Templified has two kinds of editable items: templates (master layouts) and designs (the working copies you fill with customer photos). This article explains the difference, how the two relate, and how to tell at a glance which one you're editing.
Templates are masters, designs are copies
A template is the master layout for a product — the background, frames, logos, and the placeholder slots where photos, names, and QR codes will go. You build a template once, and it lives on the Templates tab.
A design is a working copy of a template for a specific customer, player, or order. When you create a design in Studio, Templified copies the template's layers into a new, independent item. You drop in the photo, set the name, tweak placement — all without touching the template. Designs live on the Studio tab.
A useful rule of thumb: if many outputs will share it, it belongs in the template. If it's specific to one customer or one photo, it happens in the design.
Editing a template affects future designs
Because a design is a copy, the relationship only flows one way, at creation time:
- Edit a template → designs you create from it afterwards pick up the change. Designs that already exist are not modified.
- Edit a design → only that one design changes. The template and every other design are untouched.
One important addition: once a template has been used for real renders, it becomes publish-protected — your template edits stay private until you click Publish, so a half-finished tweak can't leak into live orders. See Publish protection: how it works.
The mode badge: know which one you're in
Templates and designs open in the same editor, so the editor header shows a mode badge next to the back button:
- Template — a neutral badge with a wand icon. You're editing the master; changes here flow into future designs.
- Studio — a bright lime badge with a photo icon. You're editing one customer's design; changes affect only this item.
Glance at the badge before making changes — it's the fastest way to avoid editing the master when you meant to edit one design (or vice versa).
Where each lives
| Template | Design | |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Templates tab | Studio tab |
| Created by | New Template (name, canvas size, DPI) | New Design (pick a template) |
| Editing affects | Future designs made from it | Only that design |
| Sending / printing | Not sent directly | Rendered and sent via Send To |
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