Filling a template needs no new layers. But when a template is nearly right — it wants one more line, a badge, an arrow pointing at something — the tool rail on the left adds it. The rail is Advanced mode only; Basic mode fills the slots the designer left.
Text
Text opens Add Text, which is a list of ready-made text styles rather than a blank box:
- Built-in — nine presets: Heading Bold, Body Text, Caption, Quote, CTA Button, Stat
Number, Subtitle, Tag, and Blank Text if you'd rather start from nothing.
- My Presets — styles you've saved yourself. Style a text layer the way you like it,
save it as a preset from its inspector, and it's here for every project after.
Pick one, then type over the placeholder. Formatting afterwards is Text.
Image
Image adds a new photo layer and opens the picker — your library, the stock library, or a fresh upload. The photo lands centered, scaled to fit the slide, keeping its shape. That's a new layer, not a replacement: to change a photo the template already has, use its Replace button instead.
Shape
Shape offers eight: square, rounded square, circle, triangle, star, arrow, line and arrow line. They land in the middle of the slide, and you set the fill, outline and corners in the inspector.
Shapes do most of the work in a good layout. A dark rectangle at 60% opacity behind a headline over a busy photo is the single most useful thing here.
Element
Element opens a searchable library with three kinds, which you can toggle on and off:
- Stickers — the graphics we've made for fitness posts.
- Graphics — built-in shapes and marks.
- Icons & emoji — a large icon set, searchable by name.
There's a search box and quick chips for the common things: fitness, arrow, social, check, star, heart, phone, mail, camera, play. Type what you want — "dumbbell", "whistle", "clock" — rather than scrolling.
Where a new layer lands
Everything you add lands in the middle of the slide, on top of what's there. Drag it where you want it, or use the align tools in Layers to place it exactly against an edge or another layer.
Getting rid of something
Select it and press Delete, or use the layer's row in the Layers tab. If a layer won't budge or won't delete, it's locked — click the padlock on its row. Undo is Ctrl Z / ⌘ Z.
Before adding anything, check whether the template already has what you need on another slide. Copying a layer that's already styled (Ctrl C, then Ctrl V on the slide you want it on) keeps the design consistent in a way a fresh layer won't.
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