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Picture to be shown to players

So in my style I like to show a quick picture to players to help set the scene when they first enter a new area, is there any way to do this easily on Roll20? It looks as though I can look up a portrait and simply expand the picture to fill the screen, or make a new page for it on its own. But I'm not sure I will still be able to find all I would need without uploading more pictures to my profile.
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My style is that too! As GM, put the picture anywhere on the tabletop (Map Layer or Object/Token Layer). Click the picture and, as GM, press Shift-Z to pop up the picture in full size for everyone to see. Using this method you can easily place a row of pics, or fill the margins, with as many portraits and pictures as you plan to show. They can be small on the tabletop, but expands to show at full size using Shift-Z method. Alternatively you can make a handout for each graphic, set the Handout to be viewable by All Players, and then press "Show To Players" button on the top of the handout when you want to pop-up the handout to everyone. This method is better when you have 1 picture + text to type in that goes with the picture. To get the pictures into the tabletop or the Handouts without uploading the pictures to your own Library, you can use results from the Art Search, and drag-drop them directly from the art-search sidebar, onto the tabletop. Shift-z documented in the wiki, <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Keyboard_Shortcuts#Miscell" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Keyboard_Shortcuts#Miscell</a>... Wiki docs for Handouts, <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Journal#Handouts" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Journal#Handouts</a> Art search wiki, <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Art_Library" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Art_Library</a>
My goodness these are all simple enough I have no idea how I didn't see them. &nbsp;Must be the intimidation of the computer. Thank you!
You can also put a link into chat players can click, that way it doesn't take up space in your library.&nbsp; [Text](image http link)
Hi&nbsp; Joshua P. - since you've gotten some great advice from our community, I will close this one, have fun!