A Premade layout is a finished group of words saved as a file: where each row sits, the gaps, and — word by word — the whole Fusion composition of the Text+ clip, so fonts, colours, hand-made nodes and animation all come along. Apply it to any other group and the words take that place and that look.
Open it in Layout → Premade Layout. The panel shows the words under the playhead on a small picture of the frame.
Save a group
- Put the playhead on a finished group.
- Type a name and press Save from group.
- Optional: tick Export preview to render a short preview next to the file (a picture for a static group, a video for an animated one); with video under the text keeps your footage behind it.
Presets are plain .json files in the folder you choose with Folder…. Local opens the folder as a catalog with previews, where you can also delete presets you no longer need.
Apply a preset
- Put the playhead on the group you want to style.
- Pick a preset in the list. Each word gets a row; change it if needed.
- Press Apply. With Apply with animation on, every word gets the saved composition of its place — style and animation included.
- Undo returns the group to exactly how it was before the first Apply.
Fit animation to clip length squeezes animations that are longer than a share of the word clip (the whole clip, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2, 1/3 or 1/4), starting at the clip start. Animations that fit are left as they are.
Adjust after applying
- Per row: Gap (space between words), Size and Offset (vertical distance from the row above). Drag left or right on a field to change it (Shift = fine, Ctrl = coarse), or click to type.
- On the picture: drag a word to move only that word, drag empty space to move the whole group.
Tips
- A preset keeps how many words each row had. With more or fewer words, rows are shared out in proportion and extra words take the look of the last place of their row.
- Presets are just files: share them with your team, keep one per client or format.
- Fonts: a layout is made with certain fonts, and you may not have them. The list shows Fonts needed under each layout. If the words look wrong or do not show after Apply, just change their font.