diff --git a/frontend/src/app/plugins/format.cljs b/frontend/src/app/plugins/format.cljs
index 0ea3832406..2b892a65e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/plugins/format.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/plugins/format.cljs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   (:require
    [app.common.data :as d]
    [app.common.data.macros :as dm]
+   [app.plugins.image-data :refer [create-image-data]]
    [app.util.object :as obj]))
 
 (def shape-proxy nil)
@@ -106,15 +107,9 @@
 ;;   keepAspectRatio?: boolean;
 ;; };
 (defn format-image
-  [{:keys [name width height mtype id keep-aspect-ratio] :as image}]
+  [image]
   (when (some? image)
-    (obj/without-empty
-     #js {:name name
-          :width width
-          :height height
-          :mtype mtype
-          :id (format-id id)
-          :keepAspectRatio keep-aspect-ratio})))
+    (create-image-data image)))
 
 ;; export interface Color {
 ;;   id?: string;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/plugins/image_data.cljs b/frontend/src/app/plugins/image_data.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3bfb84080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/plugins/image_data.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+(ns app.plugins.image-data
+  (:require
+   [app.common.data.macros :as dm]
+   [app.config :as cf]
+   [app.util.http :as http]
+   [app.util.object :as obj]
+   [beicon.v2.core :as rx]))
+
+(defn create-image-data
+  [{:keys [name width height mtype id keep-aspect-ratio] :as entry}]
+  (obj/reify {:name "ImageData"}
+    :name            {:get (constantly name)}
+    :width           {:get (constantly width)}
+    :height          {:get (constantly height)}
+    :mtype           {:get (constantly mtype)}
+    :id              {:get #(when id (dm/str id))}
+    :keepAspectRatio {:get (constantly keep-aspect-ratio)}
+
+    :data
+    (fn []
+      (let [url (cf/resolve-file-media entry)]
+        (js/Promise.
+         (fn [resolve reject]
+           (->> (http/send!
+                 {:method :get
+                  :uri url
+                  :response-type :blob})
+                (rx/map :body)
+                (rx/mapcat #(.arrayBuffer %))
+                (rx/map #(js/Uint8Array. %))
+                (rx/subs! resolve reject))))))))