# Direct Upload

If you already have a clean splat file, you don't need to use the [SuperSplat Editor](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/editor.md) to publish it. The **Direct Upload** flow lets you push a finished splat straight to your [Manage page](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/manage.md), where you can open it in [Studio](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/studio.md) or share its [scene page](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/scene-page.md).

This is the right path when:

- Your splat is already clean (no floaters, no unwanted background, sized appropriately).
- You produced the splat in another tool — a training pipeline, a smartphone scanner, or via the [Convert](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/convert.md) utility or the [splat-transform](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/splat-transform.md) CLI.
- You want to publish quickly without round-tripping through the Editor.

[Image: The Upload Splat dialog — a Publish-to selector and a click-or-drag file drop area]

## Launching the Upload dialog

There are three ways to open the Upload Splat dialog:

- The orange **Upload Splat** button on the [superspl.at home page](https://superspl.at). The fastest path if you're not already logged in or in the manage view — you'll be prompted to sign in.
- The **Upload Splat** button on the [Manage page](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/manage.md).
- Navigating to [superspl.at/upload](https://superspl.at/upload), which redirects to the Manage page with the dialog open.

You must be signed in with a PlayCanvas account to upload. See [Account Creation](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/account-management/user-accounts/account-creation.md).

## Supported input formats

Drag and drop, or pick from your filesystem. The dialog accepts:

| Format | File to upload | How it is validated |
|--------|----------------|---------------------|
| **PLY** | `.ply` | Starts with a PLY header and declares an ASCII or binary format. |
| **SOG** | `.sog` | Contains one `meta.json` file and the expected SOG WebP payload files. |
| **Streamed SOG bundle (SSOG)** | `.zip` | Contains `lod-meta.json` and one or more SOG chunk folders. See [Streaming & Performance](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/streaming.md). |
| **LCC** | `.zip` | Contains exactly one `.lcc` file with sibling `index.bin` and `data.bin` files. |

The file contents are validated after selection. Direct Upload does not accept `.compressed.ply`, `.ksplat`, `.splat`, or `.spz` files directly; use the [Convert](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/convert.md) utility or the [splat-transform CLI](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/splat-transform.md) to convert those first.

:::note Maximum file size

Direct Upload accepts files up to **10 GB**. Larger files must be split or compressed first — try the [Convert](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/convert.md) utility or the [splat-transform CLI](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/splat-transform.md) to bring file size down before uploading.

:::

## What happens after upload

The dialog moves through four stages:

1. **Select** — choose a file (or drop one in).
2. **Ready** — the file is validated locally. You can change it before continuing.
3. **Uploading** — the file streams to PlayCanvas storage.
4. **Publishing** — the platform creates the scene record.

When publishing completes, the dialog switches to the **Edit Splat** view for the newly created scene so you can immediately fill in metadata. The defaults are deliberately conservative:

| Field | Default |
|-------|---------|
| **Title** | Your filename with the extension removed |
| **Description** | _(empty)_ |
| **Visibility** | **Unlisted** — your splat is reachable only via its direct URL |
| **Downloadable** | **Off** — visitors can view but not download the source file |

From the Edit Splat view, you can:

- Adjust **Title** and **Description**.
- Tag the **Software Used** to capture or train the splat (visible as chips on the [scene page](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/scene-page.md)).
- Flip **Visibility** to **Public** to make the splat appear in [Explore](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/explore.md) searches.
- Enable **Downloadable** and pick a [Creative Commons license](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/manage.md#downloadable--license).
- **View** the public [scene page](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/scene-page.md), or **Open in Studio** to curate the viewing experience.

## Errors

| Error | Cause |
|-------|-------|
| **Unrecognized format** | The file does not match one of the supported structures above. |
| **File too large** | The file exceeds the 10 GB limit. |
| **Upload failed** | Network interruption or a server-side issue. Try again; if the problem persists, check your connection. |

## See also

- [Publishing from the Editor](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/editor/publishing.md) — the alternative path that goes through the SuperSplat Editor
- [Manage](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/manage.md) — what to do with your splat once it's uploaded
- [Studio](https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/supersplat/studio.md) — curate the viewing experience for a published splat