Hi my name is Kent
I'm the creative specialist on the Google Web Designer team
and I'd like to show how to use the template gallery
and Easy mode templates in Google Web Designer
here's the start screen
I can use the template now
or always access the same anytime from File, New from template
I'll see about 100 layouts or designs
and most are in multiple sizes or responsive
these are arranged in groups that can be collapsed
if you've saved your own templates they'll be found in my templates
and you can further update the metadata
and edit or use them
Back in the template gallery, mine are sorted by Most used
but you can change that
and you can filter the list on a search term
like swirl
or the map component
or a plain banner
and refine your results with these check boxes
for example the serving platform
notice some of these have an Easy mode badge
which is a completely different authoring environment
it's intended to make things quick and easy
to just swap out your own content and publish
let's try this one
Standard Banner Build Slide
I'll give it a name
and here for mode is where you'll want to select Easy mode
if you want to work this way
and I'll just point out before creating it
that I could preview this file first
and choose the size and browser I want
now in Easy mode I see all sizes and the animation
the things I can change are all here on the left
simple stuff like logos images text and colors
and this makes it very easy to customize your file
starting with size I can turn off any I don't need
now I add my own logo by just dragging it onto this icon
or you can use the file system if you prefer
and same for the main image
next are all my text elements and there's a lot of control
first I'll update my CTA text
I'll leave the font weight and color for now
but here's the font size which can be a little tricky to work with
for example I'll knock it down to 8
but see it's only affecting some sizes
not the mobiles where it's still larger
that's because text fitting is enabled on all text elements
so if my content is longer
then it'll shrink to fit
and the value I'm changing here
only affects the maximum font size in the base document
that means any size with a responsive override will ignore this value
bottom line is there are some limitations with font size and Easy mode
so I'll restore it to 14
I'll skip down to the headline and change that text
now I'll change the font
I'll click More fonts and use Montserrat which is wider
and I can search for any other Google font if I don't see it listed here
OK closes the dialog
and note the new fonts bring along all their variants
so I can choose any of these styles now
I'll change the text color
it's nice that the colors are shown in real time on stage
as I change them in the color picker
I'll enter a hex value
and tab key
then click outside the Color panel to close it
same changes for the sub head text
and you could just leave this blank if you didn't want a subhead
next are all the shape colors which is pretty self-explanatory
although I'll point out they all have opacity sliders
I'll set my background to bright white
light gray for the accent
again I could just make it empty
or the same color as the background if I didn't need it
and the CTA button
and last is the exit url
which I set to my own landing page
once I've made all my changes
I can select individual sizes and apply different styles to them
in the top left corner of each size the check icon turns yellow to select
and I can add more
I'll just pick these two
and now i can update these sizes only
at least for the settings not grayed out
for example copy the CTA color
and update my headline to match
then just deselect these to return to normal editing
at this point you might be done
along the top menu bar I can play the animation
and save it
skipping over to preview I see the usual options
about which browser sharing links and previewing on a device
same for publish
all the usual options
in this case I'd push directly to Display & Video 360
a couple tips for working with Easy mode templates
if you're having trouble with your images looking too small
then make sure they're trimmed close to the artwork
and don't include empty space
also this particular layout tends to work best with squarish logos and images
but other easy mode templates have different image aspect ratios
and scaling options like fill instead of contain like this one
so you might want to give them a try before going into Standard mode
but some changes will require it
like maybe I want to add a second image in this wide banner
or reduce the button height on these tall mobiles
or make the logo bigger on the square sizes
these are all cases for the final control Standard mode
this is a one-way trip
once you convert you can't reopen a file in Easy mode
here's how it works
first I'll save this
then click Standard mode
acknowledge this warning
and convert
and now I'm in Standard mode
and I can make any customization I want
but the file hasn't been saved yet
so I can save as a new name
and close it
then close this converted file
but don't save it
and now I have both versions in case I change my mind
I'll reopen that original file
and see it's still in Easy mode
that's it for the template gallery in Easy mode
thanks for watching