Hi there!
With make.com can I automate a search and image optimization process on Google?
For example, I am creating a catalog in WooCommerce but my customer sent me a power point with small photos and product names. I must manually search Google for each name of each product, then download each image and then in Photoshop I must create a 500px x 500px image and insert the downloaded photo there so that it is that size and in a dimension that can be seen well for the catalog in WooCommerce.
Gemini.com suggested the following scenario to me:
Example for your case:
To automate downloading images and uploading them to Google Drive, you could use the following modules:
- Trigger: New item in Google Sheets (to start the scenario when a new product is added to the spreadsheet).
- Action: Google Sheets (to read the product name from the new row).
- Action: Google Search (to search for the product image on Google).
- Action: HTTP Request (to download the image).
- Action: Parse HTML (to extract the image URL).
- Action: Google Drive (to upload the image to the specified folder).
But I don’t know what Parse HTML is? Keep in mind that the image must either be 500px x 500px or it must be square so that once uploaded to Google Drive I can download it and automate the resizing with Photoshop.
Thanks in advance.
Welcome to the Make community!
There is no such module (Parse HTML) on Make, and the AI is just generating nonsense.
The closest is the Text Parser Match Pattern module, which could be used to extract content from the HTML source.
I recommend completing the Make Academy instead of asking AI about a software they don’t know about.
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
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In general I don’t this is a good workflow process, but guess your stuck with it…
There are a few issues with what was proposed by AI. When you do a search on Google it will pull images that might not be the product. You can use an image analyzing AI i guess to figure if this product matches the image your client gave you. But it still won’t be perfect.
However you will still now need to resize that image. Which is your second issue. Trying to automate the resizing process will be very difficult. You can definitely resize the image automatically with Adobe but issue is that the position and placement might also need adjustment since the image your pulling from Google will be a variety of sizes. You might be able to use some sort of filter to download only certain sizes but then it limits what images you get.
I propose a different approach. Instead take the images given by your client and use an AI upscaler to increase the resoultion of the images. You will need to use a powerpoint module to first extract the images from the power point along with the product name. Then upscale it and have it be downloaded into a cloud drive. Then from there you can use those images for whatever you need.
Hope this helps!
Hi @Eduardo_G ,
Following up on what @LinkYourTech suggested about using an AI upscaler to improve the image quality, I’d also like to offer some additional recommendations to help streamline your workflow.
When pulling images from Google, they often come with varying backgrounds, which can make your product catalog look inconsistent. For a clean and professional eCommerce website, it’s a best practice to standardize product images. One effective way to do this is by removing the backgrounds and replacing them with white, which helps the products stand out.
There are several tools available on Make for this purpose, including Picsart’s Change Background module, which not only lets you set white backgrounds but also add shadows to enhance the appearance of your product photos.
As for your requirement of 500px x 500px images, you can use an upscale module to enlarge smaller images by 2x or 4x to ensure they meet the size requirements.
Lastly, I recommend using an image compression module to optimize the file size, ensuring the images are web-friendly. Picsart also offers a compression module, which can help your pages load faster, providing a smooth, efficient user experience and potentially boosting conversion rates.
This approach offers a more comprehensive solution for creating and publishing high-quality product photos that are optimized for eCommerce.