# Images in the Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-the-designer/116996>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-the-designer/116996 "2026-09-04T13:58:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_DeLuca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Matthew\_DeLuca](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew_DeLuca)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-the-designer/116996/1 "2026-09-04T13:58:23Z")

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How can we easily management or sync images between multiple gateways. Sending projects between gateways using EAM works well but the projects reference images that do not get sent to gateways. Is there a way to easily manage this without exporting and importing into every gateway manually?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-the-designer/116996/2 "2026-09-04T14:20:47Z")

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If you're running 8.3:

> [@Export images from image management](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-images-from-image-management/66037/11):
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> As of Ignition 8.3, images are stored under: \<Ignition Installation Root\>/data/config/resources/core/ignition/images This folder contains a folder for each image, each folder is named after the image. Alongside the original image, the folder also contains a configuration json file with image metadata.

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**Author:** ![SWoollett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@SWoollett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SWoollett)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-the-designer/116996/3 "2026-09-14T21:21:59Z")

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Will Ignition automatically pick-up the new images in this location or is there additional steps that need to be take?

We've implemented a system to synchronize the images between our development gateway and the production gateways.

I can see the new images are in the correct location but are not appearing in the image management tool or in the project when referenced.

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**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:** [September 14, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-the-designer/116996/4 "2026-09-14T22:17:57Z")

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You will need to trigger a gateway configuration scan, which you can do from the gateway web UI. Ignore the stuff about 'deployment modes' here:

> **[Scanning the File System for Deployment Mode Changes​ - Gateway Deployment Modes...](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/platform/gateway/web-interface/platform/gateway-deployment-modes#scanning-the-file-system-for-deployment-mode-changes)**
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> 💡Have feedback for this page? Let us know on the IA Forum. | Gateway Deployment Modes allow you to configure different running environments for your Gateway. This can be useful in cases where you want to use your Gateway in different capacities, such...