Using the Creator Library in Carousel Cloud

Add a professionally designed, ready-to-run channel to your system in a few clicks — then make it your own.

What is the Creator Library?

The Creator Library is a catalog of complete channel designs, built and maintained by Carousel's design team. Each design arrives with its zones, layouts, and starter templates already in place, so you get a complete channel without having to build one from scratch.

Everything in the library is a starting point, not a locked template. Once a design is on your system, it behaves exactly like a channel you built yourself: you can rename it, restyle it, swap the fonts and colors, and replace the content.

Opening the Creator Library

1. Go to Settings → Channels and choose Browse the Creator Library. The page opens on Available Channel Designs.

   

Browsing the Designs

Designs are grouped into two families:

Clicking the Choose Options button will preview the design, cycling through shows how many zones it contains, and lists the available resolutions and color palettes.

Search and Filters

Type in the search box to find a design by name or description. Choose Show Filters to narrow the list:

• Family — Starter or Themed.

• Layout — how the screen is divided into zones.

• Orientation — landscape (horizontal) or portrait (vertical) display setups.

• Industry — the suggested use case a channel was designed around, such as education or healthcare.

Filters combine, and only the filters that apply to the current catalog appear. Clear Filters returns you to the full list.

Choosing a Resolution and Color

Some designs are available in multiple variations. Select Choose Options on a card to open it and pick the combination you want.

The channel preview updates as you change your selection, so you always see the exact variation you're about to use. When a design comes in only one resolution or one color, that value is simply listed rather than offered as a choice.

The dots beneath the preview step through the design's screenshots — select one, or use your keyboard, to move between them.

Adding the Channel

1. Install your Preferred Channel

   1. Click the install button in the design's window. Carousel fetches the package and hands you off to the channel import process.

2. Click through the Channel Import Process

   1. Name the channel, decide how its zones are created, and confirm what gets added. This is the same process used for channel packages you upload yourself.

      

3. Click Add Channel when complete

   1. Nothing changes in Carousel Cloud until you complete the channel import process. Until you click Add Channel, you can back out, and no channel, zone, or content is created in Carousel Cloud.

4. View Progress in the Task Tray

   1. Building the channel happens in the background. The task tray shows progress and tells you when it's done — you can keep working while it runs.

      

Additional Notes

Names are Kept Unique Automatically

If someone imports the same channel at the same time, the channel name or any of its zone names may already be in use on your system. We will rename the incoming set rather than creating a second item with the same name. Renamed items get an Imported on stamp with the date and time, and the task tray tells you it happened. Rename them to whatever you like afterward.

One Import at a Time

If someone else on your team starts an import while yours is still running, the second one waits its turn and then proceeds normally. Nothing is lost, and nothing needs retrying — it just isn't instantaneous.

Potential System Error Messages