
Image automation is a great way to save time on repetitive tasks. If you need to create multiple images with different text but the same layout, we have a solution for you. With RenderForm, you can create a template for your image and generate many images with different texts automatically. In this blog post, I’ll show you how to do it.

This can be especially helpful for creating images for **real estate listings, car sales, business ads**, and much more. It’s also perfect for generating blog post covers in a consistent style or creating social media graphics.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to automate image generation for car sale listings. I’ll create a template and then generate multiple images with different texts. Let’s get started!

## Your image template

The first step is to create your image template. Open RenderForm or [create an account](/register) if you don’t have one yet.

Go to **My Templates** and click **Create a new template**. Then choose an empty canvas size (e.g., a social media cover—you can adjust the size later).

![My image templates](/blog/my-templates.png)

Now, build your template. This will serve as the base for your images. My template contains:

- a car image
- text fields for the car brand and model with background color
- a smaller text field for car specs
- a larger colored text for the price
- extra fields for the year of production and mileage
- a contact phone number

![Car selling offer templates](/blog/car-selling-template.jpeg)

> **Tip:** Rename your [template components](/docs/general/template-properties/) so you can easily find and identify them during image generation.

All elements you create in the template can be edited, but in most cases, we’ll only need to replace a few. In my case, I’ll replace the car image and all the car details' texts, while keeping the background color and phone number the same.

Once your template is ready, save it and move to the next step.

## Generate new images from your template

With your template ready, you can now generate new images from it. To test the image generation, use the **Form Editor** with image preview.

In the Form Editor, enter custom text values for your template components—for example, update the price. Once everything is set, click **Render now** to preview the result.

![Car selling template preview](/blog/car-selling-template-preview.jpeg)

This feature is useful for testing your template and checking how different text inputs look. You can also use this method to generate just a single image.

> Enable **Live Preview** to see changes instantly.

## Upload data from a file

Once your template is set, you can bulk-generate images with different texts by uploading a data file.

Prepare a spreadsheet with your data. In the **header row**, include your template component names along with the property you want to modify (e.g., `model.text`, where `model` is the component name and `text` is the property).

![Car offer data in spreadsheet](/blog/car-selling-spreadsheet.png)

> See our [video tutorial](https://youtu.be/5jy9xteruno) on how to generate images using spreadsheet data.

Now upload your data to RenderForm. Go to the **Plugins** tab and select **Spreadsheet**.

Choose your template from the list, then click **Import** to upload your data file. You’ll see a preview of your data mapped to the template.
If everything looks good, click **Render** to generate your images. Wait a few moments while RenderForm does the magic—and your images will be ready to download!

![Car offer image generation from spreadsheet](/blog/car-offer-images.mp4)

## Create an image automation

Another way to generate images in bulk is to set up **automation**. This allows you to connect RenderForm with external services like Zapier, Make.com, or Airtable to generate images automatically.

### Generate images using Airtable

You can connect your Airtable database with RenderForm to generate images for new car listings. Use the RenderForm Airtable extension and add your API key. Then set up the extension by selecting your template and choosing the Airtable column where the generated image will appear.

Map the template components to Airtable columns and click **Render images** to start generating.

![Car offer image generation using Airtable database](/blog/car-selling-airtable.mp4)

> See [instructions for Airtable integration](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-airtable-extension/)

### Generate images for new records using Zapier

Zapier is another great option for automation. You can create a Zap that triggers image generation in RenderForm whenever a new record is added or updated in Airtable.

![Car offer image automation using RenderForm, Zapier and Airtable](/blog/car-selling-zapier.png)

This setup allows you to automatically generate images from new records in your database—perfect for streamlining your content workflow!

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## Conclusion

Make your work easier and more efficient with automatic image generation. In just a few steps, you can create a reusable template, connect your data, and generate many images with different texts.
Explore RenderForm’s powerful features and integrations, and start saving time today!


How to generate multiple images with different texts?


QR codes are a great way to share information using images. You can use them to share your social media profiles, contact information, your website, or even link to your product.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to generate many images with different QR codes from a template using RenderForm, Airtable and Google Sheets.

## Why use QR codes?

**What are QR codes?** They are a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) that can be read by a camera. They can be used for storing information such as URLs, phone numbers, text, or even images.

![QR code example](/blog/qr-code-example.png)

QR codes can be easily placed in an image and shared on social media. They are also a great way to share information in a physical space. You can print them on flyers, business cards, banners, posters, or even on your products.

