# Exporting/Importing Fx Templates

**URL:** <https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/exporting-importing-fx-templates/2007>\
**Category:** Vista 3 Releases\
**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/exporting-importing-fx-templates/2007 "2021-03-24T18:29:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jirwin512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jirwin512](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/Jirwin512)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/exporting-importing-fx-templates/2007/1 "2021-03-24T18:29:26Z")

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I made some fx templates in a showfile on a computer and I would like to have them avalaible in a different showfile on a different computer. I haven’t seen any way to do that. There is an option under merge showfiles for fx templates but no options. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this?

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**Author:** ![jack.moorhouse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/jack.moorhouse/32/439_2.png) [@jack.moorhouse](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/jack.moorhouse)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/exporting-importing-fx-templates/2007/2 "2021-03-25T10:23:52Z")

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Make sure you are saving them to your library and not your show.  
Then you should be able to copy/paste them manually between your “vista 3 / effects” folders.

To be able to merge in FX templates you need to have stored them to the showfile.