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Image Studio

Construction generates a lot of photos — site progress, defects, completed work, safety hazards. Before those photos go into a report or get shared with a client, they often need work: cropping out irrelevant background, adding an arrow to highlight a crack, resizing for email, or adding a watermark with your company name. Image Studio handles all of this inside Pasco Cloud.

[Screenshot: Image Studio interface showing a construction photo being annotated with arrows and text callouts highlighting a defect, with the settings panel visible on the right]
Image Studio lets you annotate, resize, and process construction photos without leaving the platform.

What Image Studio Does

Image Studio is a standalone image editing tool built into the Pasco Cloud web app. It is designed for batch processing construction photos with the most common operations:

Annotation

Add visual callouts to your photos using the Pintura editor:

  • Arrows — point to specific areas of interest
  • Text labels — add descriptions directly on the image
  • Shapes — rectangles, circles, and lines to highlight regions
  • Freehand drawing — sketch directly on the image
  • Crop and rotate — frame the shot correctly
  • Brightness and contrast — improve visibility on photos taken in poor lighting

Resize

Optionally resize images to a target dimension:

  • Toggle resize on or off (enabled by default)
  • Choose a resize mode — fit within dimensions, fill dimensions, or exact size
  • Set maximum width and/or height in pixels
  • Maintains aspect ratio by default

Watermark

Add a text watermark to your images:

  • Custom text (e.g., your company name, "CONFIDENTIAL", or a project reference)
  • Semi-transparent background band behind the text for readability
  • Positioned on the image during processing

Output Settings

Control the final output format:

  • Format conversion — save as JPEG, PNG, or WebP
  • Quality control — adjust compression level for the output
  • Batch processing — process multiple images at once
  • ZIP download — download all processed images in a single ZIP file

How to Use It

  1. Navigate to Tools → Image Studio from the sidebar
  2. Drag and drop images onto the upload area, or click to browse and select files
  3. The tool reads EXIF data from your photos automatically — camera model, date taken, GPS coordinates, and orientation are preserved where available
  4. Configure your settings in the collapsible sections:
    • Resize — set target dimensions or toggle off to keep originals
    • Watermark — add text overlay if needed
    • Output — choose format and quality
  5. Click Process All to apply your settings to every uploaded image
  6. Download individual images or the entire batch as a ZIP file
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💡 Tip

Use Image Studio to prepare photos before adding them to reports or issues. Resizing large camera photos down to a reasonable size reduces upload times and keeps your reports loading quickly, especially on mobile with limited bandwidth.

Image Studio vs In-Report Annotation

Pasco Cloud has annotation capabilities in two places, and they serve different purposes:

FeatureImage StudioReport/Issue Annotation
WhereTools → Image StudioInside a report field or issue attachment
PurposeStandalone photo preparationContextual annotation on an attached image
Batch processingYes — multiple images at onceNo — one image at a time
Resize & watermarkYesNo
Format conversionYesNo
When to useBefore uploading to a reportWhile filling in a report or documenting an issue

Use Image Studio when you have a batch of photos from a site visit that need consistent processing — resize, watermark, and format them all at once. Use in-report annotation when you are already filling in a report and want to quickly mark up a single photo to highlight a specific detail.

Use Cases

  • Defect documentation — annotate a photo with arrows and text to clearly show what the defect is and where it is located, before attaching it to an issue
  • Progress photos — resize and watermark a batch of progress photos with the project name and date before sharing with a client
  • Safety records — highlight hazards in photos for safety reports, making it immediately clear what needs to be addressed
  • Before/after comparisons — crop and align photos to show the same area before and after remedial work
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ℹ️ Did you know?

Image Studio uses Pintura for its annotation editor — a professional-grade image editing library that works entirely in your browser. If a Pintura licence key is not configured, the annotation features gracefully degrade while resize, watermark, and batch processing remain available.

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