Description
Get a guided tour of Flight Control’s Ad Builder—the in-platform tool for creating dynamic, reusable creative templates. Learn how to set up placeholder layers, apply animations, configure layer-specific settings, manage assets, and optimize for multiple ad sizes. This walkthrough covers the interface, tools, panels, and best practices for keeping creative variations consistent and efficient.
Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction
- Brief intro to Flight Control’s Ad Builder
- What the Ad Builder helps you achieve
0:29 – Accessing the Ad Builder
- How to open Ad Builder from template navigation
- Note about Ad Builder vs. Custom Code templates
0:39 – Design Board Overview
- Layout and purpose of the design board
- Toolbar options (zoom, cursor, preview tools)
3:00 – Asset Panel
- Importing assets from computer or library
- Dragging assets into the design board or layers panel
- Note about video support in templates
3:40 – Layers Panel
- Visual hierarchy of layers
- Locking, visibility, color labels, reordering
- Transform properties, effects, keyframes
- Right-click options (rename, duplicate, delete, effects, parenting, track matting, 3D properties)
5:21 – Timeline Panel
- Understanding the timeline view
- Adjusting layer durations
- Creating and editing keyframes
- Applying easing for smooth animations
- Timeline zoom functionality
7:17 – Layer Settings Panel
- Overview of layer-specific settings:
- Common transform settings (position, scale, rotation, opacity)
- Alignment tools
- Text layer settings:
- Text box size
- Font, color, and alignment
- Inheriting styles for creative variations
- Image layer settings:
- Resize options (Fit, Crop, Stretch)
- Alignment controls
- Swapping or editing images
10:57 – Best Practices & Next Steps
- Reminder to plan for all potential content variations
- Next step: connecting parameters to placeholder layers
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