Ad Layer

September Release: Groups, smarter snapping, custom rotation origins, one feed for all your Meta Catalog ads, and more... Ten seconds won't do it justice, so log in now, and you will find detailed release notes on your dashboard. Or if you are keen to learn more about Ad Layer, hit us up! 👨💻

We are back, and we think that pencils are still a thing. Who wants to see more human-generated content on LinkedIn?

Officially switching off. 🐰☀️ We're taking a little summer break from posting here on LinkedIn (don't worry, we're still very much working behind the scenes). Disclaimer: despite what our ever-so-slightly-glitchy Ad Layer bunny just did, we do not encourage you throwing your battery powered gadgets into a lake. We do recommend a proper dip yourself though, and a real break from your screen. Be kind to yourself, to others, and to nature this summer. Ad Layer support is open as usual on these hot days as well. We're just stepping away from the social feed for a bit. Have a great summer everyone! PS. If you are bored, see if you can spot the 5 mistakes we have intentionally left into our very-obviously-so-AI-generated video.

July is almost here. And with it, a mass migration of talented people to beaches, cabins, and places with no wifi. We've been lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the past years visiting clients, events, and partners, meeting new faces, and having the kind of conversations that remind you why this industry is actually pretty great. That part of the job never gets old. (If you ask our dev team, they will agree.. Or at least there is a slight chance they might.) To everyone we've worked with, collaborated with, or ever had a coffee with: THANK YOU. Genuinely. Now go touch some grass, stare at the sea, build a sand castle on the beach, and stay off your screens for a bit. ⛱️ 🌊 ☀️

Ad Builder 2 Released !! We rebuilt our Ad Builder creative design tool from scratch. We listened to client feedback, redesigned the UI, and tweaked every single part of the tool. Now Ad Builder 2 is officially released, and it works better than ever. If you are a client, log in and take a look for yourself. ☀️ If you are interested to learn more, jump here: https://lnkd.in/dMgCAAcm Ps. Happy Midsommar! Our support is closed this Friday (June 19)

If you use Ad Builder frequently, you might want to login today. 😉

Kirill, one of our developers - and the person who probably knows the Ad Builder 2 codebase better than anyone else - gets the same question as Mike and Niko earlier: What do you think are the coolest changes that come with the Ad Builder 2 release? 1. Better canvas interactions. Panning, zooming, and object selection all feel much smoother now. Notable upgrade to the overall user experience. 2. Shortcuts for most actions. Object interactions, selection, stage overlay. You can now do most things without touching the mouse, and of course, that speeds things up for designers! 3. Improved object snapping on the stage. Getting objects to align precisely used to require more fiddling than it should. Now we’ve made it so that it just works. 🧑💻

Today we hit Niko, our Creative Specialist, with the same question that Mike answered last week: What do you think are the coolest changes that come with the Ad Builder 2 release? 1. Asset management within Ad Builder Being able to drag and drop new assets straight into the open folder in the Object Palette, and managing the folder is a great step up from before. So no more need to jump away from Ad Builder to add new assets. This is something that was requested by many clients, and it now really makes building templates smoother. 2. Dark Mode I personally prefer dark mode, even during the day, just like I do on my iPhone. I think a lot of creative workers feel the same. Either way, it is now up to the user to choose. 3. Much improved UI on the script editor This is pretty cool, and makes scripting feel easier. It also highlights any errors better now. I think many who do scripting on their ads will appreciate this one a lot. 🧑💻

Ad Builder 2 is around the corner! We asked our product manager, Mikael, what he thinks are the most notable changes? 1. Align everything faster and smarter with new alignment tools. 2. Add assets to specific formats (and remove them too). 3. The formats are now to the left; easy to see, filter, and to add a new one! 🧑💻

If your Google CM360 production workflow currently looks like this: Briefs out, designers isolated, files emailed back and forth, wrong version uploaded to Studio, 47 approval emails, campaign goes live late... ... You are not alone. And it does not have to work that way. 💡 New article on how Ad Layer fixes the part of the Campaign Manager process that nobody talks about. https://lnkd.in/dpSFi6AU