# \[Resolved\] Cloudinary image background removal and image improvement Make.com and Airtable **URL:** \ **Category:** Airtable Questions\ **Created:** [October 9, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/resolved-cloudinary-image-background-removal-and-image-improvement-make-com-and-airtable/1330 "2024-10-09T20:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/resolved-cloudinary-image-background-removal-and-image-improvement-make-com-and-airtable/1330/1 "2024-10-09T20:43:16Z")
Can’t get array working. Finally done this after much time put into this. Cloudinary has just a great picture processing platform and the paid tools are cheaper than any other tools. For example background removal with Cloudinary is the least costly. Many commercial services actually piggy back on Cloudinary and charge high margins for background removal. Several other tools are free (free tier) with Cloudinary e.g. image improvement command (make pictures pop out, very similar effect as what Etsy and Depop is doing when uploading images to their platform when creating online product listings). Another favorite is adding overlays to pictures, useful for Pinterest etc. This is also free with Cloudinary (free tier is very generous). I am struggling with one more issue. I can’t get the array working to process all images. Hope any [Make.com](http://Make.com) Integromat expert here could chip in… Here is the post at Cloudinary describing a nasty issue I encountered, now resolved. > **[How to do Background remove (AI) with Make.com (Integromat)? (It says the...](https://community.cloudinary.com/discussion/comment/1877)** > > I have a Make.com (integromat) workflow to grab image from Airtable, upload to Cloudinary, process some transformations and then save back to Airtable. And here is the Make flow. The flow only processes 1st image of the attachment field. I want it to do all images. I have seen @ScottWorld youtube video but that is only few steps there. > **[\[S16-E06\] Full Podcast for 11-07-2023 - Working with Collaborator/User fiel...](https://www.youtube.com/live/adWU3DkUuIU?t=2558s)** > > This is the live raw video of our podcast. To see the full version with show notes, see here:https://youtube.com/watch?v=sKPyG0HZCYY > **[Multiple Airtable Attachment Uploads](https://community.airtable.com/t5/automations/multiple-airtable-attachment-uploads/m-p/169499/highlight/true#M14288)** > > Hello. I am trying to send Gmail attachments I receive automatically to an attachments column in Airtable. I finally realized that Airtable wants the URL in array form, which I can do. However, I have not figured out how to use the array functions... Here is the flow: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/f/ff794566140c884ae86ffead2fd91ea4cc2013ff.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/0/0d3ad246555b2874fe1235ccfeb926f47738e525.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/3/355691b33d8159792eb819c305ea692916bd515e.png) I crossposed and will update here if it gets answered elsewhere: > **[Airtable Cloudinary - need help how to get to handle all images in the...](https://community.make.com/t/airtable-cloudinary-need-help-how-to-get-to-handle-all-images-in-the-airtable-field/57473)** > > I can’t get the array to handle all airtable images in my flow. The flow should take all images in the attachment field in Airtable, process them one by one in Cloudinary and then push them back to Airtable. The issue is that it only handles 1st... ---
**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/resolved-cloudinary-image-background-removal-and-image-improvement-make-com-and-airtable/1330/2 "2024-10-10T03:15:03Z")
Okay I solved the issue… or perhaps I am closer to solving it. The Iterator Flow Control Array field must only show the attachment field NAME only. It must not contain the usual NAME : URL as initially posted above. The Iterator steps works now if this is how it’s setup: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/4/47f139a6657672b45e09f9b2005c750368bcf926.png) Now I am dealing with another issue. I have 5 attachments images in the attachment field. First 2 images are processed, but the 3rd images stops processing before the 2nd transformation. Hmm. what is the issue now. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/c/c2e2529fe86f47a85af0ec4ab85529bf9674e8c0.png) I am posting all of this here, hopefully not to be yelled at that it’s not the right place to post here. There is very little documentation online how to deal with the arrays in Airtable and Cloudinary seems such a popular solution, perhaps this is useful for others. ---
**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/resolved-cloudinary-image-background-removal-and-image-improvement-make-com-and-airtable/1330/3 "2024-10-10T06:17:49Z")
Okay I found the issue. It looks like the flow runs too fast. I need to put a sleep module between the tranformations. Here is the issue: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/9/9f65c3bdafaf035bbc7330438cb968ef41bc498f.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/8/805b4cbcabccebb44289369663522e0894ef88c8.png) Another sleep module needs to be put at the end of the flow, to enable the picture to be uploaded into the field, allow enough time before the flow goes back to iterator to start with the next picture. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/2/2fbbe141cd1d95ce27d6d155825adbaea87f7bc1.png) Another issue was I had to add one more step to read the attachment field after the picture was added but before the next round is run. This is to allow the flow to see the current number of attachments in the field I am updating: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/b/bfc28cc68ead3a1a7650273ab9bf7c56bdd8adf8.png) The last issue I had was to configure correctly what goes into the last Airtable Upload a Record step into the attachment field. The syntax needs to be specific: The checkbox “Map” must be turned on. Here is how I set it up: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/7/782b9e31d1e4b07c6b8cc3474be1f03b5e88a9de.png) That means: only the exactly as it shows. Do not add the URL part to it…e.g. selecting 117. testpics URL … or 102. Array URL … would not work. * * * Last cosmetic improvement: Small modification as the last step - customizing the title of the attached processed images: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/2/2c551b04f281de0652dc1735db036d52ecdbaece.png) Now the complete flow working: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/1/11816f2d9055e46f4b391aeb19f0b3f8edff31f5.png) Fooh,… anways, this is working now. It was like several hours to get this working. Finally done this, this been on my list for years. 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/resolved-cloudinary-image-background-removal-and-image-improvement-make-com-and-airtable/1330/4 "2024-10-10T06:34:37Z")
Out of pure curiosity, I am still wondering what are these specifications there in “lila” color under “Tools”, what is the use, I can’t read from the images from @ScottWorld post… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/8/867431f9cb5d82ca4ea6b92dcea1525d15c7051a.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/e/eca3bf93833f77be81636a4b07b306d96cfe1a6f.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/5/5a49b8265243055f0661035ac2cb858ffb79df94.jpeg) Thank you for your help with the Youtube video. Easy to follow. > **[\[S16-E06\] Full Podcast for 11-07-2023 - Working with Collaborator/User fiel...](https://www.youtube.com/live/adWU3DkUuIU?t=2558s)** > > This is the live raw video of our podcast. To see the full version with show notes, see here:https://youtube.com/watch?v=sKPyG0HZCYY