Storing background image + annotation (drawing) as a new image (merge)

Dear,

I’m wondering if maybe someone has a creative solution in mind.

I’m having a simple test table containing a field called Drawing of the type drawing and a field containing a URL (pointing to a background png image)

This field/column “drawing” has an “initial value” pointing tothea https://www.xxxxxxx.png which is resulting that when the image is shown to the user, the user can draw / annotate on top of this background image.

The drawing field is successfully saved afterwards and an image of the annotation is stored in separate folder as a png file.

But, when opening the record again, only the annotation is shown (not the image in the background layer).

Looking for a solution like:

  • Prefered: Save background image + annotation image as a new image
  • Alternatively (if above not possible), save the annotation image, but show the same background image again when opening a record for editing

Both of the above, I can’t get to work.

Anybody any suggestions?

Kind regards
Jack

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Please take a look at the below paragraph in the help article

I could use public images hosted on "http:/… " and the background image persisted even after annotation. But I could not use images hosted "https:/ … "- they gave the same problem you described.

I believe the below is the reason. @Fabian : Request your insights.

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