Custom Speaker: Speaker Studio

The canvas contains the current timer panel only. The room heading, page navigation, connection notices, and next-segment card remain part of the Speaker page. The panel's corner treatment and page position are managed by the page.

A taller canvas moves the next-segment card further down. It does not turn the rest of the page into an editable layout. Timing, pause, warning thresholds, and live messages still come from Host.

1. Sign in to the account that owns the room and open its private Host workspace.
2. Open Outputs, choose Speaker, and select the Speaker output link to customize.
3. Choose New custom Speaker in the layout list. If no template exists yet, the button under the preview also offers Create custom Speaker. Creation attaches the new template to the selected output and opens Studio.
4. To edit a saved template, select it in the list and choose Speaker Studio under the preview. Free accounts see Customize for a locked preview.

Select the intended output before making a new template. Existing Speaker links can already be open, so creating and attaching a template can change their panel before you finish editing it.

Choose a ratio in the left-hand Canvas section before arranging elements.

These are panel ratios, not device orientations. The page fits the full canvas to its available width and scales all elements together. There is no separate portrait or phone layout, and elements do not rearrange on small screens.

Changing ratio repositions elements within the new canvas while keeping their proportions where possible. Oversized elements are reduced to fit. Check spacing again after the change. Uploading a background image does not change the saved ratio.

The left column lists available Elements and everything On canvas. Select an element in the list or on the canvas. Its selection frame and properties appear in the center and right columns.

1. Use the plus beside an element type to add another instance.
2. Drag the selected element to move it. Use its edge and corner handles to resize its frame; use alignment guides and the alignment controls to position it.
3. Change the available font, size, weight, text alignment, and color in the right column.
4. Use Hide to keep an element in the template but remove it from the output. Select it in the list and use Show on canvas to restore it.
5. Use Delete to remove the element. This removes that instance from the template, not the room's timer or message data.

Keep at least one timer visible. It must meet the canvas's minimum size, and every element must stay inside the canvas before the layout can be saved.

Other elements appear according to the account's plan. If a message, speaker name, or start time is missing, its content is absent from the live output. The frame remains in the template and other elements keep their positions. Studio can show an editing placeholder, which does not become live content.

For a logo, select its existing instance under On canvas. Use Upload image in the inspector and select the uploaded image. Resize and move its frame on the canvas. Adding Logo from Elements creates another instance.

For a background, select an empty area of the canvas to open Background. Choose a solid color, a transparent background, or an image from the library. Use Upload image to add your own file.

Image storage is shared across Display and Speaker templates. Pro allows two account images; Premium allows ten. Reuse library images where appropriate. Removing a Logo element from one layout is different from deleting the underlying image from the account library.

Upload PNG, JPEG, or WebP files up to 5 MB, with neither dimension exceeding 4096 pixels. A transparent PNG is useful for a logo that should sit directly on the background. Convert SVG artwork to one of the supported image formats before uploading.

Speaker Studio's saved timer and progress colors take priority over Host color settings. Host supplies the timing and warning thresholds; the Speaker template decides how each resulting state looks.

Select Progress and set Safe, Warning, and Danger. Select the timer and enable Follow warning color to use stage colors, or disable it to choose one fixed text color.

A timer element displaying only the room clock keeps its fixed text color. Warning colors apply to elapsed or remaining timer readings, not the time of day.

With multiple progress elements, the first visible one supplies the timer's stage colors. Other progress elements keep their own colors. Hiding or deleting the last visible progress element preserves its stage colors for the timer, so removing the bar does not unexpectedly reset the digits' colors.

Add a Message element wherever the presenter should see a cue. Host continues to send, update, and clear the message. Clearing it leaves its canvas position empty without moving the countdown.

• Lock color uses the text color saved in Studio. When unlocked, the message can follow its live Host color.
• Lock size keeps the Studio font size. When unlocked, Host's message size can scale the text inside the saved frame.

On a dark background, test a realistic cue such as “Leave a minute for your closing point.” Leave enough width and height for it to fit, and check a longer message as well. A large Host message should not be your first test on the presenter's phone.

1. Give the template a recognizable name at the top of Studio, then choose Save and wait for success.
2. Close Studio and confirm the intended template is selected in Outputs. The new-template workflow attaches it automatically; choosing a different saved template changes the binding.
3. Open or copy that Speaker output link and check it on the intended device.
4. For another Speaker link, select that output in Outputs and choose its template separately.

Templates belong to the account and can be used by multiple Speaker links, including links in different rooms. A shared template supplies the design; each link displays its own room's live data. Display templates cannot be attached to Speaker outputs.

Editing a saved template creates a draft in Studio. Live outputs use the last saved version until Save succeeds. Saving a shared template updates all outputs using it. Connected Speaker pages normally receive the change without a manual refresh; reconnecting also reloads the layout.

Select Default Speakerto restore the standard panel for one link while keeping the template. Deleting a template from Outputs clears every binding to it, and those links return to their default display. Read the deletion prompt before confirming a shared template's removal.

Sharing one template between links does not create additional templates. Image use across Speaker and Display draws from the same account library. After a plan downgrade, outputs that can no longer use custom layouts fall back to default; existing template records are retained.

Check the full design on the device the presenter will use. A 4:3 panel is taller than 16:5, so the next segment may sit below the first screenful. A phone shows the complete canvas at a smaller scale; small labels do not become larger automatically.

• Try a long session title, a realistic speaker name, and a live message.
• Start and pause the timer; check normal, warning, danger, and overtime colors.
• Check both clocks against the room timezone and confirm the next segment.
• Save a small change and confirm the already-open output receives it.
• Test the Speaker page's existing alerts and connection behavior separately from the layout.