Import images, videos, and PDFs

Adding files by drag and drop, and how stacks work.

Add files by dragging and dropping them onto the screen.

Stacks

A single work or set of material is called a stack. Multiple pages, such as comics or variant images, can be gathered into one stack. A stack is the unit you open in the viewer, and the unit you tag or assign an author to.

Add files

  • Drag and drop — one file becomes one stack
  • “Add media” → “Choose files”
  • “Paste image or URL” — paste a copied image or an image URL

Add a folder

When you drop a folder, you can choose how to import it.

  • Combine into one stack — treat the whole folder as one work, such as a single comic volume
  • Create a new collection — make each file its own stack, in a collection named after the folder
  • Add as individual uploads — add files ignoring the folder structure

Videos, GIFs, and PDFs

These require FFmpeg (video and GIF) or Poppler (PDF). For setup, go to Set up external tools. Each page of a PDF becomes an image, forming a multi-page stack.

Combine pages

Comics and variant images can be managed as multiple pages in one stack. Create one by dropping files onto a stack open in the viewer, importing a folder and choosing “Combine into one stack”, or merging stacks together.

For the full list of ways to create one, plus adding, reordering, and separating pages, see Combine multiple pages.

Last updated: 2026-07-06