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# Templates

Twistly ships with **51 professionally designed templates in 80+ color themes**, each named after a city (Tokyo, New York, Berlin, Madrid...). All built-in templates are available on every plan, including Free. Slides are composed from **25+ smart layouts** — the AI picks the layout that fits each slide's content.

## Picking a template

* **Click once** to select, or **double-click** to select and continue in one step.
* **Preview** opens a larger view with sample layouts (title, agenda, text, table, timeline) so you can judge the template on real slide types. Arrow through templates without leaving the preview.
* Your own [custom templates](/custom-templates-pro-and-team/upload-a-template.md) (Pro & Team) always appear **first** in the grid.

## AI Picks

When you reach the template step, Twistly analyzes your content and marks up to **3 templates with an "AI Pick" ribbon**, moving them to the front. Two things to know:

* The recommendation is **advisory only** — whichever template you click is what's used.
* You can turn it off with the **AI Recommendations** switch at the bottom of the picker; the choice is remembered.

## Colors

Each template comes with its color themes, and the original ten city templates offer several color variants. The AI applies your chosen template's palette to everything it generates — including charts and AI images, which are matched to the template's accent colors.