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We're incredibly excited to announce one of the most requested features in Templated's history: Video Rendering is now live!

This is a huge milestone for us and represents a major step forward in our vision to help you fully automate your asset production pipeline — from static images and PDFs to now dynamic video content.

See It in Action

Watch how easy it is to create animated video content with Templated.

What's New?

📹 Video Layers in Templates

You can now add video elements directly into your templates through the Editor. Whether it's a background video, product demo clip, or animated footage — videos are now first-class citizens in Templated.

✨ Animations & Transitions

Bring your designs to life! Add CSS animations and transitions to any layer in your template — text, images, shapes, you name it. Create stunning motion graphics without leaving our Editor.

🚀 Render Videos via API

Use our existing /v1/render endpoint with just a few new parameters:

• "format": "mp4" — Output as video

• duration — Control video length (up to 90 seconds)

• fps — Choose your frame rate (up to 60 FPS)

fetch('https://api.templated.io/v1/render', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "template": TEMPLATE_ID,
    "format": "mp4",
    "duration": 10000,  // 10 seconds
    "fps": 30,
    "layers": {
      "title": { "text": "Welcome to my video!" },
      "background-video": { "video_url": "https://example.com/video.mp4" }
    }
  }),
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`
  }
})

Get Started with Video Templates from our Template Gallery

To help you hit the ground running, we've created 5 ready-to-use video templates in our Template Gallery:

1. Motivational Story Video

2. Motivational Post with Video

3. Modern House Green Post

4. 3 Best Places Worth the Trip Post

5. New Building Release Post

Use any of these templates and customize them for your use case — or use them as inspiration to build your own video templates from scratch.

Video Credits

Video rendering uses a credit system based on resolution, FPS, and duration. Check out our documentation for the full breakdown and use the credit calculator to estimate costs.

What this means for you

With video rendering, you can now automate:

• Social media video ads at scale

• Product videos with dynamic content

• Animated thumbnails and promotional clips

• Personalized video content for each customer

• Motion graphics for marketing campaigns

No more switching between tools. Design once in Templated, render as image, PDF, or video — all through the same API.

Documentation

We've added comprehensive documentation for video rendering:

→ Create a Render (Image, PDF, or Video)

Beta Notice

Video rendering is currently in Beta.
We're actively improving the feature and would love your feedback!
If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please reach out 🙏.

This is just the beginning. We have more exciting updates planned for video capabilities, and we can't wait to see the amazing videos you'll create with that.

Happy rendering! 🎉

Pedro & the Templated Team

We're excited to introduce Import from PDF — a new way to bring your existing PDF documents into Templated and turn them into fully editable, API-ready templates.

• How It Works

Upload any PDF file and we'll automatically extract:

• Text elements — with font detection, sizing, and positioning

• Images — uploaded to your media library

• Vector shapes — converted to editable SVG layers

• Layout structure — preserving the original document design

The result is a complete template you can edit, customize, and automate via the API — just like any other template in Templated.

• When to Use It

• Contracts & Legal Documents — Turn your existing contracts into templates with dynamic placeholders

• Certificates & Diplomas — Import certificate designs and add personalization fields

• Reports & Invoices — Convert PDF reports into automated document generators

• Marketing Materials — Bring in brochures or flyers and make them dynamic

• Getting Started

1. Click "Create Template" from your dashboard

2. Select "Import from PDF"

3. Drag and drop your PDF file (or click to browse)

4. Wait a few seconds while we process the document

5. Review and edit your new template in the editor

Note: This feature works best with clean, well-structured PDFs. Complex designs with many overlapping elements may need some adjustments after import, but it gives you a great starting point.

Try it out and let us know what you think! 🚀

Best,

Pedro :)

Hello again!

Here's a roundup of everything new we've shipped in November.
We focused on improving the editor experience, adding more PDF options, and making it easier to manage your templates at scale.

• New Color Picker with Template Colors & Recent Colors

We've completely redesigned the color picker!

Now when you pick colors in the editor, you'll see:

• Recent colors — Automatically remembers your last 16 colors (2 rows), persisted in your browser

• Template colors — Shows colors already used in your current template for easy consistency

• Default palette — A curated set of 32 colors across grayscale, reds, blues, and greens

• Eyedropper tool — Pick any color from your screen (on supported browsers) with the new eyedropper button

You can also clear your recent colors anytime from the color picker panel.

