--- title: How to Import Images into BiteFX for Windows description: From the desk of Stu Harman, our support and coaching expert. In this article Stu explains how to import your own clinical photos into the BiteFX for image: https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hubfs/3-4.png --- [![products that help dentists understand and explain the concepts of occlusion with a particular focus on using computer animations](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/file-1362707882-png/images/dental-computer-animations-new.png)](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/) ![WebsiteBanner](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/Images/Marketing/WebsiteBanner.jpg?width=965&height=96&name=WebsiteBanner.jpg) # The BiteFX Blog for All Things Relating to Occlusion ## [How to Import Images into BiteFX for Windows](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/bid/112009/how-to-import-images-into-bitefx-for-windows) Posted by [Stuart Harman](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/author/stuart-harman) on Fri, Aug 01, 2014 @ 08:08 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *From the desk of Stu Harman, our support and coaching expert. In this article Stu explains how to import your own clinical images into your BiteFX for Windows software.* BiteFX animations provide a powerful tool to help patients understand the nature of their occlusal disease. Combining BiteFX animations with clinical photographs of the patient’s teeth is a great way to help your patients understand, accept their condition, and be more open-minded towards accepting your treatment recommendations. When you see your patient's eyes light up with understanding, using imported pictures is sure to be a favorite way to present a BiteFX consultation. First of all, let's be clear what we mean by the term "import". What we are actually describing is the process of creating thumbnail images and shortcuts in BiteFX that point to picture files in an existing folder you've chosen to import. When completed, you're now able to select and display those pictures without having to exit the BiteFX application. So, when a folder is "imported" into BiteFX, the actual folder with its contents remains where it was last located, and when you remove a folder (also referred to as an "album") from BiteFX, the actual folder of pictures is not deleted, only the shortcuts and thumbnail images that were created for that folder. ## Let's start off with a few important facts you need to know: 1. Images that can be imported and selected for view within BiteFX must be **JPG**, **BMP**, or **PNG** file formats. Although it is permissible to have other types of files contained within the same folder (e.g. MS Excel or MS Word documents), those files will not be visible and cannot be selected within BiteFX. 2. Even if you only want to import a single image, that image file must be contained in a folder. 3. We strongly recommend you create and maintain photos to be used in BiteFX on a shared network server so that all of your workstations with BiteFX installed can navigate to those folders. ***Note: If you wish to use the Information Sharing feature, the imported images must be saved to a Network shared drive. *** 4. To avoid importing a large number of photographs into BiteFX, many of which you may not need for the patient's consultation, you may want to copy the images you will actually use into a separate folder (e.g., create a folder named "**BiteFX**" on a shared network drive, within that folder create a sub-folder named "**BiteFX Photos**", and then create individual patient and case picture folders inside that sub-folder). ## Browse for the Folder 1. Make sure the images you want to import are **JPG**, **BMP** or **PNG** files and are saved in a folder. 2. With either the Animation, Picture or Presentation Template panel open, click on the "**Add**** picture album**" located at the lower right corner of the BiteFX main screen. ![V3 Import Album Button_2](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/Importing%20Images%20V3/V3%20Import%20Album%20Button_2.jpg?width=381&name=V3%20Import%20Album%20Button_2.jpg) 1. When the **Choose Picture Folder browser **opens, navigate to the folder you want to import. ![Choose Picture Folder](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/Importing%20Images%20V3/Choose%20Picture%20Folder.jpg?width=600&name=Choose%20Picture%20Folder.jpg) 1. Click *once *on the folder name to highlight it, and then click on "**Select Folder**". 2. Your imported album will be located in the **Picture panel**, below all the BiteFX albums contained in the software so you will likely need to scroll down to view the imported album. ![Adams Imported Into BiteFX V4](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Importing%20Images%20V3/Adams%20Imported%20Into%20BiteFX%20V4.png?width=600&name=Adams%20Imported%20Into%20BiteFX%20V4.png) 1. Note that there are two unique icons in the upper left and right corners of the imported album. 1. In the upper left corner, a "**Remove album**" icon appears as a red "**X**" to allow you to remove the album (i.e. thumbnail images and shortcuts) from BiteFX when it is no longer needed. ![Remove Album Icon V4](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Importing%20Images%20V3/Remove%20Album%20Icon%20V4.png?width=491&name=Remove%20Album%20Icon%20V4.png) ## Don't Move or Delete the Folder 1. If you want to continue viewing imported images in the BiteFX application, and if you save presentations that include imported images for future use, it is imperative that the folder of images not be moved or deleted! Here's why: - This will cause the BiteFX software to "lose track" of the picture file's location so now the shortcuts that were created for the picture files in the import process will no longer work because they're no longer there. - If you try to select a picture from an imported album whose source folder has been moved or deleted, even though that album's thumbnail and its individual image thumbnails will still appear in the **Picture panel**, the displayed screen will be blank:  ![Blank Screen](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/hs-fs/file-1273978855-png/images/blank_screen.png?width=550&height=309&name=blank_screen.png)   ## Adding Notes to Imported Images Now that you have imported images into BiteFX, you can add your own notes so they will automatically appear in your BiteFX session report when the images are used in a recording. For detailed instructions how to add your notes, read the blog "[Treatment Plan: Adding Session Notes to Imported Pictures](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/bid/95357/Treatment-Plan-Adding-Session-Notes-to-Imported-Pictures)".   **If you need further assistance importing images into BiteFX for Windows, please contact us by email at your convenience, or by telephone Mon-Fri  8am–5pm Pacific Time****:** [**support@bitefx.com**](mailto:support@bitefx.com) **1-877-2BiteFX (1-877-224-8339) International (+1) 530-582-1189**     * * * * Tags: [Using BiteFX](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/topic/using-bitefx) Search Search the Blog ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [2017 Updates (8)](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/topic/2017-updates) - [2018 Updates (12)](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/topic/2018-updates) - [2019 Updates (7)](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/topic/2019-updates) - [2020 Updates (1)](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/topic/2020-updates) - [Admin (1)](https://hubspot.bitefx.com/topic/admin) - 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