What's important is that **QR codes are easy to scan**. You can use your smartphone camera to scan them and get the information you need. It is a fast and convenient way to share information.

Using RenderForm, you can create many images with different QR codes from a template and use them for your needs. Create unique images that you can use for product stickers, flyers or your social media.

## Create image template with QR code

First, create a template image using the RenderForm template editor and add a QR code as one of the elements. I created a product image with a QR code in the bottom right corner. It will work great for social media posts and marketing materials.

The template consists of four elements: product image, brand name, extra text and a QR code. The QR code will redirect to the product page where users can buy it.

![Image template with QR code](/blog/qr-code-image-template.jpeg)

> Make sure you name the template elements so you can easily identify them later, during the image generation process.

## Generate image with different QR codes

Once you have the template ready, you can generate many images with different QR codes. Start with checking how your template behaves in the live preview. You can change the text and QR code to see how the image will look like.

Go to the **Live preview** tab and change the texts, image and QR code URL. This way you can see how the image will look like with different products. It is also a great way to generate just one image from a template when needed.

![Generate image with live preview](/blog/qr-template-live-preview.mp4)

> **The shorter the link, the better the QR code will look.** If you have a long text, you can use a URL shortener to make it shorter.

## Automate image generation with Airtable or Google Sheets

To generate many images with different QR codes, you can use data from a spreadsheet or Airtable. Thanks to easy upload of your data, you can generate your images in just a few clicks.

First, prepare your data in a spreadsheet or Airtable. Make sure you have a column for each element that you want to change in the template.

![Image template with QR code](/blog/qr-template-spreadsheet.png)

> **Make sure you name the columns the same as the template components** with their properties. This way RenderForm will know which data to use for each element.

### Generate images using a spreadsheet

Once you have the template and all the data ready in the spreadsheet, you can generate your images. Go to **Plugins** and choose **Spreadsheet** automation.

There, pick your image template and import the data from your spreadsheet. Next, click on **Import** and check the data preview. If everything looks good, click on **Render** to generate your images.

![Images with QR codes generated from spreadsheet](/blog/qr-generate-from-spreadsheet.mp4)

### Generate images using Airtable

You can also generate images with different QR codes using Airtable. Prepare your data in Airtable and set up your RenderForm extension ([learn more about RenderForm Airtable extension](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-airtable-extension/)).

You can render images in just a few clicks and see the results instantly in Airtable image view.

![Images with QR codes generated from Airtable](/blog/qr-generate-with-airtable.mp4)

This way you can generate many images with different QR codes without all the manual work.

## Conclusion

If you are still wondering if you should use QR codes, I hope this tutorial will help you decide. QR codes are a great way to share information, and they are very easy and fast to use. They save space by storing a lot of information in a small image.

And instead of creating all the images manually, use RenderForm to generate many images with different QR codes at once from a template. Save time and enjoy the results!


How to generate images with different QR codes?


Real estate banners are a great way to present your offer. You can use them on your website, social media, online ads or printed in your office. They are a great option to present your offer to potential clients.

For real estate agents, it is important to present their offer professionally. Those days, it is not enough to have a good offer, it needs to look good to sell it. To do that, you can display your offer online, use banners and other marketing materials like flyers. RenderForm will help you generate real estate banners and images automatically from a template, so you can focus on selling and not creating images for each of your real estates.

## Your real estate offer image template

A real estate banner is a simple image with a few texts, property images and contact details. It is a great base for showing your properties online or as a flyer, as it will display the most important information and encourage people to contact you. Having consistent, nice looking banners in the same or similar style will help you present your offer to potential clients and show your professionalism.

To automate your real estate banners, first you need to create a template. Log in to RenderForm (or sign up if you don't have an account yet) and create a new project. 

Go to **My Templates** and click on **Create new template** option. You can also use one of our existing banner templates as a base for your project and adjust it to your needs. 

![My image templates](/blog/my-templates.png)

Choose your banner size and start working in the template editor! My real estate banner template contains the following elements:
- title (property name)
- 4 characteristics (number of rooms, area, facilities)
- price
- contact number

![My image templates](/blog/real-estate/real-estate-banner-template.jpeg)

On the left side of the editor, you can see all template elements. Besides the basic information about the property, it has background colors, background rectangles for images and some other decorative elements. You can add more elements to your template, like a logo or a map.

