Image Extraction

Every diagram, pulled out and ready to reuse

Turn on Extract images when you upload, and BrightStudy pulls every diagram and figure out of the document, ready to redraw, drag into your Study Doc, or search for later.

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One toggleturns on figure extraction for any upload

2 crop methodsprecise for PDFs, AI-detected for photos and scans

AI redrawa clean illustration with Enhance images

2 AI toolsEnhance and Describe, from your image library

A hand-drawn diagram pinned to a board beside a tidy, redrawn version of the same figure

Figures, pulled out automatically

Diagrams that work harder

Turn on Extract images when you upload, and every figure is lifted out and placed in your Study Doc, ready to use again.

One toggle when you upload

Extract images from document, off by default, pulls every diagram and figure out of the file and places it inline.

Precise for PDFs

A PDF already knows where its own figures sit, so BrightStudy lifts them out exactly.

AI-detected for photos and scans

A photographed or scanned page has no such markers, so BrightStudy finds each figure’s position itself.

Redrawn with Enhance images

A second toggle redraws a rough or low-contrast figure as a clean, high-contrast illustration.

Drag straight into your notes

Every extracted figure sits in its own panel in the Study Doc, ready to drag in wherever you want it.

Two ways figures are found

Exact where it can be,

How a figure is found depends on what you uploaded.

A printed PDF page with a diagram outlined by a neat ruled border

PDF pages

Your PDF already knows where each figure sits, so BrightStudy lifts it out exactly — no guessing at the edges.

A smartphone photographing a textbook page with a diagram on it

Photos and scans

A photographed or scanned page has no such markers, so BrightStudy finds each figure’s position and crops it out.

Enhance images

The same figure, redrawn cleanly

Switch on Enhance images and a rough or photographed figure becomes a clean, labelled illustration — the content stays exactly the same.

Example figure

A photographed hand-drawn diagram of the nephron, lit unevenly and slightly blurred

What each stage gives you

Original cropAs capturedEnhance imagesRedrawnIf it does not work outA safe fallback

Original crop

Kept exactly as photographed, scanned or embedded — nothing redrawn.

Enhance images

Recreated as a clean, high-contrast illustration.
Every label, arrangement and proportion is preserved — nothing added or removed.

If it does not work out

BrightStudy falls back to the original crop, so you are never left without an image.

The extracted-images panel

From the panel into your document

Every figure pulled from the document waits in its own panel beside the Study Doc.

Open the panel

Click Extracted images in the Study Doc toolbar to see every figure pulled from this document.

Drag it into the document

Drag any figure from the panel straight into your notes, wherever you want it.

Move it again any time

Drag a figure already in the document to reposition it, the same way.

What to do with a figure

As captured, or redrawn and reused

Figures do not have to stay as they were found. Pick what each one needs.

Keep the original

Choose it if

The photo or scan is already clear.

You get

The figure kept exactly as captured.

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Enhance it

Choose it if

A diagram is rough, photographed at an angle or low-contrast.

You get

A clean, high-contrast illustration of the same figure.

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Insert from your library

Choose it if

You want to reuse a figure from an earlier upload.

You get

Search your own BrightStudy image library from the Insert tab.

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Ask for a description

Choose it if

You want a title and caption for a figure.

You get

AI Describe writes a title and a one-to-two-sentence description.

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Inside BrightStudy

Every figure, yours to reuse

Figures do not only live in the document they came from — they build up into a library of your own.

Extracted images, ready to place

Every figure pulled from this document, waiting to be dragged in.

Study Docs →

The BrightStudy Study Doc editor with the Extracted images panel open showing several diagrams

Turn it on when you upload

Extract images and Enhance images, as toggles on the upload page.

The BrightStudy upload page with the Extract images from document and Enhance images toggles

A library of your own

Every figure you have extracted, with Enhance and Describe for each one.

The BrightStudy Vault image library with Enhance and Describe options on a diagram

Search it from any document

The Insert tab’s BrightStudy Database searches your own image library, wherever you are.

Vault →

The BrightStudy Insert Image popover showing the BrightStudy Database option and a grid of saved images

How it works

From a document to a library of your own

Figures build up every time you upload with Extract images turned on.

1
Turn on Extract images
A toggle on the upload page, off by default.
2
Figures are found
Exactly, for a PDF; AI-detected, for a photo or scan.
3
Redraw if you want to
Enhance images cleans up a rough or low-contrast figure.
4
Placed in your Study Doc
And in the extracted-images panel beside it.
5
Reuse it any time
Search your image library from the Insert tab of any document.

In the Study Doc

Figures that stay part of the page

An extracted figure sits in your Study Doc like any other image — move it, resize it, or drag in another from the panel beside it.

A BrightStudy Study Doc with two extracted diagrams placed inline among formatted text

A Study Doc with its extracted figures already placed inline.

FAQ

Questions, answered

How figures are found, redrawn and reused.

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What does "Extract images from document" do?

Pulls every diagram and figure out of your upload and places it inline in the Study Doc, as well as in its own extracted-images panel. It is off by default.

How does BrightStudy know where a figure is?

For a PDF, it reads the file’s own image placement, so the crop is exact. For a photo or scan, it detects each figure’s position automatically.

What does Enhance images do, and can I turn it off?

It redraws a figure as a clean, high-contrast illustration, keeping every label, arrangement and proportion the same. It is a separate toggle, off by default — leave it off to keep the original crop.

Can I drag figures into my Study Doc myself?

Yes. Open Extracted images in the Study Doc toolbar and drag any figure into the document, or drag one already placed to reposition it.

Where do extracted figures end up afterwards?

In your Vault image library, where each one can be enhanced or described, alongside the originals.

What does AI Describe produce?

A short title and a one-to-two-sentence description for a figure, which you can regenerate if you want a different one.

Can I reuse a figure from an earlier upload in a new Study Doc?

Yes. The Insert tab’s BrightStudy Database searches your own image library — not a shared collection — so any figure you have extracted before is one search away.

Is image extraction free?

Extracting and enhancing figures uses your monthly AI allowance. Compare plans.

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