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"Schematic Image" and "PCB Image" parts should be able to display regular images

Open lastant opened this issue 3 months ago • 5 comments

Problem

Currently the Schematic Image and PCB Image parts only support black-and-white images, but it would be useful to also have regular colored pictures. At least for the Schematic Image.

Use case: to reverse-engineer a PCB easier, I want to place its photo underneath, place all elements and connections according to the PCB photo, and then reorder them properly for a more readable presentation. So it would be best to place an image on the PCB view to do the re-arrangement in the schematic view. Right now regular PNG images are displayed as black.

Proposed Solution

Do not run black-and-white conversion on the image in the "Schematic Image" and "Custom PCB Image" parts, or give an option to avoid this.

lastant avatar Sep 18 '25 21:09 lastant