App was inspired by a comment with a question posted some time ago under my post about hand written signatures. Kevan asked, if this is possible to take a photo, then sketch-note on it and finally save two images as a single one.
I thought that it should be fairly easy and to be honest it was, however I failed on the last step - merging the images. I must really admit it - I didn't make it on my own. Instead I decided to use free API called "Convert API". I wanted to make it using Azure Function, but I wasn't able to do it alone and help didn't come from anywhere too 🙂 But with that API it works too! User has 1.500 free monthly conversions 🙂
The solution
It is build from the following components:
- PowerApps - is used for taking a photo and then overlaying notes on it;
- Blob Storage - used for uploading image from a camera and second one - with sketch-notes, as well as for uploading the final, merged image;
- Flow - receives all the information about transformations done to the images and overlays and creates HTML merging two images in a single canvas;
- Convert API - used to perfectly convert HTML into a PNG file 🙂
You can find detailed description of a solution here: https://poszytek.eu/microsoft-en/office-365-en/powerapps-en/sketch-noting-in-powerapps-and-merging-images/