> **Tip 1:** change names of [template components](/docs/general/template-properties/) so you can easily find and identify them during image generation.\
> **Tip 2:** lock elements you don't want to change during image generation. You can do that by clicking on the lock button in the element properties panel.

## Generate new images from your template

Once your template is ready, you can generate new images from it and test how it works with different texts. 

To test your template, go to your template Preview. You can find it directly in the template editor or in My Templates section.

![Image template preview](/blog/my-template-preview.jpeg)

In the preview, you can see how your template looks like with different texts. You can change texts and images in the form editor to check how it works. Simply change the template properties and click on **Render Now**.

![Real estate template preview](/blog/real-estate/real-estate-template-form.jpeg)

It is a great tool if you need to generate just one image, not a whole batch. If you need to generate many images, go to the next section.

## Upload data from file

For creating a batch of real estate banners, you can upload all the data from a spreadsheet and generate images for all records. The image generation will be based on your template.

First, prepare your data in a spreadsheet. You can export a ready to fill spreadsheet template (it will contain all the fields you need) or create your own from scratch. To get your spreadsheet template, go to Plugins, choose the Spreadsheet option and there choose your template. On the right side you will find the option **Get template spreadsheet**.

![Get template spreadsheet](/blog/real-estate/get-template-spreadsheet.png)

Below, you can see a same spreadsheet with data. The key for image generation is to **name the columns the same as the template components** with their properties. For example, if you have a text component with a name `title` and a property `text`, you need to name the column `title.text`. 

![Real estate offer data in spreadsheet](/blog/real-estate/spreadsheet.png)

When you have your data ready, go again to **Plugins** and choose **Spreadsheet** option in RenderForm. There, choose your template and use **Import** button to upload your spreadsheet data.

![Real estate banner generation](/blog/real-estate/real-estate-spreadsheet-generation.mp4)


## Create an image automation

The banners can be generated for you automatically thanks to integration with Zapier and Make.com. Also, you can use your database in Airtable and run the image generation directly from there. Thanks to image generation automation, you can create a batch of images for your real estate offer and use them in your marketing materials.

### Generate images using Airtable

To generate images using Airtable, you need to have a database with your real estate offer data. Make sure that all the information that you want to display in your banners is in your database.

![Airtable database with real estate offers](/blog/real-estate/real-estate-airtable.png)

Then, set up the RenderForm extension in Airtable and run the image generation for your records!

![Airtable running RenderForm extension to generate images](/blog/real-estate/airtable-renderform-extension.mp4)

> Check our instructions for [image generation using Airtable and Renderform](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-airtable-extension/)

### Generate images for new records using Zapier or Make.com

Zapier and Make.com are great tools for automating your workflows. You can use them to generate images for your real estate offer automatically when a new record is added to your database, or when someone fills out a form on your website.

![Sample image generation scenario with Make.com](/blog/real-estate/make-scenario.png)

> Check our guides for automation of image generaion using [Zapier](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-zapier/) and [Make.com](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-make/)

## Conclusion

In the real estate business, it is important to present your offer professionally. Real estate banners are a great way to advertise your offer. Creating them, however, can be time-consuming. With RenderForm, you can automate your real estate banners and generate images for your real estate offer automatically. Get started now and feel free to [contact us](mailto:contact@renderform.io) if you have any doubts!

How to generate many real estate banners from a template?


Airtable is a powerful no-code platform for building collaborative apps that let you customize workflows, streamline teamwork, and deliver ambitious outcomes—without writing a single line of code. While it’s best known for its spreadsheet-style data management, Airtable also supports a wide range of integrations and scripting tools that can help automate even the most complex workflows.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to automate **image generation** using Airtable, which is especially useful when creating many visual assets based on similar content structures. Rather than editing images one by one, you can automatically generate them in bulk using a combination of **RenderForm** and Airtable.

If you're comfortable with JavaScript, check out our [Airtable Script to gain full control over image and PDF rendering](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-airtable/). You can also try it out hands-on using this [sample Airtable base for image generation](https://airtable.com/app5hKEJ44tNj56PE/shrleyl74FtcanXfd).

## Create Your Image Template

Before diving into the Airtable setup, you'll first need to prepare your image template using [RenderForm](https://renderform.io). Your template acts as a visual blueprint—each editable element (like a text box or image placeholder) can be dynamically updated through Airtable.

