diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentImage.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentImage.cs
index 6026e554..a6f385b8 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentImage.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentImage.cs	
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 using AIStudio.Provider;
+using AIStudio.Tools.Validation;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Chat;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,23 @@ public sealed class ContentImage : IContent, IImageSource
 
     #endregion
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a ContentImage from a local file path.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="filePath">The path to the image file.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new ContentImage instance if the file is valid, null otherwise.</returns>
+    public static async Task<ContentImage?> CreateFromFileAsync(string filePath)
+    {
+        if (!await FileExtensionValidation.IsImageExtensionValidWithNotifyAsync(filePath))
+            return null;
+
+        return new ContentImage
+        {
+            SourceType = ContentImageSource.LOCAL_PATH,
+            Source = filePath,
+        };
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The type of the image source.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Validation/FileExtensionValidation.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Validation/FileExtensionValidation.cs
index cc40c959..741e596a 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Validation/FileExtensionValidation.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Validation/FileExtensionValidation.cs	
@@ -52,4 +52,31 @@ public static class FileExtensionValidation
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Validates that the file is a supported image format and sends appropriate MessageBus notifications when invalid.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="filePath">The file path to validate.</param>
+    /// <returns>True if valid image, false if invalid (error already sent via MessageBus).</returns>
+    public static async Task<bool> IsImageExtensionValidWithNotifyAsync(string filePath)
+    {
+        var ext = Path.GetExtension(filePath).TrimStart('.');
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ext))
+        {
+            await MessageBus.INSTANCE.SendError(new(
+                Icons.Material.Filled.ImageNotSupported,
+                TB("File has no extension")));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!Array.Exists(FileTypeFilter.AllImages.FilterExtensions, x => x.Equals(ext, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+            await MessageBus.INSTANCE.SendError(new(
+                Icons.Material.Filled.ImageNotSupported,
+                TB("Unsupported image format")));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }