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Image Make integrationAutomate Image with Make.

Need every picture in the right size and format before it lands anywhere? The Image Make integration gives you 3 built-in modules that resize, convert and inspect a picture inside a scenario. This page explains each one and walks you through a first working flow.

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What you can automate

What does the Image Make integration do?

The Image Make integration is a set of built-in tools that change a picture while it passes through a scenario, the automation you build in Make. It adds no outside service: it takes an image handed over by another app, reshapes it or reads its details, and passes the result to the next step.

Product photos that fit your store. A supplier sends pictures in every size. Put Resize after the app that receives them, set the width and height you want, and every file leaves the scenario with the same dimensions.

One format for the whole library. Your design team exports one type while the website expects another. Convert a format switches each picture to the type you choose, so nobody reopens files by hand.

A quick check before anything else. Extract metadata reads the size and type of a file, so a later step can route large pictures to Resize and leave the rest alone.

What Image does not do: it never watches a folder and never starts a scenario on its own. It always sits after another module that supplies the file. On the Free plan, keep in mind that Make handles files up to 5 MB. If you are weighing platforms, the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the differences, and the Make training covers file handling step by step. For flows that stop with an error, see Make troubleshooting.

Connect

How do you set up Image in Make?

  1. 01

    Add an Image module

    In your scenario, click the + after the module that brings in the file, search for Image and pick the module you need. A module is one brick of the scenario, here one change applied to a picture.

  2. 02

    Create a connection if Make asks

    If Make shows Create a connection, click it and give the connection a name you will recognize. A connection is your account linked to Make once and reused by every module of the same app.

  3. 03

    Save and fill the fields

    Click Save, then point the module at the file coming from the previous step. Make shows the data it received so you can map it with a click instead of typing anything.

First scenario

Build your first scenario with Image

GoalWhen another app hands over a picture, Make resizes it and then converts it to the format your site uses.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. That first module comes from the app that holds your pictures.

  2. 02

    Add Resize

    Click the + on the right of that module, search for Image and choose Resize. Map the file from the previous module and enter the height and width you need.

  3. 03

    Chain Convert a format

    Add one more module with the +, pick Convert a format and map the resized file coming out of Resize. Then pick the format your site expects.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario a single time and shows the bundles each module received, a bundle being one item passed along, here one picture.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Open the clock on the first module to set the schedule, every 15 minutes by default, then switch the scenario on. Each module run counts as one operation on your plan.

Modules

What each Image module does

Image gives you 3 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Image1

Convert a format

Transformer

In Make“Converts an image into another format.”

Turns a picture into another file type, so the next app receives exactly the format it accepts. You get a clean file ready to upload without opening an editor.

When to use it
your website or catalog tool refuses the type your photographers deliver.
Watch out
Image never fetches the picture; a module of another app must deliver it first.
Image2

Extract metadata

Transformer

In Make“Returns basic information about an image (size, type and the like).”

Reads the basic details of a picture, such as its size and type, and hands them to the next module as data. Nothing is changed in the file itself, you simply learn what you are dealing with.

When to use it
before a step that decides whether a picture needs resizing or converting.
Watch out
it only reports; pair it with Resize or Convert a format to act on the answer.
Image3

Resize

Transformer

In Make“Changes height and width according to the criteria you specify.”

Changes the height and width of a picture according to the criteria you set, so every file comes out with the dimensions your channel expects. Handy when sources send images of all shapes.

When to use it
product shots or avatars must match one size before they are published.
Watch out
place it before Convert a format when you use both, so the conversion works on the final dimensions.
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FAQ

Questions people ask about Image in Make

01Is the Image Make integration free?
Yes. Image is a standard built-in app, available from the Free plan of Make. The Free plan lets you keep 2 active scenarios, runs scheduled scenarios at most every 15 minutes and handles files up to 5 MB, with 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to one minute and count usage in operations each month. Each Image module that processes a picture uses one operation.
02What do you need to connect Image to Make?
Very little. The documentation lists no prerequisite for Image. Add a module of the app in your scenario; if Make asks for a connection, click Create a connection, name it and save. As a built-in app, Image works on files supplied by another module, so what you really need is a previous step, from another app, that delivers the picture you want to process. Once the module is in place, click Run once to check that the picture arrives as expected before you switch the scenario on.
03Does the Image Make integration run in real time?
Not on its own, because Image has no trigger. A scenario always starts with the first module of another app, either a scheduled trigger that Make checks on the scenario's schedule, every 15 minutes by default, or an instant trigger that the other app fires through a webhook as soon as something happens. Image then processes the file the moment that first module passes it along. For a trigger-free test, you can also start the scenario by hand with Run once while you build it.
04What if an Image module you need is missing in Make?
It depends on the task. Image offers three modules only: Convert a format, Extract metadata and Resize, and it has no Make an API Call module to reach anything else. For another kind of edit, look for a different app in the Make catalog that handles pictures, or ask the team for help designing the flow. Chaining the three existing modules often covers more cases than it seems. Extract metadata, for example, can tell you which files really need Resize before you add it.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Image tasks?
It depends on the platform you already run. In Make, Image is a built-in app with three modules, available on every plan starting with Free, so resizing and converting fit straight into any scenario. n8n often has a node for the same kind of job, and the choice usually follows the tool your team already knows. The n8n vs Make comparison linked above goes through the criteria without ranking either.
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