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Obsidian Gem: Automatically Resizing an Image in an Obsidian Table

Using an inline Dataview function to adjust image size

As I’ve mentioned before, I take notes on specimens that I pick up while on walks and hikes; things like fossils, tree bark, cones, etc. These notes currently look like this:

They contain:

• A header with the item ID number
• A table with necessary information, most of which is automatically populated using inline Dataview functions and the data stored in the callouts
• Callouts with various pieces of data

I knew I wanted to include a photo of the specimen in the table itself. In the “Photos” callout, I compile all photos of the specimen, one of which is assigned a Photo:: key.

However, if I simply call this.photo in the cell of the table, the image scales with the…