![Create image template in RenderForm](/blog/airtable-extension/renderform-hotel-card.png)

## Step 1: Add the RenderForm Extension

Open your Airtable base and navigate to the **Extensions** panel in the top-right corner. Click the '**Add an extension**' button and search for '**RenderForm**'. Select it, click '**Add**', and confirm the installation to proceed.

![Find Airtable RenderForm extension](/blog/airtable-extension/find-renderform-airtable-extension.png)

You can now close the full-screen introduction window to begin configuring the extension.

## Step 2: Configure the RenderForm Extension

After installing the extension, the next step is to connect your RenderForm account. Copy your **API Key** from the [RenderForm API Console](https://renderform.io/console/api-keys/) and paste it into the Airtable extension settings.

![Copy RenderForm API Key](/blog/airtable-extension/renderform-api-key.png)

Click the small cog icon in the extension panel, paste your **API Key**, and hit '**Done**'.

![Paste image generation script to Airtable](/blog/airtable-extension/renderform-airtable-extension-settings-button.png)

Once connected, you’ll be prompted to configure the extension by choosing the following:

- **Image Template** – Select the template you created in RenderForm.
- **Table** – Choose the Airtable table that contains the data for your images.
- **Output Field** – Select or create a field where the generated image URLs will be stored.

The **Changes** section lets you map specific fields from Airtable to components in your template—for example, linking a 'Hotel Name' column to a text field in the image.

![Configured RenderForm extension for Airtable](/blog/airtable-extension/configured-renderform-extension-for-airtable.png)

## Step 3: Generate Your Images

With everything set up, it’s time to generate your images. Simply click the '**Render**' button in the extension panel. RenderForm will process your records and automatically populate the output field with links to the generated images.

![Click render to generate images](/blog/airtable-extension/click-render-to-generate-images-in-airtable.png)

For easier viewing, you can switch to a '**Gallery**' view in Airtable to browse through your image set in a visual layout.

![Airtable Records for Image Generation](/blog/airtable-extension/created-images-in-airtable.png)

## Troubleshooting Tips

If you run into issues during image generation, here are a few common troubleshooting steps:

- **Insufficient credits**: Make sure your RenderForm account has enough credits. Check your usage in the [RenderForm dashboard](https://renderform.io/console/).
- **Invalid API Key**: Double-check that you've copied and pasted the correct API Key from RenderForm.
- **Invalid or incomplete data**: If the script fails unexpectedly, the issue may be with the data in your table. Try excluding fields one by one to isolate and fix the problem.

You can also open the script editor’s **console logs** to view detailed error messages for each failed render attempt.

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By integrating RenderForm with Airtable, you unlock a scalable way to generate branded visuals, marketing assets, or even personalized user content—without leaving your Airtable workspace. Whether you're working solo or collaborating across teams, this workflow can save countless hours and bring consistency to your creative output.


Image Generation with Airtable Extension



Airtable is a popular low-code platform for building collaborative apps, customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Besides its main feature, which is a spreadsheet-like data management, Airtable offers many integrations and scripts which can help you automate your workflows.

In the following article, I will show you how to automate image generation using Airtable. Automation of image generation is a great solution when you have to create multiple images with similar content, based on a template. **Instead of editing each image manually, you can create them automatically in bulk**, with RenderForm and Airtable help.

Here you can get a data set used in this tutorial: [Airtable Image Generation Data Set](https://airtable.com/app5hKEJ44tNj56PE/shrleyl74FtcanXfd)
If you know how to code you may also want to use our [Airtable Script to get a full control over image and PDF rendering process](/blog/posts/image-generation-with-airtable/).

## Create image template

Before we start with Airtable configuration, prepare your image template in RenderForm. Remember that one element in your image template, for example text, is one component that can be editable via Airtable automation.

![Create image template in RenderForm](/blog/make-renderform-template-l.jpeg)

## Step 1: Add an Airtable script

In Airtable, open 'Apps' tab in the top-right corner and click 'Add an app' button.

![Open Airtable apps tab](/blog/airtable/open-airtable-apps.png)

Search for 'script' in the popup and add new 'Scripting' app.

