SketchUp For Web No Longer Permits PNG Nor JPG Imports

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I often use .jpg or .png files to make templates, but today SketchUp Free For Web won’t accept them. Now there is a disclaimer that I have to upgrade to do what I’ve been doing regularly for over a year. Why should anyone upgrade to a paid version when SketchUp is constantly taking away features or crashing on functions that used to work?

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It’s possible you’re trying to edit an existing material, which has required a paid version for a long time. You can drag PNGs straight from your desktop to the modeling space, and it should import ok. JPEGs work as well.

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Thanks, but I only import images as components when I need to trace an image. This particular situation involves a brand new project with no other components created yet.

I have used the import function, dragged and dropped but nothing happens. I use the SketchUp For Web app on Google Chrome on a MacBook Pro Intel running Sequoia 15.7.4

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Have you tried a different browser?

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this is on a mac (15.7.3) using Opera. and yes, this is a free account, I have one just for cases like this.

first, I drag then choose to import as an image.

then I choose to import as a material (and apply it on a face)
It’s funny, I thought creating materials was go+ not free licence, but I was wrong.

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Hey,

Im a developer on the team, could you send along a video of what you were trying to do?

Also if you are willing I would love to see the Console Log (Browser Kebab > More Tools > Developer Tools). Or even get a copy of the image you are trying to import. As everyone else has said free should allow importing SKP, PNG, and JPG.

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I can not reproduce this issue with Chrome on PC.
Opera is not really supported with SketchUp.