Slide master layers

Thank you for passing on the request! I looked into slide templates, but that option was not as intuitive for our use cases. I did create a blank story file from which others can import slides from that presentation into their projects. It sounds like an identical process to creating slide templates, but I will look into the differences.

It would be more intuitive for the less savvy Storyline users to have the option when they add a blank slide to just change the layout from within their story and have some core logic carry over like layers.

Our example case for this feature is a captions layer for each slide. This layer also interacts with a global variable that affects every slide when that slide's timeline begins. Again, it's not the end of the world; it just can come across as tedious copy and integrate that layer to every new slide for someone less familiar with Storyline. 

As always, thank you very much for the suggestion and for passing along the idea.

I hope someone can point me to a solution that has been found since the last post.

After the extensive content is handed over, I'll only have a short time to crank out the final product, so I want to build out the slide masters as much as possible in advance.

One example of a slide type is a flip panel/carousel. I want to pre-build one master with 4 different layouts: one with 2 panels, one with 3, one with 4, and one with 5 to accommodate the varied content that comes my way. I expected to build each panel as a different slide layer; each layer on each of these layouts will have text inserted from the storyboard (none of the text will be the same). Is this possible?

I've considered making every layer its own layout and every layout its own slide master, but I'd be trading one effort-saving tactic for another because then I'd have to deal with that many more slides and slide layouts to deal with - story view would become quite chaotic.

Hi, I'm also running into the same problem. Seems like there's no solution to it... I'm currently creating a template for our company's new modules and I visualized something very interactive yet easily editable. 

In the end it's not possible using slide master... it's a shame. 

Hi Carrie,

Currently, editable slide layers aren't on our feature roadmap as we are prioritizing other features at the moment. The best way to possibly see a change in a feature is to submit a feature request. You can submit one here. If the request makes it onto our feature roadmap, we’ll make sure to update you in this conversation!

Thanks for reaching out!

Hi all,

I came here with the same problem searching for a reasonable resolution.

It looks as though this has been an issue identified by users several years ago.  Do we know if anything has been added to address this gap?

Thanks,

Hi Amber,

I'm sorry to hear about your trouble with Slide Master layers in Storyline 360! My colleague Joe addressed this concern in this post earlier:

While you do have the option to add working layers to a Slide Master layout, these layers will still not be visible when you apply the layout to your slides. Have you considered using Slide Templates so you can reuse content that you've created and just modify them as needed? 

I also recommend this workaround, and if you have the time to watch it, I prepared a 4-minute Peek 360 recording showing how to use Custom Templates.

Let me know if that works for you!