Create Thumbnail from Images with Microsoft Cognitive Services

To store the result of a thumbnail of your image with the Get Thumbnail function in Microsoft Cognitive Services to your schema, do the procedure in this topic.

Figure: Generate Thumbnail From Image Configuration screen

Generate Thumbnail From Image Configuration screen

Examples

Prerequisites

Good to Know

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How to Start

  1. On the Application Explorer screen, do one of these:
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add an activity:
      1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Cognitive Services Cognitive Services icon tab.
      2. On the Cognitive Services Cognitive Services icon tab, drag the Generate Thumbnail From Image Generate Thumbnail From Image icon activity onto your process.
    • Change an activity:
      1. In your process, double-click your activity.
  3. Click Generate Thumbnail From Image Configuration Generate Thumbnail From Image Configuration icon.

Procedure

  1. Complete the fields on the General Configuration screen.

    For more information, refer to Configure General Options for a System Activity.

  2. Click Source Configuration Source Configuration icon.
  3. On the Source Repository screen, select the source location for your file.
  4. Click Generate Thumbnail From Image Configuration Generate Thumbnail From Image Configuration icon.
  5. On the Generate Thumbnail from Image Configuration screen, in the Cognitive Services field, select your Microsoft Cognitive Services access token. The selected access token must have the Cognitive Service Type configured for for the Computer Vision API.

    To create a new access token, click Add Token Add Token icon. For more information, refer to Access Token for Microsoft Cognitive Services.

  6. Complete these fields as necessary:
    Field Name Definition

    Width
    Function:
    Specifies the width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
    Accepted Values:
    Between 1 px and 1024 px. The recommended size is 50 px.
    Default Value:
    None
    Accepts Process Data Variables:
    Yes

    Height
    Function:
    Specifies the height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
    Accepted Values:
    Between 1 px and 1024 px. The recommended size is 50 px.
    Default Value:
    None
    Accepts Process Data Variables:
    Yes

    Apply Smart Cropping
    Function:
    Specifies if cropping is applied to center align the thumbnail image on the region of interest.
    Accepted Values:
    • Deselected - The thumbnail image is cropped to the center.
    • Selected - The thumbnail image is cropped to center align on the region of interest.
    Default Value:
    Deselected