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The Templates pane

The Templates pane switches the canvas between set members. Drag a thumbnail above or below another to reorder templates; the insertion line shows the drop position. The active template and its edits are preserved when reordering.

Double-click a thumbnail or its caption to rename that template. Press Enter or click away to save the name; Escape cancels. Names must be unique within the set, ignoring case and surrounding spaces.

Thumbnails​

The Templates pane updates the active template's preview 300 ms after the last committed edit, using the latest editor state. It uses the chosen thumbnail frame, normally the first Step, rather than following timeline playback. Choose Refresh thumbnail beside a template to regenerate it. The previous preview stays visible while the new one renders. While Preview & Export is fullscreen, Templates and Transitions thumbnail rendering pauses. It resumes with the latest changes when you exit fullscreen, including when the preview is in a detached window.

Right-click a thumbnail for Duplicate, Cut, Copy, Paste, Rename, Remove, and insertion before or after that template. New Template creates a blank template; Insert Template opens an .ogs file. Copies inside a set retain inherited controls and shared asset links. Pasting into another set keeps the resolved content and assets as local values. New names are made unique. Use the trash icon on a thumbnail to remove it, or Undo Remove Template to restore the last removal. Removing the last template leaves the set open and empty, ready for a new or inserted template. When a thumbnail has focus, Ctrl/Cmd+C, X, V, and D copy, cut, paste, and duplicate; Delete removes it and F2 renames it.