Design and creative templates for video, gaming, social, and visual content — with platform rules that will save you a ban

Design templates occupy a different role from the other document categories on this site. A legal template reduces legal risk. A resume template increases hiring success. A design template does something different: it provides a starting creative structure that the user then populates with content that is uniquely theirs. The template is the scaffold; the creative work is what fills it.

That distinction matters because the design templates in this cluster are used primarily by two groups: content creators (video, social media, gaming) and people who need a specific visual format for a specific purpose (a newspaper layout, a wanted poster, a storyboard for a pitch). For the first group, platform rules are as important as design principles — a CapCut template that violates copyright will get your video taken down; a Roblox shirt design that breaches the UGC Programme policies will get your account suspended. For the second group, the format conventions and the technical specifications are the primary concern.

Both UK and US users are served by these templates. Platform rules (CapCut, Roblox, Discord) are global; typography conventions for newspaper and wanted-poster formats have specific historical origins but are now applied worldwide.

What this category covers

CapCut template. CapCut is ByteDance’s video editing application, the most widely used mobile video editor globally as of 2025. CapCut’s template system allows creators to download a video structure (transitions, text placement, timing) and populate it with their own footage. A “CapCut template” in the context of this site means a structured document that guides a creator through setting up a specific video style — rather than the in-app template, which is accessed within CapCut itself. CapCut’s Terms of Service grant ByteDance a very broad licence over content edited in the app, including the right to use it for training AI models and for promotional purposes. Creators who are concerned about IP ownership should review the terms before using the platform for commercially sensitive content. The template here covers the standard video formats (9:16 vertical for TikTok and Instagram Reels, 16:9 horizontal for YouTube) and the typical section structure (hook, content, CTA).

Roblox shirt template. Roblox is a user-generated gaming platform with approximately 80 million daily active users (Roblox Corporation, Q4 2024 earnings). Users can create and sell clothing items — shirts, trousers, accessories — within the platform. A Roblox shirt template is a specific 585 × 559-pixel PNG file with pre-defined sleeve, chest, and back panels positioned according to Roblox’s UV mapping specification. The template must follow the Roblox UGC (User-Generated Content) Programme rules: no trademarks, logos, or recognisable brand marks unless you own them; no sexually explicit, violent, or hate-based imagery; no copyrighted patterns or character likenesses. Violations result in moderation removal and repeated violations result in account termination. The programme requires creators to be in the UGC Programme to sell items on the marketplace; casual users can upload shirts for their own avatar’s use without programme membership.

Roblox template (general). Beyond shirt templates, Roblox has template structures for game thumbnails, group banners, and icon images. The general Roblox template covers these formats: game icon (512 × 512), game thumbnail (1920 × 1080), group emblem (150 × 150). The same UGC content policy applies across all template types.

Wanted poster. A distinctive format with specific typographic conventions: bold serif typeface (typically a slab serif or wood-type style inspired by 19th-century US letterpress), prominent “WANTED” header, a portrait zone in the centre, text fields below (name, crime, reward, authority issuing the notice). The format is used for entertainment (party games, novelty gifts, film props), education (history projects), and social media content. The typography owes its conventions to the US Old West tradition of letterpress-printed wanted notices from the 1860s–1900s. Public domain examples are widely available; commercial use of specific poster imagery may require rights clearance depending on the source.

Newspaper template. A layout structure mimicking a broadsheet or tabloid newspaper front page. Used for novelty presents, classroom projects, event programmes styled as newspapers, and satirical content. UK broadsheet conventions (The Guardian, The Times format) differ from US broadsheet conventions (The New York Times format) primarily in column width, headline style, and the standard of above-the-fold vs. below-the-fold content ratios. The template offers both styles.

Storyboard. A sequence of panels — typically 3 to 16 per page — used to plan a video, animation, film, commercial, or presentation. Each panel represents a shot or scene, with space for the visual description, dialogue or VO script, camera direction, and timing. Storyboards are used by film directors, video producers, advertising creatives, and UX designers (for user-flow storyboarding). The format originated in the Disney animation studios in the 1930s and became standard practice in commercial film and advertising production. A storyboard is both a planning document and a communication tool — it allows a director to show a client or a production team exactly what a piece of content will look like before a single frame is shot.

