Use Image elements to add uploaded images, stock photos, AI-generated visuals, or placeholders to your designs.
Before you start
- Make sure you have permission to edit the board.
- The availability of workspace images and some AI features may depend on your plan.
Add an Image element
- Open the board where you want to add an image.
- Open the Wireframe Library.

- Select Image, then choose one of the available options:
- Upload image
- Browse images from integrated sources such as Pexels, Unsplash, and Pixabay
- Add an image or video placeholder
- Generate with AI

- Select or create an image to add it to the canvas.
- Move, resize, or customize the image as needed.
After you select an image option, such as uploading an image or browsing a stock library, Visily remembers your most recent selection.
Click the Image thumbnail again to repeat that action automatically. To choose a different source, click the arrow next to the thumbnail and select another option.
Image library
Select Upload image or Browse images, or press I to open the Image Library dialog. From there, you can upload, search, generate, and select images from different sources.
The Image Library includes:
- This Board: Upload new images or search and select images that were previously uploaded or used on the current board.

- Workspace Library: Upload, search, and select images from your workspace’s shared image library. This option is available on paid plans. See Manage Workspace Images.

- Pexels, Unsplash, and Pixabay: Browse and use free stock images directly from these platforms.

- Generate with AI: Create a custom image from a text prompt using the Visily AI Assistant.
Manage an Image element
Select an Image element to open its toolbar. The available actions include:
- Send to AI Chat: Send the image to the Visily AI Assistant for further modifications or use it as a reference for a new design generation.
- Display type: Switch between a real image and an image placeholder, depending on whether you want to show the final visual or reserve space for one.
- Change image: Replace the current image with another uploaded, stock, or AI-generated image. This option is available when the element displays a real image.
- Edit style: Customize the image’s layer opacity, blur, border style, corner radius, and shadow.
- Crop: Adjust which part of the image appears within the element’s boundaries.
- Flip: Flip the image horizontally or vertically.
- Save as template: Save the image element and its settings as a reusable template.
- Export: Export the selected image element.
- Other actions: Access additional options such as align, arrange layers, lock, copy, paste, duplicate, and delete.
Note
- Images used on the current board are available from the This Board tab. Use the Workspace Library when you want to reuse the same images across multiple boards.
- Stock image availability and search results are provided by the selected third-party platform.
- Make sure you have permission to use any images you upload to Visily.
Need more help?
If this does not solve your issue, contact support and include a screenshot if possible.