Files and uploads
Drag any file onto a canvas and it becomes a card. Images, video, audio and PDFs get real players and viewers; everything else becomes a file card with a type icon and a download. Free accounts can upload standard media within size caps, and Creator adds any file type at all — .psd, .fig, .zip — with no size limit on a 100GB drive.
Drag a file onto the canvas. The type is detected and the right kind of card is created — you never pick "upload as image" from a menu.
What each type becomes
| You drop | You get |
|---|---|
| Image (incl. HEIC/HEIF) | An image card with adjustments |
| Video | An inline player |
| Audio | A waveform player with cover art |
| A page-one thumbnail opening into a full viewer | |
| Anything else | A file card — type icon, name, size, download |
Small text files get an inline preview on the card rather than only a download.
Limits
Two different things are limited, and they are limited for different reasons.
File type. Free accounts can upload standard media. Non-standard types — .psd, .fig, .zip, project files, archives — require Creator. This is the "upload anything" feature and it is the paid one.
Size. On the free plan:
| Type | Cap |
|---|---|
| Video | 30 MB |
| Audio | 50 MB |
| 50 MB | |
| Images | No cap on any plan |
Creator removes the size caps entirely.
These are the real, enforced differences between free and paid — along with the card cap. Clusters, collaborators and editing are not limited on any plan.
Large uploads
Files beyond roughly a gigabyte upload in parts automatically, so a big video or a project archive is not one fragile request. If an upload is interrupted it can resume rather than starting over.
Batches upload a few at a time so one huge file does not block eleven small ones behind it.
Storage
Uploads count against your account's storage quota. Creator accounts get 100GB. The meter is in Settings → Billing.
Storage is counted against the owner of the cluster, not the person who uploaded. If you are an editor on someone else's board, your uploads use their quota — which is the same rule that governs the card cap.
How files are stored
Files go directly from your browser into private object storage, and are served back through signed URLs that expire. Nothing is in a public bucket and nothing is reachable by guessing a path.
Files referenced by a board are protected from cleanup for as long as the board references them. Removing the last card that uses a file makes it eligible for deletion later, not immediately.
Downloading
Every file card has a download. Images additionally offer a version with adjustments applied. PDFs can be downloaded from the viewer.
Frequently asked questions
What file types can I upload on the free plan?
Standard media — images, video, audio and PDFs — within the size caps listed below. Images have no size cap on any plan. Non-standard types like .psd, .fig and .zip require Creator.
How large a file can I upload?
On Creator there is no per-file limit; very large files upload in parts automatically. On the free plan video is capped at 30 MB, audio and PDF at 50 MB.
Where do my files actually live?
In private object storage. Files are served through signed URLs that expire, so a file cannot be reached by guessing a URL.
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