Elements & Tools
Images
Images make the canvas visual: drop them in by the dozen, arrange them into moodboards, caption them, even use one as a clickable link.
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Getting images in
- Drag & drop one or many files from your computer straight onto the canvas. Drop several at once and they land side by side as a grid around the drop point — in file order, evenly spaced, all selected — instead of in a pile. Works for pasted and uploaded batches too, and for mixed drops (images with PDFs, videos or documents).
- Paste (Cmd/Ctrl+V) an image copied anywhere — including screenshots.
- Upload via the Image tool I.
- Drop into the folder on disk — appears in the New Items pool.
Supported formats include JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, HEIC/HEIF, TIFF, BMP and AVIF. iPhone photos in HEIC format are converted to JPG automatically on import, so they display on every device. With a connected folder, the image file itself is stored in the board’s folder — an ordinary file you own.
Shaping an image
- Resize by the corners. Rotate with the rotation handle (or Cmd/Ctrl-drag).
- Aspect ratio: the floating bar offers 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4 or Original — visualOS crops the view (cover-fit), never your file.
- Caption: add a line of text under the image via the floating bar — it moves with the image.
Viewing full-screen
Double-click an image to open the lightbox: full resolution, pinch/scroll to zoom, drag to pan, Esc (or Back on mobile) to close.
Images as links
Right-click an image → “Add link…” and the image becomes clickable: a small ↗ badge appears, and double-clicking opens the URL instead of the lightbox. Perfect for visual bookmarks — a screenshot of a site that is the link to it. The link can be edited or removed the same way.
Select any images (or anything else) and press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+A — or the grid icon in the floating bar — to arrange them as a grid in one go. For fine-tuning by hand, alignment guides snap them into clean rows as you drag.