> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.scaleflex.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.scaleflex.com/studio/template-builder.md). # Template Builder Template Builder is the design tool inside [Studio](/studio/welcome.md). You build a design template once, mark the parts that change as variables, and every image you need afterwards comes from that one template. A product banner is the classic case. The layout, the brand colors and the typography stay fixed; the product photo, the headline and the price change per product, per campaign or per market. Instead of producing a hundred files, you produce one template and let the values vary.
### What you can do with a template * Publish one design at several sizes, without rebuilding it for each one. * Drive the text and imagery from a product's metadata, so the design follows the asset rather than being retyped. * Produce localized versions of the same design when your project uses regional settings. * Save a filled-in version as a variation and reuse its link wherever you need the image. * Control your brand identity: only the parts you turn into variables can be filled in later, so logos, brand colors and fixed copy stay exactly as you designed them. ### Key concepts | Concept | What it means | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | template | The design itself, stored as a file in your DAM library. | | layout | One output size of the template, with its own canvas dimensions and its own position and size for every layer. A template has at least one. | | layer | Text, an image or a shape placed on the canvas. Layers stack, and the top of the **Layers** panel is the front-most layer. | | variable | A named value the template leaves open, filled when the image is rendered. Each one has a slug, which is the key used to fill it. | | variation | A saved set of choices for a template: one layout, one set of variable values, one regional selection. | | regional settings | The language, currency or other variant used to resolve metadata-driven values, if your project defines them. | {% hint style="info" %} Layers belong to the template, geometry belongs to the layout. Add a text layer once and it exists in every layout; move it, and only the layout you are working in changes. {% endhint %} ### Where templates live A template is a file in your DAM library. It shows up in search, sits in a folder, obeys the same permissions, and carries versions and approvals like any other asset. Saving a template creates a new version of that file. That is also why a template can be opened from two places: the templates list in Template Builder, and the asset itself in the DAM. ### How you get there * From Template Builder, open the templates list and choose **Create template**, or open an existing one. * From the DAM, open a template asset and choose **Edit template**, either in the asset details header or from the context menu in the library. Full steps are in [Creating a template](/studio/template-builder/creating-a-template.md). ### What is next 1. [Creating a template](/studio/template-builder/creating-a-template.md) - your first canvas. 2. [Layouts](/studio/template-builder/building-a-template/layouts.md) - one template, several sizes. 3. [Layers](/studio/template-builder/building-a-template/layers.md) - adding and arranging content. 4. [Variables](/studio/template-builder/variables.md) - the parts that change. 5. [Variations](/studio/template-builder/variations.md) - saving finished versions.