Uploading Custom Images#

Open the Control Panel#

Select the Gear icon to open the Control Panel.

A screenshot of the upper left corner of the VEXcode AIR Toolbar, with the gear icon highlighted below the download icon.

Select the Images tab#

A screenshot of the the Control panel in VEXcode AIR, with the Images tab in the center hlighted.

Select an Upload icon#

A screenshot of the top of the Images tab in the Control Panel open, showing the first row of the image table, with two image slots. The Upload button for image 1, with a file folder with an up arrow on it, in the lower left corner highlighted.

Select Upload Custom Image#

To upload a custom image, select Upload Custom Image before selecting Select File to open your device’s file navigation.

Note: Images must be PNGs that are smaller than 10 MB.

A screenshot of the Image selector reads Select an Image, and has a button reading Upload Custom Image in the center, with a paper icon with an up arrow on it, highlighted.

The image is now available#

After the image is selected, it will appear in the Control Panel in the chosen slot. By default, images will be named IMAGE1 with the number matching the slot the image is uploaded to.

The buttons in the uploaded image’s slot become enabled once an image is uploaded. The buttons allow you to overwrite, delete, or rename the uploaded image file.

The same image of the top of the Image tab in the Control Panel open, now showing a picture of the drone in Image 1, and all buttons are active.

You can use the custom image in a project using the following commands in the Screen category for Blocks or Python:

Show image file custom image#
    [Select your image from the dropdown.]
    show image file [IMAGE1 v]
# Change IMAGE1 to the name of your image
controller.screen.show_file(IMAGE1, x=0, y=0)

Rename an image file#

Select the Pencil icon to rename the image. This will be the image’s name when using the image file in your projects.

Note: Names cannot begin with a number and must be no longer than 14 characters.

A close up screenshot of slot 1 in the image tab, with the pencil edit icon to the right of the name text box highlighted. The name now reads Drone underscore pic.

Delete an image file#

Press the Trash icon to delete an image file from a slot.

The same image as the one previous, now with the trash can icon in the lower right corner of the image 1 section highlighted.

To delete all images at once, select the Delete All Images button at the bottom of the Sounds tab.

A close up screenshot of the bottom of the Images tab in the Control Panel with the Delete All Images button highlighted.