{"id":7424,"date":"2019-11-13T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/public-preview-new-image-enhancements-available-via-api\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:01:13","slug":"public-preview-new-image-enhancements-available-via-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/public-preview-new-image-enhancements-available-via-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Preview: New Image Enhancements Available Via API"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Several requested enhancements to the Image data type are now available as a preview for Power Apps. Out of the box, <\/span>Common Data Service can now naively support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Large, high resolution images<\/li>\n<li>Multiple image fields per entity<\/li>\n<li>Use of blob storage for images to reduce consumption of relational storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also enhanced metadata options for the Image data type to provide more information when creating and consuming it.<\/p>\n<p>These features can be implemented through the Maker Portal for Canvas apps\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/powerapps.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/public-preview-of-multiple-image-attributes-in-power-apps\/\">(blog post on Power Apps)<\/a>\u00a0 now,\u00a0 and with Model Driven apps in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also get started using these great new data types through the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/developer\/common-data-service\/image-attributes\">Image Attribute APIs<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Let us know what you think!<\/h2>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the newly added features and are excited to hear what you think about them. 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