Discord bio template. A structured format for a Discord profile “About Me” section. Discord allows up to 190 characters in the About Me field. A Discord bio template provides a structure for personal or community profiles: an identity statement, a list of interests or skills (often using emoji as bullets), links or handles, and a callout (e.g., available for commissions, looking for a team). Community servers often have specific formatting conventions for member bios; the template accommodates both personal and community-standard formats.

Tier list. A ranked visual grid that organises items into tiers — typically labelled S, A, B, C, D, F in the most common format (the S tier is highest, from the Japanese “Special” tier convention). Tier lists originated in fighting game communities in the late 1990s as a way to rank character effectiveness. They have since become a general-purpose ranking format used across gaming, food, film, sports, and internet culture. A tier list template provides the grid structure with customisable tier labels, item slots, and an optional key. The tier list format is closely associated with Tier Maker (tiermaker.com) as an online tool; the template here provides an offline, printable, or image-exportable alternative.

How to pick the right template

The design cluster is more purpose-specific than most other clusters. The question is: what platform and what format?

Platform-first selection. If you are creating for CapCut → CapCut template. If you are creating for Roblox → Roblox shirt or Roblox general. If you are creating for Discord → Discord bio. The technical specifications (dimensions, colour mode, file format) are locked to the platform and the template is pre-built to match.

Purpose-first selection for print/editorial. If you need a visual print layout → newspaper template. If you need a pre-production planning tool → storyboard. If you need a ranking visual → tier list. If you need a novelty or prop document → wanted poster.

Worked example — small YouTube channel producing topical lists. Danielle runs a 40,000-subscriber YouTube channel about film recommendations. She wants to produce a video tier-ranking every studio Ghibli film, alongside a companion thumbnail and a short Instagram Reel.

• Tier list template: She creates the tier list grid first, placing Spirited Away (S), My Neighbour Totoro (S), Princess Mononoke (A)… and so on. The completed tier list becomes both a video prop and the thumbnail image for the YouTube video.
• Storyboard template: For the YouTube video, she storyboards five key shots: intro (talking head), tier list reveal (screen recording of her filling in the grid), first controversial pick (reaction cut), final reveal (completed tier list with music), outro CTA. Eight panels, five minutes of video planned.
• CapCut template: For the Instagram Reel, she uses a vertical 9:16 format with text overlays for each tier tier being filled in, using a trending transition style. The CapCut template document covers the shot timing (0–3s hook: “I ranked every Ghibli film”, 3–20s content: tier fills, 20–30s CTA).

This workflow — tier list → storyboard → CapCut plan — is a complete pre-production sequence for a multi-platform content piece.

On Roblox UGC rules. The Roblox UGC Programme documentation is explicit about what is and is not allowed in user-created items. The most commonly violated rules: (1) using copyrighted character imagery (a shirt featuring a recognisable cartoon character is a copyright violation); (2) reproducing real-world brand logos (Nike, Supreme, etc.); (3) creating items that closely mimic the aesthetic of Roblox’s own avatar items in a way that could cause confusion. Moderation is automated and fast — a shirt that violates policy will typically be removed within hours of upload. The template documentation notes these restrictions explicitly, because the most common use case for a Roblox shirt template is to create something that looks like a recognisable brand or character, which is exactly what the policy prohibits.

Meme formats and fair use. A common question for the wanted-poster and newspaper templates: does reproducing a photograph in a novelty format constitute fair use (US) or fair dealing (UK)? The short answer is: it depends on the source of the photograph and the purpose of the use. Using a photo you took yourself: no issue. Using a photo from a newspaper under fair use for satirical commentary: defensible. Using a professional photo from Getty Images in a novelty product you sell: copyright infringement. The template documentation includes a note on this because the wanted poster and newspaper templates are frequently used in commercial contexts (novelty gifts, printed merchandise) where rights clearance is not optional.

Common mistakes in this category

Mistake 1: Using the wrong pixel dimensions for Roblox assets. The shirt template must be exactly 585 × 559 pixels; the game icon must be exactly 512 × 512. Uploading at the wrong dimensions causes the asset to render incorrectly — shirt panels appear in the wrong position, icons appear stretched or cropped. The template pre-sets dimensions; do not resize before uploading.

