-signage/designer-and-templates
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createdAt: 2026-06-13T11:24:41.222Z
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**Please note:** the Designer and Templates are only available with an Advanced or Pro Licence.
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## The Designer and Templates

These tools are here so you can make head-turning, eye-catching content with ease.

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In the Design section, you'll see two tabs at the top.

**My Templates -** your personal storage area for any saved templates, and where you can create your own designs from scratch

**Browse Templates - **access hundreds of professionally-made designs. Edit to make them your own. Perfect for businesses without in-house designers.

## Creating your first design

1. Click the Create button, then select New Design.
2. Give your design a name.
3. Leave the type as *normal* for now, and choose the orientation that matches your screen.

Next, you'll see two tabs.

- My Templates: use this to select and customise your saved templates.
- Default Templates: these are basic layouts to help you get started quickly.

Choose a template, then click Create at the bottom of the screen. You’ll be taken to The Designer (where creative magic happens).



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## Inside the Designer

**Top of the screen**

- Edit your design name.
- Access your saved folders once your design is saved.

**Left panel**

- Add design elements.
- Add dynamic widgets – like weather, time, news, text tickers (to name only a few).

**Background**

- Set a solid colour, image, or video.

**Layers section (bottom)**

- Find, lock, or reorder objects on the canvas.

**Tools next to the canvas**

- Adjust, resize, or rotate objects seamlessly.

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**Handy hint: **hold Control (or command on Mac) to select multiple items at once.
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**On the canvas**

- Click and drag to reposition objects.
- Use handles to scale or rotate.
- Double-click text objects to edit content.
- Use the top menu for editing options.

**Adding images**

- Upload your own or browse over 3 million free images from <u>**Unsplash**</u>.
- Choose how images fit within objects using the mode options.
- Contai&#x6E;**&#x20;=** keeps proportions
- Cover = crops to fill

## Saving your design

- Click Save to keep your current work.
- Use Save As to give it a new name or location.
- Save as a template to add it to the My Templates library for future use.
- Once saved, you can add your design to a playlist or revisit it later from the Manage section.

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