> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ocoya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start from a Studio template

> Use a ready-made design instead of starting from an empty canvas.

Studio has over 1,500 templates covering posts, stories and ads. Starting from one is usually faster than a blank canvas even when you change most of it, because the layout and type sizing are already right for the format.

## Find one

**Browse all** in Studio opens the template library, with a search box and category suggestions — Instagram, Sale, Restaurant, Real estate, Fitness and so on. The **Templates** panel inside the editor does the same thing without leaving your design.

Search by what the post is *for* rather than by how it should look. *Sale* and *Testimonial* return usable layouts; *blue modern minimal* mostly doesn't.

## Use one

Picking a template copies it into your designs. The original is untouched, so you can start from the same template as often as you like.

From the template browser, **Use in post** takes the design straight into a post rather than leaving it in Studio — the quicker route when you already know where it's going.

## Make it yours

A template used unchanged looks like a template. Three changes do most of the work:

1. **Your colours.** Studio has your brand's palette — recolouring the blocks is the single biggest difference.
2. **Your logo**, if the layout has a place for one.
3. **Your image**, via **Replace image**, which keeps the size and position the designer chose.

Rewrite the text, obviously — but the visual tells are colour and imagery, not wording.

## When a template is the wrong move

Templates are built around a certain amount of text. If yours is much longer or much shorter, you'll spend longer fighting the layout than building one — a blank canvas at the right [format](/help/studio-formats) is faster.

They're also fixed-shape. A template made for a square post needs rebuilding for a story rather than resizing.

## Related

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  <Card title="Studio" icon="layout-template" href="/help/studio">
    Starting a design and getting it into a post.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sizes and formats" icon="frame" href="/help/studio-formats">
    Picking the right canvas first.
  </Card>
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