# Saving materials for future use

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/saving-materials-for-future-use/1170488>\
**Category:** Materials and Textures\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/saving-materials-for-future-use/1170488 "2019-07-23T14:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Korchy](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/korchy/32/711005_2.png) [@Korchy](https://blenderartists.org/u/Korchy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/saving-materials-for-future-use/1170488/14 "2019-07-23T19:10:09Z")

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> [@Aris\_Nikolopoulos](#):
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> If you have just created a material and want to save it to a file for future use, how do you do it?  
> does blender handle material files? and if so, how do you import it later?

Maybe the BIS library becomes useful for you:

> [@BIS - online material storage](https://blenderartists.org/t/bis-online-material-storage/689728):
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> Blender Interplanety Storage (BIS) – online material library add-on for Blender. BIS – the online materials (shaders) storage add-on for Blender 3D creation. With the BIS add-on, you can save materials (groups of nodes) to the online personal library and then convenient search and use them in your blender projects. Saved materials are available from any computer through the add-on installed in Blender. Add-on web page: [https://b3d.interplanety.org/en/bis-online-blender-material-storage/](https://b3d.interplanety.org/en/bis-online-blender-material-storage/) BIS s…

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