# Export Complete Project with Images **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [June 26, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834 "2025-06-26T12:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TechEnlive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834/1 "2025-06-26T12:34:57Z")
Hi, I have uploaded some images using image management. Now, when exporting the project and using it on another site, the images are not seen. How can I export images? Thanks. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/d/4dc6481185c89f5449fa493cc2900e4143597b9f.png) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834/2 "2025-06-26T12:42:52Z")
Image management is a gateway resource, not a project resource. You must import into all gateways where you deploy your project. Unfortunately, these are not stored in files in the gateway, but in the internal config DB. (Fixed in v8.3, but you are stuck manually reimporting in v8.1.) ---
**Author:** ![TechEnlive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834/3 "2025-06-26T12:46:49Z")
Hi, Thanks for you advise and you are right. I have a question when exporting gateway to new site it will update everything (DB,User etc). But we need to move only project and its images. Is there another way that we user images??? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834/4 "2025-06-26T12:52:04Z")
If you have the webdev module, you can host any image files you like, and deploy them as files in your gateway filesystem. I recommend that. (Or my Blob Server module, if you want to store images in your own database.) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834/5 "2025-06-26T15:48:35Z")
For posterity, you can use [Kindling](https://github.com/inductiveautomation/kindling) to export the images in a gateway backup file: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/f/7fdbe18a77edf93f006e64ac80fa110b42317d02.png) ---
**Author:** ![TechEnlive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-complete-project-with-images/107834/6 "2025-06-27T08:00:39Z")
**Thank you all for the support and helpful suggestions.** I used the method of converting images to Base64 and then using them directly, so there’s no need to keep a separate backup of the images. > **[Base64 Image Encoder](https://www.base64-image.de/)** > > Optimize your images and convert them to base64 online. Drag & Drop your files, copy to clipboard with a click and use the result in HTML and CSS. Thanks again for your assistance.