Save and reuse cover designs, logos and brand kits
Cover Studio, including its saved designs and brand kits, is desktop-only. Open Galleries on your computer to use these tools. On phones, use Quick covers and gallery color presets for basic gallery styling.
Open a gallery’s Design → Cover → Cover Studio → Open Cover Studio. These tools reuse the cover composition or its pieces; gallery color presets separately save the page, surface and accent colors for gallery pages.
Save a complete cover preset
Save as my preset stores a private composition in Saved for reuse across your galleries. Export design downloads a FOCL design file; Import design restores one. Presets and exports contain design settings and any design-image URLs, not the gallery’s cover photo files or access credentials.
Reuse blocks, logos and brand kits
Library → Design blocks saves your selected text, shapes, groups, or images as a named piece to reuse in other covers. Inserting a block creates new layers and preserves both device layouts. Names, dates, and studio-credit fields remain connected to the destination gallery. Inserts, including all group members, support Undo. A block will not insert if it would exceed the 24-layer limit.
Upload logo or image accepts PNG, JPG, or WebP files up to 5 MB. Transparent PNG works well for logos. The image is saved as a reusable block and added to your cover. Show full image / logo preserves the whole image; Fill frame (crop) fills the frame. Set an image description for accessibility when the image carries meaning. Leave it blank for decoration.
Library → Brand kits saves paper/background, ink/text, accent/button colors, and a heading/body typeface pair. Apply typefaces and Apply colors are separate, undoable actions; locked layers keep their settings. Applying a kit does not move your composition.
Color controls preview live as you drag the picker, type a custom hex value, or choose a swatch. Click away, choose Done, or press Enter in the hex field to keep the color. You do not need a separate Apply color step. Cancel or Escape restores the color from when you opened the picker. This also works in Library → Brand kits: finishing a color change updates the cover draft and adds one Undo step. The draft autosaves, including your accent even if the cover has no button layers. Switching panels or reopening the saved draft keeps your palette. The live gallery stays unchanged until you apply the cover.
Save brand kit stores the palette and typeface for reuse in other galleries. You do not have to save a named kit to keep its colors on the current cover. Accent / buttons colors cover buttons and the buttons and links in a matching delivery email. A cover without button layers will not visibly show the accent. Matching adjusts colors when needed for readable contrast; see Match gallery & email.
Library entries are private to your account. Uploaded images use public asset URLs so published covers can display them. Removing a library entry does not alter existing covers or delete their referenced images.
Set a default cover for future galleries
- Choose Studio signature in the Cover Studio header.
- Leave Use my signature for new galleries on.
- Choose designs for Landscape photos and Portrait photos, or choose Use current design for either.
- Click Save signature.
New galleries start with that signature, using their own names, dates and photographs. The starting design follows the selected cover photo’s orientation until you customize it. Existing galleries are unchanged. Switch off Use my signature for new galleries and save to stop using it for future galleries.
Custom text and image content is cleared from a signature so one client’s details do not carry into the next gallery. This includes uploaded logo/image layers; use your Library to insert a reusable logo where needed. A saved preset or design block can keep custom content, so review it before reusing it for another client.
Which kind of preset should I use?
| What you want to reuse | Where to save it |
|---|---|
| A complete cover you choose for another gallery | Cover Studio → Presets → Save as my preset |
| A default cover for future galleries | Cover Studio → Studio signature |
| A logo, group or piece of artwork | Cover Studio → Library → Design blocks |
| Cover colors and font pairings | Cover Studio → Library → Brand kits |
| Gallery page, surface and accent colors | Settings → Branding → Colors |
| A complete portfolio homepage | Homepage Studio → Saved |
Saving a library item does not publish a cover or homepage. Applying a brand kit changes your cover draft; Apply to gallery is still required. To carry the applied cover’s colors into the gallery and delivery email, use Match gallery & email.
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