• Auto-save Option in the Editor

No more forgetting to save! Enable auto-save from the File menu and your template will automatically save every 15 seconds. The setting is remembered per browser, so you can enable it once and forget about it.

• Regenerate API Key

Need to rotate your API key for security reasons? You can now regenerate your API key directly from the Dashboard. The old key will stop working immediately, so make sure to update your integrations.

• Hide Layer Toggle

You can now hide/show layers in the editor without deleting them.

Use the eye icon in the Layers panel or the keyboard shortcut ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + H to hide/show the selected layer.

• Print-ready PDF Options: CMYK & Flatten

We've added two new options for PDF rendering to help you create print-ready files:

• CMYK Colors — Converts your PDF to CMYK color space (DeviceCMYK) instead of RGB, essential for professional printing

• Flatten PDF — Removes all transparency and flattens layers into a single output, ensuring compatibility with older PDF readers

Both options are available in the Editor's Download menu and via the API using the cmyk and flatten parameters. You can find it in the docs here.

• Single-page Mode for Large Templates

Working with templates that have 15+ pages?
Enable Single-page mode from the File menu to significantly reduce memory usage.

Instead of rendering all pages at once, the editor will only render the current page you're working on.

• Bulk Add Tags to Templates

You can now select multiple templates from the Dashboard and add tags to all of them at once. Great for organizing large template libraries quickly.

Just enter selection mode, select your templates, and click "Add Tags" to apply tags in bulk.

Other Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed color picker color detection — Colors are now detected correctly even when layer opacity is not at 100%

• Select all/Select 50 on Renders page — You can now quickly select up to 50 renders at once for bulk actions like deletion

• Fixed Remove BG feature on Embedded Editor — Background removal now works correctly when using the embedded editor

• Add outline property to the API — You can now control a Shape layer outline via the API

• Add align distribute vertically and horizontally to selected elements — Space elements evenly by multi-selecting and clicking on the Align button. Thanks for the suggestion!

That's it for this November update!

Hope these improvements make your workflow smoother 😉.

As always, let us know what you'd like to see next on the feedback board.

Until the next one,

Pedro

Hey all!

Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions you’ve been posting in out feedback board in the last weeks! It really helps us focusing on what you guys need the most and what will be more impactful for your workflow and automations.

Here’s a quick roundup on all the recent new features and fixes we’ve been working on and are now released in the app and API:

• Layer Grouping

You can now group multiple layers together for better formatting and designing your templates.
Just select multiple elements (with Shift + Click) and click on the Group button or use the Ctrl/Cmd + G keyboard shortcut.

• Show distance between elements while moving

When you drag or move elements in the editor, if you hold the Option key, you’ll now see live distance markers so you can align and space things more precisely.

• Edit Template endpoint in the API

Added a new endpoint so you can programmatically edit templates (not just create/render).
You can send a payload similar to the one to generate a render to modify the template structure. You can find more here in the docs.

• New params in the API Render endpoints

You can now pass line_height and letter_spacing to specify line-height and letter-spacing for text layers.
And you can now scale up or down the final render dimensions by using the scale parameter and control the image output size/scale.
You can check it here in the docs.

• Search by template tags on Dashboard

On the dashboard we added a tag‐based search so you can filter and find templates by your custom tags that we used to organize your templates.

• Rename template directly from the Template tile

No need to open the editor — you can now rename a template straight from its tile in the dashboard UI by just clicking the template name and start typing.

Shapes with dashed and dotted borders

In the editor you’ll now find shape layers that support dashed and dotted border styles (in addition to solid). You can also set different dash widths and spacing.

Other Improvements & Fixes

• General performance and stability improvements across the editor and APIs

• UI tweaks for smoother workflow in multi-element editing

• Minor bug fixes (e.g., correct handling of custom asset URLs, improved typo corrections in dashboard)

• Add external ID filter param to list template clones via API

That’s it for this update.

Hope these enhancements make your workflow better!

Until the next one,

Pedro

We're excited to announce a long awaited feature that makes it easier than ever to turn your Canva designs into dynamic, data-driven templates!

✨ What's New

Import from Canva is now available in Beta to all users! You can now import your existing Canva designs directly into Templated and transform them into powerful, automated templates.

