---
title: "Google Drive"
description: "Import product photos and brand files from Google Drive, and save finished creatives back to a Drive folder."
url: https://kalpana.one/integrations/google-drive
---

# Google Drive

Import product photos and brand files from Google Drive, and save finished creatives back to a Drive folder.
Kind: storage. Availability: live.

Your product photos and brand files probably already sit in shared Drive folders. Bring them into Kalpana without downloading them, and send finished creatives back to Drive for the people who publish them.

Images are copied into Kalpana before they are used, so a batch never depends on a link that might break mid-run.

## Connect Google Drive

1. In your workspace, open **Integrations** from the sidebar.
2. On the **Providers** tab, find Google Drive and click **Add connection**.
3. Give the connection a name, like brand assets or office drive.
4. Click **Continue to Google Drive** and sign in with Google.
5. You land back on the **Connections** tab with the account listed.

## Import images into your asset library

1. Open **Brand Assets**, then **All Images**.
2. Click **Import** next to Upload and choose **Google Drive**.
3. Pick the **Connection** and search for images by name.
4. Tick the images you want and click **Import**.

Note: Up to 25 PNG, JPEG or WebP images at a time, each under 5 MB. They are copied into Kalpana; your Drive files are not changed.

## Use the images in a batch

1. Start a batch from a template and fill the image field of each row from your asset library.
2. Validate the rows. Kalpana checks every image is in place before anything renders.
3. Create the batch, then run it.

## Save creatives to Google Drive

Send one creative, a selection or a whole folder.

1. Open **Creatives** from the sidebar.
2. Choose **Save to storage** from a creative's menu, from the selection bar, or from a folder's menu.
3. Pick the **Storage account** and browse to the **Destination** folder.
4. Click **Save**. A folder is saved as a new folder with all its creatives.

## FAQ

**Why import images instead of linking to them?**
A batch never fetches images from outside Kalpana while it runs. Imported images are checked when you validate the batch, so a moved file or an expired link cannot break a run halfway.

**Can I import a whole folder at once?**
Import works on selected images, up to 25 at a time. Search by name to find them quickly.

**Does Kalpana keep the images in sync?**
No. Imported images are copies in your Kalpana library. Import again when a file changes.

**Where do saved creatives go?**
Into the folder you pick. Saving copies them there; the creatives stay in Kalpana too.