# ImageEditor plugin with Unsplash source

**URL:** <https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233>\
**Category:** Uppy\
**Created:** [August 19, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233 "2022-08-19T22:26:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![entaq](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/entaq/32/632_2.png) [@entaq](https://community.transloadit.com/u/entaq)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233/1 "2022-08-19T22:26:42Z")

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I noticed that the ImageEditor plugin only activates on some sources but not others like Unplash or Instagram.

You can see this in the examples here - [Dashboard — Uppy](https://uppy.io/examples/dashboard/)

Is this due to some sort of difference in the file format? File vs. Blob? Haven’t studied the source yet, but wanted to see if this was intentional or if I’m missing some simple config.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![entaq](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/entaq/32/632_2.png) [@entaq](https://community.transloadit.com/u/entaq)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233/2 "2022-08-19T22:51:12Z")

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Ah - I think ImageEditor doesn’t work with sources that use Companion as the file is technically remote.

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**Author:** ![Merlijn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/merlijn/32/1382_2.png) [@Merlijn](https://community.transloadit.com/u/Merlijn)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 8:55am UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233/3 "2022-08-22T08:55:50Z")

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Yes, the point of Companion is that the file is downloaded remotely to save bandwidth on the client. Therefor, there is only metadata locally, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of the remote download.

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**Author:** ![entaq](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/entaq/32/632_2.png) [@entaq](https://community.transloadit.com/u/entaq)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233/4 "2022-08-25T16:41:36Z")

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Makes sense, the companion also helps with CORS issues etc… so I hadn’t considered metadata only download.

Is there a way to download the whole image for cropping etc?

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**Author:** ![Merlijn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.transloadit.com/merlijn/32/1382_2.png) [@Merlijn](https://community.transloadit.com/u/Merlijn)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.transloadit.com/t/imageeditor-plugin-with-unsplash-source/16233/5 "2022-08-25T17:04:28Z")

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Unfortunately not for remote files.