How to create an RSS Video template?

How to create an RSS Video template?

Moovly templates let you create videos in a short amount of time. But sometimes the templates are not completely suited to your taste or do not match what you're looking for. Custom-made templates are a great solution to that. 

This article explains how to create a custom template suited for RSS Feed videos.

Creating an RSS Video template

To create a template you either need to create a new project that you'd like to turn into a template or use an existing project.  

Enabling template functions

In the Moovly Editor go to the Setting tab - Template and click 'Enable template functions'.



Next, choose Template type - RSS Template



General Template settings

You can choose your template colors and fonts this will apply to the whole template. 


Template Objects

Now select a text, video or image object that you want to mark as a template object. Marking objects as a template object, allows you to replace the objects with new ones and automatically apply the previously used settings of the marked template object. Objects that you do not want to change you keep unmarked. 
We recommend marking only the necessary objects that you want to swap out for other objects. This will keep your template structured and organized.
For each type of object, you have additional settings that you can choose between. These settings apply to the Quick Edit Form that you will be using to create videos from the template. 
  1. Behavior: 
    1. Is required: This will make it mandatory that object must be replaced in order to create a project from the template.
    2. Optional - keep placeholder: It will automatically use the placeholder object if there has no new object has been added.
    3. Optional - hide placeholder: It will automatically hide the placeholder object if no new object has been added.
  2. Unique identifier: The name of the object that will be shown in the quick edit form. If left blank it will use a default name.
  3. Order: Determine the order of the template objects that will be shown next to the template
Next, when you select a text, video, image or audio object you will have specific options for each of them. 
  1. Text object: Choose the amount of min. and max. characters that may be used. 
  2. Image object: Fixed length, min and maximum duration
  3. Video Object: Fixed length, min and max duration, object-fit
  4. Audio Object: Fixed length, min and max duration



Dynamic clips (optional)

When creating RSS videos you might want to add multiple articles in one video. This is where the Dynamic clips come in handy to allow you to use your templates for multiple articles in one video. Marking a clip as a dynamic clip will result in duplicating the chosen clip for the number of articles you've selected. 

Follow these steps to mark a clip as a dynamic clip:

1. Select any clip on the Timeline



2. Next to the Toolkit tab a new tab appears where you can mark clips as a dynamic clip. 




Saving your project as a template

When you're finished with your template click Save & Exit and go to your Project Details. 
In your project details click template - Save as new template.


Finally, to add your RSS video template to the RSS Video Maker you need to tick off the box 'Add template to Video Maker' and click 'Create'. 
There are additional options that allow you to save comments in templates or publish to a WP page you can send out the rendered videos to the users who used the template to create their videos. 


Using your custom templates

To access your newly created template visit the RSS video maker page and look for your new template.



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