Why does Avatar and Token force double uploads?

Whenever I create a new character, a mook or whatever, setting the Default Token is easy. Upload, throw onto the screen, select, press Default Token. Cheesy. But then I want to change the Avatar into the same Token, for identification. ...and then it forces me to upload the image I have already uploaded. Why is that? That's terrible functionality. Why is there full functionality for choosing to upload or simply use a selected image for Tokens, but not for Avatars? It's incredibly frustrating, because it eventually leads to an incredible amount of bloat in the uploads.

You do not need to upload it again. Go to the Art Library tab, search for the art you have uploaded and then drag it to where you want it (such as the Character avatar).

I had that same question for months til Gauss explained it for me a week ago. I wonder if a Suggestion can be thought of & posted to help with people recognizing this. How would that work? I'm thinking in the Avatar area where it says "Drop A File (JPG, PNG, GIF) or Choose A File (button)".... Maybe there could be added a small bit of verbiage, "Drop A File from your computer or from your Art Library tab , or Choose A File" Would that help people to know about this feature? I think it would have given me a clue, back when I didn't know you could do this & double uploaded several assets.

Better would be to hash the contents of the file and not double up if it's already uploaded.

Gauss said: You do not need to upload it again. Go to the Art Library tab, search for the art you have uploaded and then drag it to where you want it (such as the Character avatar). Oh god, that's so wonderful. This will be so incredibly helpful to me and a few others. Thank you SO much. Aaron said: Better would be to hash the contents of the file and not double up if it's already uploaded. I'm not even sure what you mean.

Sorry.. Implementation detail. A Hash is a one-way function for generating a unique(ish) ID for a distinct set of data, like how your SSN only refers to you (mostly =D), and can thus be used as a substitute for other information about you. Software can generate a Hash of the data in an image, and use it to identify precisely(ish) that image, allowing it to quickly compare to images, and determine that it already has the image, and thus not keep a separate copy of the same image again.