WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Image variables can now take their value from one of your own data fields, as text variables already could. Select an image variable, set Source type to Custom metadata, and pick the field; the slug fills in for you. In the variation panel, a bound image variable shows its binding instead of an asset picker.

You asked, we built: Teams personalising product visuals could bind text to a catalogue field, but for images they typed the slug by hand and kept it in step with their render query. Now the editor makes the link.

Works well with: Template Builder - Stateless widget and custom variable sources

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Three changes to how you start and check a template.

→ Start inside the builder. Create new template now opens the Template Builder first, with the Add first layout dialog on top. Close the dialog without picking a layout and you’re back where you were, with nothing created.

→ Layout first when embedded. In the embedded editor, a template with no layouts now opens on layout setup instead of an empty canvas with a hint in the side panel.

→ Preview. A Preview button in the builder header shows the saved template as it will render, with your current variable values. Unsaved layer changes are not included. It is not shown in the embedded editor.

You asked, we built: Starting a template showed its first dialog over the screen you came from, an empty embedded editor gave no clue that a layout comes first, and Preview was in the templates list but not where you design.

Works well with: New Design Template Builder

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Add filters now has a Video duration filter. Enter a From value, a To value, or both, in seconds or minutes, and the library shows only the videos in that range.

You asked, we built: Channels set strict lengths: a 6-second bumper, a 30-second spot. Now you can filter by length directly.

Works well with: Video duration filter · Video compress, convert and transcode - right from your assets

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Image layers in the Template Builder have a new Require background-removed version checkbox in the Source section. With it on, the layer renders the background-removed version of whatever picture it receives — the one you pick, or one substituted in a variation. The canvas and the thumbnail show the cut-out too, so you design against the real output.

→ Strict by design. A picture with no background-removed version doesn’t render, and the original is never used in its place. You’re told as early as it can be known.

→ Make the cut-out in the DAM. Choose Remove background on the asset. The result appears in its Variations tab, marked Removed background.

You asked, we built: Some designs only work with a cut-out: the product sits on the template’s own background. Now that’s a rule of the layer, not something to remember each time a picture is chosen.

Works well with: Template Builder - Save flow improvements · Skip Remove background for transparent images

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Saving a template adds a version to the same file, so earlier versions stay available in the library. The arrow beside Save offers Save as new file: name the copy, choose its destination folder, and the original stays untouched.

→ Know what’s unsaved. A dot next to the template name shows unsaved changes. Preview waits until they’re saved, so it always shows what will be stored.

→ Projects that keep every file. Where overwrites are turned off, the main button reads Save as new, and the reason shows on hover.

You asked, we built: Duplicating a template or keeping a variant shouldn’t disturb the design already in use. Now it’s one click.

Works well with: Template Builder - Require background-removed version · New Design Template Builder

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Two additions for teams building on Studio.

→ Stateless widget. The embeddable Template Builder can keep the template entirely on your side: your app passes it in, the user edits it, and your app gets the edited template back. Nothing is stored at Scaleflex unless you opt in, so your own storage, versioning and access control stay in charge.

→ Custom variable sources. In Settings › DAM › Studio, choose which sources template variables can use — Metadata, External, or both — and define the external attribute feeds they bind to.

You asked, we built: Teams embedding templates in their own product wanted to keep their documents and their data where they already live.

Works well with: New Design Template Builder

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

The Template Builder toolbar now has a Shapes flyout: lines, ovals, and polygons of 3 to 10 sides with rounded corners. Set the fill opacity, and the stroke colour, thickness and alignment, to match your brand.

→ Text inside shapes. Double-click a shape to type in it. The text moves and rotates with the shape.

→ Badges that fill themselves. Link that text to variables or metadata, so a discount badge or stock tag takes its value from the asset — and, with regional settings, reads correctly in each market.

You asked, we built: Price badges and promo stickers are part of most retail banners. Now they’re part of the template instead of being added to every variation by hand.

Works well with: One template, every language and currency · Template Builder - Require background-removed version