# Cloudinary: Image Filters and Overlays in Glide! **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Resources\ **Created:** [February 25, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloudinary-image-filters-and-overlays-in-glide/4917 "2020-02-25T14:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloudinary-image-filters-and-overlays-in-glide/4917/42 "2020-07-18T15:44:28Z")
The base64 encoded url is tricky to automate. There is some discussion of it here: > [@Ideas for Base64Encode of images](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ideas-for-base64encode-of-images/8633): > > Wondering if any of you wizards have any ideas for simple ways to do Base64 encoding of uploaded images (needed for Cloudinary image layering). Currently, I have a script writing in an encoding formula. It’s really long and calculation heavy. It’s already showing signs that it’s going to start acting weird as more rows pile up. Lately the last row of that particular column is going blank randomly (causing Glide to not see it and breaking my Cloudinary link), and then when a new row of data is ad… An importJSON api might do the trick? @ThinhDinh to the rescue? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloudinary-image-filters-and-overlays-in-glide/4917)._