Images lose quality in Page Designer

[Kristjan_Kristj]

Hi - I have a table, which each has one image (receipts). The PDF quality of the receipts is high, but when I add a box of the image in Page Designer, it seems to drop significantly in quality, so much, that i’m not sure I can use page designer as I had intended.

Any tips/thoughts/fixes on the way?

[Elias_Gomez_Sai]

One is a PDF with text, the other is an image (generated from a PDF) inserted into a PDF.

• The image is smaller than the original PDF, it always be less readable
• What is the quality of the image you upload? If the image is bigger enough (resolution enough) it should have good quality in the PDF.

Oh wait:

Kristjan_Kristjansso:

each has one image (receipts). The PDF quality of the receipts is high

It’s an image or a PDF? If it is a PDF, you see the preview image of the PDF, which is small and has not much
quality.

[Kristjan_Kristj]

Hey Elias,

So in this case, I have a list of expenses, for each expense there is a receipt added as an image or a PDF. In the case where I upload a high quality PDF, e.g. from Amazon, Airtable does show it in low quality. If I upload it as an image, the quality is high and stays.

This needs an enhancement of Airtables behalf.

[Elias_Gomez_Sai]

Kristjan_Kristjansso:

I upload a high quality PDF, Airtable does show it in low quality

As I said:

Elias_Gomez_Sainz:

you see the preview image of the PDF, which is small

I don’t see this as a bug, but as a #feature-requests. Airtable is not showing the file, is showing the preview. What do you see if you upload other kind of file like .xls or .mp3? I mean, I think you expect the PDF to be rendered because is a “viewable” file, but it’s not an image.

[Elias_Gomez_Sai]

Based on these settings, this field seems to be intended for images only, so the block showing the preview is an extra feature for me.

Elias_Gomez_Sainz:

What do you see if you upload other kind of file like .xls or .mp3?

I’ve tested it, with an .xls I see the preview, with an .mp3 I see nothing.

[Kristjan_Kristj]

Elias_Gomez_Sainz:

I don’t see this as a bug, but as a #feature-requests. Airtable is not showing the file, is showing the preview. What do you see if you upload other kind of file like .xls or .mp3? I mean, I think you expect the PDF to be rendered because is a “viewable” file, but it’s not an image.

You are right. I just edited the topic - its now a #feature-requests

One solution could be that Airtable changes all documents into images at high-qual before rendering them in the Page Designer. Quick, but would do the job.

best,
Kristjan

[Casey_Martin]

I actually see this as a bug. If you have a high quality image/pdf in your base and want to use that on a page in page designer, the quality of the asset in your base should not be degraded when it renders. I have a one-page pdf that I want to use in page designer and then add a dynamic qr code on top of it. I can’t do this though because the pdf is degraded so much it becomes a blurry mess.