diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml
index acf70f0a759..571fac50002 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Row {
 
         actionIndicatorVisible: false
 
-        //TODO: Disable until we figure out how to use images from outside qds
-        //onAbsoluteFilePathChanged: uniformValue = absoluteFilePath
+        onAbsoluteFilePathChanged: uniformValue = absoluteFilePath
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakeruniformsmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakeruniformsmodel.cpp
index d8aa312df5a..cfbbf3f5778 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakeruniformsmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakeruniformsmodel.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,21 @@ bool EffectMakerUniformsModel::setData(const QModelIndex &index, const QVariant
         return false;
 
     auto uniform = m_uniforms.at(index.row());
-    uniform->setValue(value);
-    g_propertyData.insert(uniform->name(), value);
+
+    if (uniform->type() == Uniform::Type::Sampler) {
+        QString updatedValue = value.toString();
+        int idx = value.toString().indexOf("file:");
+
+        QString path = idx > 0 ? updatedValue.right(updatedValue.size() - idx - 5) : updatedValue;
+        updatedValue = QUrl::fromLocalFile(path).toString();
+
+        uniform->setValue(updatedValue);
+        g_propertyData.insert(uniform->name(), updatedValue);
+    } else {
+        uniform->setValue(value);
+        g_propertyData.insert(uniform->name(), value);
+    }
+
     emit dataChanged(index, index, {role});
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakerwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakerwidget.cpp
index 0199d2eca2a..c26247fef19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakerwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakerwidget.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "qqmlcontext.h"
 #include "theme.h"
 
+#include "qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/assetimageprovider.h"
+
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 
 #include <studioquickwidget.h>
@@ -136,6 +138,11 @@ void EffectMakerWidget::initView()
     m_backendModelNode.setup(m_effectMakerView->rootModelNode());
     m_quickWidget->rootContext()->setContextProperty("anchorBackend", &m_backendAnchorBinding);
     m_quickWidget->rootContext()->setContextProperty("modelNodeBackend", &m_backendModelNode);
+    m_quickWidget->rootContext()->setContextProperty("activeDragSuffix", "");
+
+    m_quickWidget->engine()->addImageProvider("qmldesigner_thumbnails",
+                                              new QmlDesigner::AssetImageProvider(
+                                                  QmlDesigner::QmlDesignerPlugin::imageCache()));
 
     // init the first load of the QML UI elements
     reloadQmlSource();
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp
index a9729b574ef..c7e460e460e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace EffectMaker {
 
-Uniform::Uniform(const QJsonObject &propObj, const QString &qenPath) :
-    m_qenPath(qenPath)
+Uniform::Uniform(const QJsonObject &propObj, const QString &qenPath)
+    : m_qenPath(qenPath)
 {
     QString value, defaultValue, minValue, maxValue;
 
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ Uniform::Uniform(const QJsonObject &propObj, const QString &qenPath) :
         QString mipmapProperty = mipmapPropertyName(m_name);
         g_propertyData[mipmapProperty] = m_enableMipmap;
     }
+
     if (propObj.contains("value")) {
         value = propObj.value("value").toString();
-        if (m_type == Type::Sampler && !value.isEmpty())
+        if (m_type == Type::Sampler)
             value = getResourcePath(value);
     } else {
         // QEN files don't store the current value, so with those use default value
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
index 5146de6b67c..8f14383bb4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QVector2D)
 
 namespace EffectMaker {
 
-
-
 class Uniform : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/assetimageprovider.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/assetimageprovider.h
index 450086d323d..b71543444a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/assetimageprovider.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/assetimageprovider.h
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "imagecache/midsizeimagecacheprovider.h"
+#include "qmldesigner_global.h"
 
 #include <QQuickAsyncImageProvider>
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
-class AssetImageProvider : public QQuickAsyncImageProvider
+class QMLDESIGNER_EXPORT AssetImageProvider : public QQuickAsyncImageProvider
 {
 public:
     AssetImageProvider(AsynchronousImageCache &imageCache, const QImage &defaultImage = {})