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Why Video is Essential for Modern E-commerce

Topics E-commerce, Video
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Today’s shoppers rarely buy a product after seeing a single image. They expect to watch products in action through demos, UGC, and short-form videos that help them make more informed decisions. That shift has transformed video from a supporting marketing asset into a critical part of the e-commerce experience. Video…

Secure Image Uploads in Next.js With Signed Uploads and Cloudinary

Topics Next.js, Security, Upload
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Stop exposing your API Secret. Here’s how to do image uploads the right way. Live demo: nextjs-secure-image-uploads.vercel.app Full source: github.com/musebe/nextjs-secure-image-uploads The Problem Every Developer Runs Into Production apps need to prove that an upload request came from your app, not a third party. The way to do that…

Upload, Tag, Transcribe, and Manage Videos With Cloudinary and Vanilla TypeScript – No Framework, No Backend

Topics Tagging, Upload, Video
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Managing video can feel challenging. Files are way too large, uploads time out, and progress feedback is nonexistent. Most tutorials hand you a library that hides everything, which means when something breaks, you have no idea why. In this guide, we’ll build a complete video upload and gallery app using…

6 Free Cloudinary Courses That Teach You to Build Media-Optimized Apps

Topics AI, Dev Rel, Performance Optimization
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The Cloud to Crowd (C2C) curriculum is Cloudinary’s free six-course learning suite for developers who want to build and ship applications with production-quality image and video handling. It covers everything from Cloudinary basics to AI-powered transformations paired with hands-on projects at every step and a free certificate when you complete…

Standardize Your Blog Cover Images With Next.js and Cloudinary

Topics Image Transformation, Upload
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Blog grids are much more visually appealing when every cover image is the same shape, but uploaded images rarely match. One image may be wide, another may be tall. Another may be square. When those images are arranged in a grid, the layout can look uneven. In this guide, you’ll…

Build a React Travel Gallery With create-cloudinary-react and the Cloudinary Upload Widget

Topics React, Upload
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GitHub repo: https://github.com/musebe/react-travel-gallery Live demo: https://react-travel-gallery.vercel.app Building upload features in React sounds simple at first: add file input, add previews. Then users want drag-and-drop, progress bars, retries, and support for multiple files at once. Your beginner project has now snowballed into an even bigger one. In this guide,…

Build a Fast Astro Portfolio With Cloudinary Image Optimization

Topics Image Transformation, Performance Optimization
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A fast Astro portfolio helps showcase your work without sacrificing page performance. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a high-performance Astro site using Cloudinary’s automated image delivery to deliver responsive images that load quickly across devices. Live Demo: https://my-portfolio-navy-two-o6ync5ksvm.vercel.app/ GitHub Repo: https://github.com/musebe/my-portfolio The Problem: ‘Image…

Animations Maker App: Create GIFs and Spritesheets Inside Cloudinary’s DAM

Topics DAM, Image Transformation
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As part of exploring how Cloudinary can streamline creative workflows, I built a proof-of-concept DAM app to automate animation and spritesheet generation. The app allows you to take assets from your Media Library, apply transformations, set frame timings, reorder frames, and generate either GIF animations or spritesheets instantly. All without…

Meet the Cloudinary Agents Powering Your Visual Media Lifecycle

Topics Agentic
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What could your team accomplish with less time managing visual media? Today, Cloudinary is introducing a new agentic experience that brings that idea closer to reality — purpose-built to make your team more productive, with full control and governance built in at every step. This isn’t your typical AI…

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