Just want to put images into Research Binder

[MHatter]

As the title says, I just want to add images to my research binder but I have tried every thing from what is in the tutorial to several videos and guides - all give the same result. Just a gray screen with tiny rectangle. Am I doing something wrong or following the wrong tutorial?

[Vincent_Vincent]

Hi.

Have you tried to insert the image in a blank document? (Simple drag and drop.)
Images don’t require to be neither imported or in the Research folder.

[EDIT] I just did, however, drag an image to the research folder directly and it worked. Please describe what you mean by “import”.

And I just now tested File / import / Files... and that worked too.
What format is your image?

[MHatter]

Hi.

I have tried

• inserting image in blank document [drop/drag - nothing shows up or changes]
• Insert/Image from file
• directly into the research folder [drag/drop] and get the gray screen
• file/import/files

I have tried and changed the image to jpeg, jpg, and png

edit. is there a size/dimension limit?

[Vincent_Vincent]

@MHatter

is there a size/dimension limit?

Good question.
Perhaps the resolution is problematic…
You should try with an image that is both small in size and low resolution. A partial screenshot, for example.
Or perhaps try this here image:

(Right click it : save image as.) It is 4kb on disk.

If this one works, you’ll know the problem is with your image, not with your system / Scrivener.

. . . . . . . .

Anyone know the limits for images in Scrivener projects?

So I like to keep reference images in folders in a project. I used to just import the JP(E)Gs, but that was killing the size of the projects, so I swapped over to WEBP as it gives good quality with lower file sizes. This works, for most of the time, but sometimes it doesn’t and the image is rendered simply as a blank. My question, therefore, is does Scrivener have some kind of limit, either size of file, size of image in pixels, or even DPI, at which point it says ‘no’? That way I can resize a…

[MHatter]

It was the size/dimensions. I reduced the size of the images I needed and they finally took. Thanks for the brain power.

[RevoTiLlor]

If you’d like to include images in your project and keep the overall size of the project to a minimum, use Insert → Image Linked to File. The project will only grow by the characters that make up the link, i.e. a few KB at the most. However, the image will still be included.
The same applies when you add them through the Bookmarks feature.

[GoalieDad]

I like in the research folder use File > Import > File as Shortcut. the Image will import and you have a lot of right click options for it. This also limits the impact on project size of any pictures or pdf’s imported this way.

[AntoniDol]

Yes, in the latest version a size limit exist, due to the platform’s limitations.

[gr]

@MHatter

Just a gray screen with tiny rectangle.

Or just maybe you were only seeing an up-close corner of the image? On my platform, when you drop an image in, it generally appears way zoomed in so you only see a fraction of the image. Double-clicking the image brings up the dialog to adjust its presentation to something visible in the panel frame.

[GoalieDad]

If imported as a shortcut at bottom of file in editor footer it will say the level of zoom.
When you right click on the image, there is the choice to fit to window.