> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://penana-1.gitbook.io/penana-guide/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://penana-1.gitbook.io/penana-guide/the-basics/post-your-story-work/uploading-an-image.md).

# Uploading an image

There are two ways to upload images to Penana.

1\.     From a third-party website

2\.     Using Penana's "Comic Artist Program

## **From a third-party website**

To insert an original image, you can first upload the image to a image upload service website (e.g. photobucket, imgur, Flickr, etc.). Then click on " Image Icon" in the text editor and copy and paste the image URL into the URL field.

Please use the site you are familiar with to upload the images. For demonstration purposes, we will use <https://imgur.com>.

Note: We recommend using the PC version of Penana to upload images because the mobile app version does not support the image upload function.

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&#x20;1\. First go to <https://imgur.com/> and click **“New post”** to pop up the page for uploading images

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2\. Once you have selected the image, you can upload it with a single click

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3\. After uploading the image, please click the "..." in the upper right corner and select "Get share link"

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4\. Then a share options page will pop up and select the **“copy link”** in item 3 (please pay attention to red box)

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5\. Then go back to the Penana text editor.

There is an image icon in the editor:

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6\. Then the image properties page will pop up, and please paste the link you just copied in imgur into the URL field.

But watch out! It's not done yet!  **The “\[img]\[/img]” is not needed!**  Please delete it yourself!

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7\. Check if the link ends in **.jpg .png or .gif**, then click OK.

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## **Use Penana's "Comic Artist Program (Paid Image Upload Service)**

Penana uses AWS (Amazon Web Services) to store images and other data on the site. AWS can provide a reliable and stable image web hosting service, enabling writers not to worry about the uploaded images disappearing for no reason!

Anyone who has paid to become a user of the Comic Artist Program will receive a new editor function (TO BE ANNOUNCED).

**Comic Artist Program Information**

Image format: JPG PNG and other common formats

Size limit: Any size ( it will take more time for a bigger size to upload)

Upload limit: No limitations

Retention time: Forever

Price: **HK$58/year**