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# Group design layers in a graphic
When you customize graphics in the Designer, you can create a group of design layers and customize all the layers at once as if they were one layer. You can move, scale, and keyframe groups, and apply effects and animations to groups. You can still modify individual layers within a group.
* [Group design layers](#group-design-layers)
* [View design layers in a group](#view-design-layers-in-a-group)
* [Customize one design layer in a group](#customize-one-design-layer-within-a-group)
* [Ungroup design layers](#ungroup-design-layers)
## Group design layers
1. In Captivate’s playout interface, select a graphic layer and click **Edit Graphic**.
2. In the Designer, select the design layers to group:
* Click outside a layer in the Workspace and drag to select.
* Click next to a layer in the timeline and drag.
* Hold **Ctrl** (Windows) or **Command** (Mac) and click each layer.
3. Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac) on one selected layer and choose **Group**. A blue bounding box appears.
**💡 TIP**\
To keyframe a group, see [Animate design layers with keyframes](/design-and-customize-graphics/chapter-index-3/animate-design-layers-with-keyframes.md).
## View design layers in a group
Click the expand/collapse arrow on the left side of a group in the Timeline workspace.
## Customize one design layer within a group
Expand the group in the Timeline workspace, select one of the design layers, and customize as you normally would.
**💡 TIP**\
See [Add styles to design layers](/design-and-customize-graphics/chapter-index-2/add-styles-to-design-layers.md) for style elements.
## Ungroup design layers
Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac) on a group in the canvas or Timeline and choose **Ungroup**.
{% hint style="info" %}
A group that serves as the source for a Conductor (Crawl, Roll, Leaderboard, or Grid) cannot be ungrouped. The **Ungroup** command is hidden when the group is the conductor’s item template. To ungroup, first delete the Conductor, then ungroup the underlying source group.
{% endhint %}
{% hint style="info" %}
You cannot create a group inside another group from the right-click menu. Multi-selecting layers that are already inside a group does not offer **Group**.
{% endhint %}
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