# Using image assets Image assets are what you use when you want a picture inside a clip. Upload an image to Clipnote, it gets a public URL, and you reference that URL from the clip's content. Image assets are **your own image store, independent of any clip**. One image can be referenced from several clips, or from none — you can just park it there. ## Uploading On the Image assets screen, press **Upload image** and either drag a file in or pick one. | | | | --- | --- | | Formats | PNG / JPEG / GIF / WebP | | Size limit per file | 5 MB | SVG isn't supported. Scripts can be embedded in SVG files, so the format is excluded. Renaming a file's extension won't get it past the check — Clipnote inspects the actual contents of the file to confirm the format. You can also upload from an AI client (see [What you can do over MCP](https://clipnote.paritto.dev/p/3ee1a60f-aaf0-45a0-99af-c18a3af54644)). ## Embedding an image Get the URL with **Copy URL** in the list and paste it into your content. In a Markdown clip: ```  ``` In an HTML clip: ``` <img src="https://assets.clipnote.paritto.dev/…/….png" alt="Sales chart"> ``` Plain text clips don't display images — the URL shows up as literal text. ## What you need to know: images are always at a public URL This is a deliberate trade-off in how Clipnote works, so let's be direct about it. **An uploaded image can be opened by anyone who knows its URL, regardless of the visibility of the clip it's in.** That includes images embedded in private clips. The clip itself stays closed to other people; the image doesn't. It works this way because clip content is served from a separate, restricted frame on another domain (see [HTML, Markdown, and plain text](https://clipnote.paritto.dev/p/0074fb67-c2fd-4b27-bdeb-2859d0f367b8)), and images still need to load quickly. URLs use random identifiers, so nobody is going to guess one — but **don't upload an image you'd mind someone seeing**. If a screenshot has personal information in it, cover that up before uploading rather than after. ## What the list shows A preview, the filename, the size, the format, and the upload time, newest first. The filename is only used for the list and for the name of the file when you download it. **It isn't part of the URL**, so nobody can infer what an image is from the name you gave it. ## Deleting Deleting is permanent. It also **doesn't rewrite the content of any clip that uses the image** — the picture simply stops loading on that page. Check where an image is used before you delete it. ## Read next - [HTML, Markdown, and plain text](https://clipnote.paritto.dev/p/0074fb67-c2fd-4b27-bdeb-2859d0f367b8) - [What you can do over MCP](https://clipnote.paritto.dev/p/3ee1a60f-aaf0-45a0-99af-c18a3af54644) - [Limits and frequently asked questions](https://clipnote.paritto.dev/p/c45e8ace-4ccc-4299-aee3-0cfd98783902)