Any plugin that can download external image links and embed them? Broken external images

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Hi

Is there a tool or a plugin that can download URL images in captured pages and embed them as local files? For some reason the web clipper does not download images, instead it references the actual URL of the images. This issue is not so obvious when Joplin can connect to the internet and show those images, but if Joplin can't connect to the net all those images look like broken images

Here is a sample page that captured by Joplin

https://www.artstation.com/blogs/timotheemaron/nroA/lookdev-study-lego-minifigure-part-03-cg-studio-environment


With the measurements, I did some very basic model in Houdini for the lightbox wall, structure and backdrop. As well as the Grey Chart and reference balls.

[![](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/754/medium/lego_env_wip_12.jpg?1622137120)](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/754/large/lego_env_wip_12.jpg?1622137120)

*(I hid the foil walls geo to show the inside)*

And placed a camera at the correct position and height.

To get the correct focal length and aperture size, I Iooked into the technical specs of the Ipad camera. However what I found did not match 100% what I have in my references. Doing more research I found that the camera is supposed to mimic a 35mm at 29mm focal length but at its own scale which is 3mm.
So I just used the 35mm as aperture size and 29mm as focal length in my CG camera. With a bit of manual tweak of the angle and position of the camera, I end up with a pretty good match.

[![](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/758/medium/lego_env_wip_13.jpg?1622137724)](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/758/large/lego_env_wip_13.jpg?1622137724)

Rendered

With the measurements, I did some very basic model in Houdini for the lightbox wall, structure and backdrop. As well as the Grey Chart and reference balls.

(I hid the foil walls geo to show the inside)

And placed a camera at the correct position and height.

To get the correct focal length and aperture size, I Iooked into the technical specs of the Ipad camera. However what I found did not match 100% what I have in my references. Doing more research I found that the camera is supposed to mimic a 35mm at 29mm focal length but at its own scale which is 3mm.
So I just used the 35mm as aperture size and 29mm as focal length in my CG camera. With a bit of manual tweak of the angle and position of the camera, I end up with a pretty good match.

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The clipper does capture the images but in this case the pictures on the page aren't actually links to the image file - as you can see in the markdown.
The actual image file is https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/754/medium/lego_env_wip_12.jpg but the link on the website is https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/754/large/lego_env_wip_12.jpg?1622137120

Just go to that website, right click an image and select "copy image link" and you will get the same url.

<img data-image-id="784754" data-asset-id="784754" src="https://cdna.artstation.com/p/media_assets/images/images/000/784/754/medium/lego_env_wip_12.jpg?1622137120" class="img-responsive">
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Thanks but that is too much of a work because that is not the only page I need and I get this issue very frequently with the clips.

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Oh I don't mean to say it is a solution, just saying that it is likely the reason why the clipper isn't picking it up as it is seeing it just as a hyperlink, not an image.

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That was why I was looking for tool that can automate this. I know Obsidian has a similar plugin for this.

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