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# Managing Source Images

Source images are equirectangular panoramic photos that have been taken with either a DSLR camera with a pano bracket, or a 360 camera such as a Theta S or a Samsung Gear 360. Images need to be in 360° x 180° field of view format. Non-panorama images need to be stitched into this format using a third-party tool such as PTGUI Pro, such as when taking pictures with a DSLR camera and a detent/pano-bracket. Currently supported formats include JPG and PNG.

Source images are managed in the **Source Images** section in the project dashboard

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/44b194dc9cade800/source-images-1_1ba01zo.jpg)

Each image is represented by a tile, which displays the image name as well as the type of image. Hovering over the tile will show a checkbox that is used to select this image.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b6de59f78d099800/25b724ec-5bd3-4fa8-8934-e90bd6_im8hm9.png)

## Adding new Source Images

To add source images, hit **UPLOAD** in the Source Images section.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/35839c72abb52200/95b0ce57-7419-4785-9f9f-39c452_1p4zjfu.png)

This action will bring up the upload form.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ee9106bbf1925000/1071f766-deac-4809-94c9-c6812a_77y977.png)

You can either

1.  Drag and drop JPG and PNG files in the drop area (identified with **Drop local images here to upload**)
2.  Select **DROPBOX** or **GOOGLE DRIVE** to connect to your online directories, and import your projects from there
3.  Hit **BROWSE** to use the operating system's file browser to pick images. Multiple images can be uploaded all at once. Once files are selected for upload, the form should look like this:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/97810ee7d655e800/8d092cd2-7e44-4094-b115-08bbc8_100o0a8.png)

Each tile represents a file and displays the name of the file as well as its size.

Once you are ready to upload the images, hit **UPLOAD**. If you want to cancel the upload and go back to the project dashboard, hit **CLOSE**, or the red close button at the top right of the form.

**Warning:** _Uploading a lot of files can take a significant amount of time. Do not close the tab while the upload occurs, otherwise, the upload process will abort_.

Once the files are uploaded, they will be processed by our Cloud services and you will returned back to the project dashboard.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/161aa3f291f63100/c723412f-df36-4ffe-9488-9791a6_i0eiud.png)

Since files need to be processed, they may take a while to become available to use. These images will be displayed with a gears icon to indicate that they are being worked on. Once they are available to use, they will be displayed using a thumbnail.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/f60348a751889800/42f991a1-e918-4e7c-b229-682234_17n3mbp.png)

## Deleting Source Images

To delete source images, select them using the image tile checkbox, and then hit **DELETE**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/158a5c7e5098bd00/5e50c003-6d6b-4e70-8f63-884103_1ajsqtz.png)

You can select more than one image, and you can also select them all by checking **ALL** (left of **DELETE**).

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/d40658b4f01c3000/3d1143f1-119c-4281-9c8f-1ea91f_1ilysdb.png)

**Warning:** _Deleting source images is a permanent operation and is not undoable. Source images that are used in room reconstruction will be replaced by a placeholder that will have to be deleted manually in the room._