Elements library

The elements library is a collection of ready-made graphics, such as borders, corners, motifs and dividers, that you can drop onto any Studio page. This page covers browsing and searching the library, adding elements, recoloring them to match your design, and editing them.

Every element is built from ordinary Studio layers, not a flat picture. It arrives as a group of shapes and vector paths, so it stays sharp at any export size and every piece can be recolored, moved or deleted like the rest of your design.

Opening the library

Click the Elements library tab at the top of the editor's left panel, between Layers and Templates. See the left panel.

Browsing collections

With no search or filter, the library shows its collections one after another. Each collection has:

Its name, and a credit line where the collection has one.
A row of three elements from it.
See all to open the whole collection, and a button such as 12 more in followed by the collection's name.

Inside a collection, All elements at the top takes you back to the full list.

If the library has nothing to show yet, it says The library is being drawn.

Searching and filtering

Type in Search elements to look for something specific.
Use the chips under the search box to show one kind of element. Scroll the row, or use the arrows at its ends, to see them all.

The kinds are All, Borders, Corners, Motifs, Dividers, Frames, Patterns and Scenes.

Results appear as a grid, with very wide elements taking a full row. Click Show more at the end of the grid to load more. If nothing matches, the library suggests trying a motif like lotus, wave or star, or clearing the filter.

Adding an element

There are two ways to add one. Hover an element to see its name.

Click it to add it to the middle of the active page.
Drag it onto any page and let go where you want it. The element is centered on the point where you drop it, and that page becomes the active page.

Elements are sized to suit the page:

Borders and dividers span 80% of the page width.
Every other kind fits inside a square 40% of the page's shorter side, keeping its own proportions.

The element arrives as one group named after it, already selected, so you can move, resize or rotate it straight away. Cmd / Ctrl + Z takes it off again. If an element can't be loaded, you see Element unavailable and can try again in a moment.

Recoloring an element

Select the element's group. The right panel shows a Colours in this group section with one color picker for every color used inside the group, up to 12 at a time. Change one and every piece in that color changes with it.

Match page colours recolors the element from the colors already on the page. The darkest color in the element takes the darkest color on the page, the lightest takes the lightest, and the ones in between are spread across the rest. It looks at the other layers on the page, not the page background, so it needs at least two colors on the page, besides the background, before the button works.

Tip: Undo straight after Match page colours if the result is not right, then adjust single colors by hand.

The same section appears for any group you select, apart from generated patterns, so you can use it to recolor your own grouped artwork too.

Editing an element

An element is a normal group, so everything in layers applies.

Click the arrow next to the group in the Layers panel to see the pieces inside it.
Select the group and click Ungroup to release the pieces onto the page as separate layers.
Double-click a vector piece to edit its points.
Use auto layout on the group, or put elements in a group of your own. See patterns and auto layout.

Ideas

Run a border along the top and bottom of a poster, then use Match page colours so it picks up your palette.
Put a corner in each corner of a certificate or invitation. Duplicate it with Cmd / Ctrl + D and use Flip horizontal or Flip vertical to mirror the copies.
Use a divider between sections of a menu or a resume.
Place a motif behind a title at low opacity as a quiet watermark.