Break templates

A break template is your setup, saved. It bundles an overlay (your widgets and layout) with its controls (the effects and sounds you keep on hand and how your console is laid out). Build it once, and every future break starts from a finished look instead of a blank canvas.

Templates are not optional: you need at least one saved template to go live. There are no built-in templates, so building your first one is the first thing to do in the studio.

What a template holds

The overlay. Every widget, where it sits, and how it is styled.
The controls. The effects and sounds you curated and your console layout.

A template does not hold anything about a single break: no sold spots, no live inventory, none of the in-the-moment state. That lives on the break itself. This split is on purpose, so a template never drags stale data from last night’s rip into tonight’s. It also works the other way: editing or deleting a template never changes a break you already started from it.

Build one

In the studio, open Break Templates and hit New template. The editor has three tabs:

Overlay. Design what your viewers see: place, size, and style widgets on the 9:16 grid, with a live preview. The full walkthrough is Design your overlay.
Effects & Sounds. Curate your on-air deck. Drag the visual effects and sound clips you want on hand from the full catalog into your Added list, and set their order. You are curating down to the handful you will actually fire, so the live panel stays fast and uncluttered. Every item has a preview button so you can see and hear it before adding it.
Console Layout. Arrange the four live panels (Spots, Visual Effects, Sound Effects, Widget Visibility) into the cockpit you want on air. Move and resize them; the layout you save here is the layout you get, whether the console runs in an OBS dock or on an iPad.

When it looks right, hit Save template and give it a clear name (for example NBA Team Break or Pokemon Box Night) and an optional description. If you edit a saved template later, Update saves your changes back to it, and the editor warns you before you leave with unsaved changes.

Reuse it

Starting a break, pick a saved template and you are ready to go. Your overlay draws immediately and your console comes up with the effects and sounds you set. From there you just enter what you are breaking tonight and go live. See Go live with a break.

Manage your templates

Each card in the Break Templates gallery shows a preview of its overlay plus its widget and effect counts, and its menu gives you:

Edit. Reopen it in the editor.
Rename. Change its name or description.
Duplicate. Make a copy to tweak into a new variation fast.
Delete. Remove it for good. Breaks you already ran from it are unaffected.

Most breakers keep a small set of templates for the kinds of breaks they run: a full-case layout, a single-box layout, a sport-specific look with the right scoreboard. Set them up once, then pick the right one each night.

How many you can save

The free trial saves 2 templates, Pro saves 3, and Elite has no limit. If you downgrade, nothing is deleted: a template that uses features above your new plan is flagged with the exact reasons, and you can edit it down or upgrade again. See Pricing and plans.

Put a template to work: Go live with a break.