You may have already noticed it: When you open the templates in StoryBox, there are two categories to choose from - Standard Templates and Smart Templates. But what exactly makes the Smart Templates so special?
Standard templates - the “classic” template 🎬
The standard templates basically work like a screenplay. You create a template with a specific structure and can use it to start a project that will be rendered as a finished movie at the end. These templates give you a clear guideline and a fixed structure for your video that you can use as a guide. A standard template is ideal if you want to use the same process for your projects again and again.
Smart templates - flexibility and creativity rethought 💡
With Smart Templates, we're putting the cart before the horse - or rather, we're starting from the middle! Instead of creating a template straight away, you start with a project and design it the way you want it. With or without a template - you have the freedom to configure the project as you wish.
This is how a project becomes a Smart Template:
- As soon as your project has been set up in StoryBox's Web Studio, you can save it as a Smart Template. Simply click on the Save button at the top of the Web Studio and select the “Save as smart template” option in the drop-down menu.
- The project is now saved as a smart template - exactly as you created it. You no longer have to start from scratch, but can use the same project layout again and again.
Advantages of smart templates ✨
Smart templates not only offer more flexibility when creating, but also some additional functions compared to standard templates:
- Effects and transitions: Unlike the standard templates, Smart Templates allow you to preset transitions, animations (including variable content), text boxes, symbols, logo settings and filters. This means that the projects are already visually polished, which saves you a lot of work in later projects.
- Reusable configurations: If you have created a project and want to keep this structure or design, you can easily reuse it with Smart Templates. Ideal for recurring formats!
- Optimized collaboration: If you invite someone to record content, you can use the configurable Smart Templates to ensure that the project already contains the desired transitions and effects. This allows the team to concentrate fully on the content and you can keep an eye on visual consistency.
With Smart Templates, StoryBox offers you a particularly flexible and creative way to design and optimize your video projects. You can turn any project into a “smart” template and start directly with a perfectly configured structure - time and time again! 🎥💡