Mistake 2: Creating a CapCut video with copyrighted background music. CapCut has a built-in licensed music library; using music from that library is safe. Using music from your own Spotify playlist or from YouTube is not — copyright claims will silence the audio on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. This is the most common reason CapCut videos get muted or removed. Use the CapCut in-app library, royalty-free music services (Epidemic Sound, Artlist), or original music.

Mistake 3: Storyboard panels that are too detailed. A storyboard is a planning tool, not a final asset. Panels that are over-rendered (full colour illustration, detailed backgrounds) take time to produce and are abandoned once the shot list changes — which it always does. Stick figures, rough shapes, and annotated arrows are the correct level of detail for a storyboard. The goal is to communicate the camera angle, the subject position, and the action — not to create finished art.

Mistake 4: Tier lists with too many tiers. The S-A-B-C-D-F format works because it has six meaningful distinctions. Adding G, H, or custom tiers beyond that creates a ranking system that is difficult to interpret and signals indecision rather than judgment. If you have more than six tiers, consolidate — or question whether a tier list is the right format for what you are trying to communicate.

Mistake 5: Discord bios that hit the 190-character limit and get cut off. The Discord About Me field displays up to 190 characters in the desktop client. If the text runs longer, it is truncated in display contexts. Write the bio to land a complete sentence within the limit, not to fill the limit exactly. The most common error is including a URL that pushes the total over 190 characters, cutting off the last sentence.

Mistake 6: Newspaper templates used without attribution for fictional content. A newspaper-format document that reproduces a real publication’s masthead or style closely enough to be mistaken for the real thing can constitute trademark infringement or passing off (UK). “The Guardian” typeface and masthead are registered trademarks. A newspaper template should use a clearly fictional or clearly parodied masthead — not a close replica of a real publication.

Primary sources

• Roblox UGC Programme documentation — create.roblox.com/docs/production/marketplace — the authoritative source for asset upload specifications, moderation policies, and UGC creator requirements.
• CapCut Terms of Service — capcut.com/terms-of-service — covers the IP licence grant, content restrictions, and platform usage rules for creators.
• Discord Community Guidelines — discord.com/guidelines — covers content policies applicable to Discord profiles, including what can appear in About Me sections.
• US Copyright Office — Fair Use — copyright.gov/fair-use — the authoritative US source on when copying constitutes fair use, relevant to novelty and parody design templates.

Related categories

Legal document templates — Design work often requires legal documents alongside it: NDAs before sharing creative concepts, contracts for commissioned work, and freelance agreements for clients. The legal cluster covers these agreements.

Business templates — A freelance designer or content creator will use business templates (invoices, project proposals) to manage client relationships. The design templates are the deliverable; the business templates are the commercial infrastructure around the work.

Resume & career templates — Canva resumes are the design-career crossover point. For creative roles where a designed resume is appropriate, the resume cluster and the design cluster overlap. The design templates here inform the visual approach; the resume templates provide the career-document structure.

Life event templates — Birthday invitations, event programmes, and Christmas cards with custom visual design sit at the intersection of life events and design. If you need a visually designed version of a life-event document rather than a text-formatted one, the design templates provide the starting point.

Planning templates — Storyboards are design templates with a core planning function. Pre-production planning for video content requires both the storyboard (design cluster) and a production schedule (planning cluster). The two are typically used together.

Education templates — Tier lists and graphic organisers overlap at the visual-learning end of the education cluster. Both are visual ranking and organisation tools; the education cluster contextualises them for classroom use, while the design cluster covers their use in content creation.

Productivity templates — Content production — regular YouTube videos, Roblox games, social media output — is a productivity challenge as much as a creative one. The productivity templates (project planner, to-do list, sign-up sheet for community members) support the operational side of creator businesses.

Closing

The highest-volume starting point in this cluster is the CapCut template — video creation is the fastest-growing use case for structured design templates, and CapCut’s global reach makes it the most commonly searched starting point. For Roblox creators, the shirt template is the first asset most users need before attempting any other marketplace creation; get the pixel dimensions and the UGC policy compliance right on the first upload and every subsequent upload is faster. For non-platform-specific design — storyboards, tier lists, wanted posters — the storyboard template has the broadest professional applicability and the most durable value, because pre-production planning remains as important as it has ever been regardless of what platform the content ultimately appears on.