# Custom image import & backgrounds

**URL:** <https://forum.metagrid.app/t/custom-image-import-backgrounds/458>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/custom-image-import-backgrounds/458 "2025-01-30T22:27:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dylanmixer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@dylanmixer](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/dylanmixer)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/custom-image-import-backgrounds/458/1 "2025-01-30T22:27:36Z")

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Will we ever be able to import custom images as blocks in Metagrid as well as custom backgrounds?

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**Author:** ![MetaGrid\_Admin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.metagrid.app/metagrid_admin/32/21_2.png) [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/custom-image-import-backgrounds/458/2 "2025-01-31T11:59:31Z")

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That’s on our To Do list but we have some legal issues to be sorted before we implement this functionality (sharing grids with custom images owned by third parties etc.).

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**Author:** ![dylanmixer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@dylanmixer](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/dylanmixer)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/custom-image-import-backgrounds/458/3 "2025-01-31T16:51:53Z")

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Makes sense. Thanks!