# How to import a Placid template

> Save your Placid template from its editor as a single file and upload it to Orshot. Layers become a Studio template with your layer names as API parameters.

- **URL**: https://orshot.com/docs/importing-templates/import-from-placid

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Bring your Placid templates into Orshot as templates you can edit in Studio and render by API. Every text and picture layer becomes an API parameter on import, and the Placid layer names stay the same, so the keys you send today keep working.

Placid has no template export, but its editor page contains the whole design. Saving that page as a single file gives Orshot everything it needs.

> **Ownership Notice**: Before you import, tick the box confirming you own the design and its assets, or hold the rights to use them. Orshot takes no responsibility for third-party content, so import only what is yours. The import button stays disabled until you do.

## How to Import

### 1. Open your template in the Placid editor

In Placid, open the project, go to **Templates** and click **Edit** on the template you want to move.

![A template open in the Placid editor: the canvas in the middle, the layer list on the right](https://orshot.com/migrate/placid/placid-editor.webp)

### 2. Save the page as a single file

Press **Cmd/Ctrl + S** (or **File → Save Page As…**) and choose **Webpage, Single File**. Chrome saves a `.mhtml` file. Do not pick "HTML Only" or "Complete".

### 3. Open the New Template dialog

In your [Orshot dashboard](https://orshot.com/workspace), click **+ New Template** in the sidebar.

### 4. Choose the Placid tab

In the dialog, click the **Placid** tab. It opens **Import from Placid** with **Single design** selected.

![The Placid tab in the New Template dialog, with the save instructions and the upload box](https://orshot.com/migrate/placid/orshot-import-tab.webp)

### 5. Upload the saved file

Upload the `.mhtml` file. Orshot reads the design and shows:

- A **Valid template** message with the Placid template name
- A preview of the design, so you can compare it with Placid before you import
- Any layers that need attention (see below)

![The Import from Placid screen after reading the file: the template name, a preview of the design, the ownership box and the Import button](https://orshot.com/docs/importing-templates/import-from-placid.webp)

### 6. Import the template

Tick the ownership box, then click **Import Design →**. Orshot copies the design's images into your **Brand Library** and opens it in Studio.

![The imported template open in Orshot Studio, with the same design and layer names as in Placid](https://orshot.com/migrate/placid/orshot-studio-imported.webp)

Studio saves it to **Your Templates** on its own a few seconds after it opens.

## What Carries Over

- **Template**: name, size and background colour.
- **Text**: copy, font, weight, size, colour, alignment, letter spacing, line height, text transform and opacity. Placid's fitted text uses Studio's **Fit** mode.
- **Pictures**: re-hosted into your Brand Library, with fit, rounding and opacity.
- **Rectangles**: fill, corner radius and border become Studio shapes.
- **Subtitles**: imported as text with the caption background.
- **Ratings**: imported as a static star image.
- **Browser frames**: the screenshot is imported as an image; the browser window itself is not drawn.
- **Fonts**: Google Fonts keep their name. Custom fonts uploaded to Placid are listed as missing; upload them to your brand kit.

## Not Carried Over

- **Animations and video settings**: Placid keeps these outside the page, so they cannot be read from a saved file. Add enter and exit animations again in Studio.
- **Barcodes and QR codes**: Placid draws them on a canvas that a saved page does not keep. Add them again in Studio.
- **Tiled textures**: an image set to repeat shows as one copy.

## Import Several Templates at Once

On a paid plan, you can import up to 10 saved pages in one go. Each file is saved straight to **Your Templates**, with no Studio step in between.

1. In the **Placid** tab, switch to **Bulk import**
2. Pick up to 10 `.mhtml` files, one template per file (up to 40MB each)
3. Tick the ownership box and click **Import**
4. When it finishes, click **View templates →**

## Next Steps

- Open the template in Studio and re-add any animation you had in Placid.
- Render it from the [Orshot API](https://orshot.com/docs/api-reference) or wire it into [n8n, Make or Zapier](https://orshot.com/integrations). The layer names are your modification keys.

![The API tab of the imported template: every Placid layer name is a parameter in the ready request](https://orshot.com/migrate/placid/orshot-api-tab.webp)