# Unable to change imported image filename paths

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**Category:** Work in progress\
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/unable-to-change-imported-image-filename-paths/4385 "2018-02-27T23:11:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jamos](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@Jamos](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Jamos)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/unable-to-change-imported-image-filename-paths/4385/1 "2018-02-27T23:11:37Z")

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Hello all,

Sorry to pester you as this question has probably been asked 100 times but I for some reason anything I’ve tried just isn’t working.

I’ve got my assignment on USB stick so the filename paths change all the time, therefore don’t load up on a new computer.

The files are all in the same folder as the .sifz file.

But when I go to the file in each of the layers and try to change the imported path it just reverts back to the former path.

Any idea why that would be the case?  
[GimpAssignment.sifz](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6b9a45976fe59200d310ddae2bdc9d63d421751d.sifz) (3.63 KB)

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**Author:** ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/unable-to-change-imported-image-filename-paths/4385/2 "2018-02-28T13:59:32Z")

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Hi and welcome here,

please use relative path instead of FQN 😉

> [@New User with an issue!](https://forums.synfig.org/t/new-user-with-an-issue/3910/2):
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> Hi and welcome The\_Deaner\_Breakdown, 1.0.2 is pretty old and a lot of things have been reworked/improved since. Dev build are a lot faster and visually better (under Windows), you should try it ([download.tuxfamily.org/morevna/packages/synfig/](http://download.tuxfamily.org/morevna/packages/synfig/)) About your PNG’s, beware the way you import them: they should only use relative path to the project, it is a common issue. Enjoy !

> [@Mistake when opening file](https://forums.synfig.org/t/mistake-when-opening-file/3828/4):
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> Always define a [relative path instead of a fully qualified path](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)) for files of resources. Resources should always reside in the same directory than project file, and so, you could make your whole project as “portable”. wink

> [@Imported images dissapear?](https://forums.synfig.org/t/imported-images-dissapear/3729/7):
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> It is what I thought… By default, you load images with full path (X:\folder\file.png) Try to use relative paths instead (file.png, .\file.png, …\file.png, wherever is is located relatively to your project) wink

[wiki.synfig.org/Category:ImportArt](https://wiki.synfig.org/Category:ImportArt)