diff --git a/product_import/models/product_url.py b/product_import/models/product_url.py
index 9e4f3f5e8..6d0fcf755 100644
--- a/product_import/models/product_url.py
+++ b/product_import/models/product_url.py
@@ -21,32 +21,73 @@
 #############################################################################
 import requests
 import base64
-from odoo import models, fields, api
+from odoo import models, fields, api, _
+from odoo.exceptions import UserError
 
 
 class ProductImage(models.Model):
     _inherit = 'product.template'
 
     image_url = fields.Char(string='Image URL')
+    image_added = fields.Binary("Image (1920x1920)",
+                                compute='_compute_image_added', store=True)
 
-    @api.onchange('image_url')
-    def _onchange_image_url(self):
-        """ function to load image from URL """
+    @api.depends('image_url')
+    def _compute_image_added(self):
+        """ Function to load an image from URL or local file path """
         image = False
         if self.image_url:
-            image = base64.b64encode(requests.get(self.image_url).content)
-        self.image_1920 = image
+            if self.image_url.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
+                # Load image from URL
+                try:
+                    image = base64.b64encode(
+                        requests.get(self.image_url).content)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Handle URL loading errors
+                    raise UserError(_(f"Error loading image from URL: {str(e)}"))
+            else:
+                # Load image from local file path
+                try:
+                    with open(self.image_url, 'rb') as image_file:
+                        image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read())
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Handle local file loading errors
+                    raise UserError(
+                        _(f"Error loading image from local path: {str(e)}"))
+        image_added = image
+        if image_added:
+            self.image_1920 = image_added
 
 
 class ProductVariantImage(models.Model):
     _inherit = 'product.product'
 
     image_url = fields.Char(string='Image URL')
+    image_added = fields.Binary("Image (1920x1920)",
+                                compute='_compute_image_added', store=True)
 
-    @api.onchange('image_url')
-    def _onchange_image_url(self):
-        """ function to load image from URL in product variant"""
+    @api.depends('image_url')
+    def _compute_image_added(self):
+        """ Function to load an image from URL or local file path """
         image = False
         if self.image_url:
-            image = base64.b64encode(requests.get(self.image_url).content)
-        self.image_1920 = image
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+            if self.image_url.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
+                # Load image from URL
+                try:
+                    image = base64.b64encode(
+                        requests.get(self.image_url).content)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Handle URL loading errors
+                    raise UserError(_(f"Error loading image from URL: {str(e)}"))
+            else:
+                # Load image from local file path
+                try:
+                    with open(self.image_url, 'rb') as image_file:
+                        image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read())
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Handle local file loading errors
+                    raise UserError(
+                        _(f"Error loading image from local path: {str(e)}"))
+        image_added = image
+        if image_added:
+            self.image_1920 = image_added