🚀 How It Works

1. Open your design in Canva

2. Click the Share button in the top-right corner

3. Select Public view link from the dropdown

4. Copy the URL and paste it in the Import from Canva screen

5. Wait for the import to finish (~90 seconds)

6. Open the imported template in our Editor

Watch our quick demo video (above) in the import wizard to see exactly how to get your public view link from Canva!

💡 What Gets Imported

When you import a Canva design, we automatically convert:

• Text layers (with fonts and styling)

• Images and graphics

• Shapes and vectors

• Colors and backgrounds

• Layout and positioning

• Multi-page designs

The entire import process typically takes 60-90 seconds (depending on the number of pages and details in the design), and you'll see a live preview of your imported template before opening it in the editor and you can work on any adjusts and changes to the template after that.

This is still a Beta feature so please don’t expect that your design will be migrated with 100% accuracy, but we hope that helps you to quickly migrate, design and automate your assets.

Please let us know if any feedback or issues.

Until the text one,

Pedro

Hey there!
Just a quick update to let you know what we’ve been working, our recent new features, bug fixes and improvements.

We’re always listening to your feedback and suggestions and we even added a new board where you can summit your ideas, report bugs and follow our roadmap:
👉 Check our feedback board and roadmap here!

• Copy and Paste layers (including between tabs/templates)

You’re now able to Copy (Cmd + C) and Paste (Cmd + V) layers.
That’s particularly useful when you need to duplicate elements to a different page or even to a different template that you can open a different browser tab.

• Multi-Select Resizing

Select multiple elements or layers at once and resize them all together using the corner handles. This makes batch editing much faster and more efficient.

• Uploaded SVG Color Control via API

You can now control uploaded SVGs fill and stroke directly through the API. This gives you more flexibility when working with uploaded assets programmatically.

• Endpoint to Delete Uploads

We've added a new endpoint that accepts a list of upload IDs for deletion. This is perfect for workflows where you need to temporarily upload files and clean them up after your process is completed. You can find it in the docs here.

• Multiple Levels of Text Boldness

Text layers now support multiple font weight levels including thin, normal, semibold, bold, and extrabold. This gives you more precise control over your typography.

• Bulk Actions on Templates and Renders

You can now perform bulk actions directly in the dashboard:

• Templates: Add to folder or remove multiple templates at once.

• Renders: Download or remove multiple renders in one go.
  This makes managing your workspace faster and more convenient than ever.

Improvements and fixes:

• Enhanced API flexibility for upload management

• Streamlined multi-element editing workflow

• Better resource cleanup options for temporary uploads

• More granular text styling controls

• Show angle while rotating elements

That’s it for this update 😉
Hope it improves your workflow and your automations.

Until the next one,

Pedro

We've added an exciting new Image Mask feature to our text effects arsenal for all our creative users!

Transform your text into stunning visual elements by applying any image as a mask. Your text will take on the colors, textures, and patterns of the selected image, creating eye-catching designs that stand out.

It's especially powerful when you want to create dramatic text effects with photos, textures, or artistic patterns without complex design software.

You can apply image masks to any text element in the Editor by accessing the Text Effects panel and enabling the Image Mask option.

We currently support these actions:

• Enable/Disable Image Mask (Toggle on/off)

• Select from Gallery (Choose from our curated collection)

• Upload Custom Images (Use your own photos and textures)

• Preview Current Mask (See which image is applied)

• Remove Mask (Clear and restore original text styling)

If you have any suggestions on what other mask effects we should add to the feature, please let us know in chat!

We have a bunch of improvements and new functionalities cooking for this week, so stay tuned! 👀

Until the next one,

Pedro

We have added a comprehensive right-click context menu to our Editor interface for all our power users!


It's especially important if you're working with complex designs and need quick access to layer management without navigating through multiple menus.

You can right-click on any layer in the Editor and access all essential actions instantly.

We currently support these actions:

• Duplicate (⌘ + D)

• Lock/Unlock (⌘ + L)

• Rename Layer

• Edit Description

• Add Link

• Layer Positioning (Bring to front, send to back, etc.)

• Delete

If you have any suggestions on what other actions we should add to the context menu, please let us know in chat!

We have a bunch of improvements and new functionalities cooking for this week, so stay tuned! 👀

Until the next one,

Pedro