![Find blank script](/blog/airtable/choose-blank-script.png)

### Script for image generation.

Copy and paste the script below into the script editor.

```javascript
let config = input.config({
    title: 'RenderForm settings',
    description: 'Configure your API Key, Template identifier, an output field for rendered images and your change field columns. The script takes changes from fields that start with "rf." prefix. Field names must also contain component and property, e.g.: "rf.my_text.text", "rf.my_image.src", "rf.my_component.property".',
    items: [
        input.config.text('apiKey', {
            label: "RenderForm: API Key"
        }),
        input.config.text('templateId', {
            label: "RenderForm: Template ID",
            description: "You can override a template for each record with 'rf._template' column with template identifers."
        }),
        input.config.table('selectedTable', {
            label: 'Your table with data'
        }),
        input.config.field('imageUrlField', {
            label: 'Your field where to put rendered Image URLs',
            parentTable: 'selectedTable',
        })
    ]
});

const table = config.selectedTable;
const rootQuery = await table.selectRecordsAsync();
const baseUrl = "https://get.renderform.io/img/";
const apiKey = config.apiKey;
let templateId = config.templateId;

let renderedImagesCount = 0;

for (let record of rootQuery.records) {
    const recordValue = rootQuery.getRecord(record.id);

    let requestParams = {
        apiKey,
        output: "json"
    };
    for (let field of config.selectedTable.fields) {

        if (field.name === "rf._template") {
            const recordTemplateId = recordValue.getCellValue(field.name);
            if (recordTemplateId) {
                templateId = recordTemplateId;
                continue;
            }

        }

        if (field.name.startsWith("rf.")) {
            const value = recordValue.getCellValue(field.name);
            const property = field.name.replace("rf.", "");
            requestParams[property] = value;
        }
    }

    // @ts-ignore
    const params = new URLSearchParams(requestParams).toString();
    const requestUrl = baseUrl + templateId + "?" + params;
    const apiResponse = await fetch(requestUrl);
    const data = await apiResponse.json();
    const imageUrl = data.href;

    if (renderedImagesCount === 3) {
        const userConfirmation = await input.buttonsAsync(
            'We rendered 3 images so far. Please go to RenderForm and confirm that your images are rendered correctly. Click "Stop" to cancel rendering and fix your template or Airtable data or "Continue" to continue images rendering.',
            [
                { label: 'Stop', value: 'stop', variant: 'danger' },
                { label: 'Continue', value: 'continue' },
            ],
        );
        if (userConfirmation === 'stop') {
            break;
        }
    }
    renderedImagesCount++;

    if (!imageUrl) {
        console.error("Error during render.", requestUrl);
        continue;
    }
    console.log("Rendered:", imageUrl);
    await table.updateRecordAsync(record, {
        [config.imageUrlField.name]: imageUrl,
    });
}
```

After pasting the code above, you can close the popup and click 'Finish editing'.

![Finish editing](/blog/airtable/click-finish-editing.png)

Now, you can follow the script configuration.
Add your **RenderForm API Key and Template ID**, select table with your data and choose field where to put rendered image URLs.

![Paste image generation script to Airtable](/blog/airtable/paste-renderform-script.png)

You will find your RenderForm API Key in [your account](https://renderform.io/console/api-keys/) section. Template ID is the identifier on the right panel of your template editor.

## Step 2: Configure your data

The script takes changes for your images from fields that start with `rf.` prefix.
Field names must also contain component name and its property, e.g.:

| Template Editor Component ID | Component Type | Airtable column name |
|------------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
| my_image                     | Image          | rf.my_image.src      |
| my_text                      | Text           | rf.my_text.text      |
| my_rating                    | Rating         | rf.my_rating.value   |
| my_qr_code                   | QR Code        | rf.my_qr_code.value  |

If you use HTML Templates, then you can skip the component part and use only properties, e.g.: `rf.my_property`.

![Airtable Records for Image Generation](/blog/airtable/airtable-records.png)

## Step 3: Run script to generate the image

Once you have your data, you can start the script! Click 'Run' and see how your images are generated! The links to the images will appear in the selected column of your spreadsheet.

![Airtable Records for Image Generation](/blog/airtable/generated-images-in-airtable.jpeg)

## Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues with the script, you can check the console logs in the script editor. The script logs information about each rendered image, and in case of an error, it will be displayed in the console.
- The most common issue is having not enough credits on your RenderForm account. You can check your credits in the [RenderForm console](https://renderform.io/console/).
- The second most common issue is a wrong API Key. Make sure you copied the correct values from RenderForm.


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