Posts by Sharon Yelenik

I’m not here to convince you that modern e-commerce videos are essential for your website. The case for video has already been made. (But if you do need a refresher, check out Why Video is so Vital for E-commerce.) What I want to show you is how Cloudinary transforms…

Just like with images, Cloudinary offers powerful tools for optimizing and automating video workflows. From handling client-side video uploads and integrating AI moderation for content safety asynchronously to delivering seamless video streaming, Cloudinary’s flexibility shines. In this blog post, we’ll walk through a video workflow example using Cloudinary’s PHP SDK,…

When working on an e-commerce platform, handling image uploads and optimizing visual content can quickly become overwhelming. Cloudinary’s robust platform not only simplifies these tasks but also adds AI-powered features to enhance your workflows. This blog post walks you through building a dynamic e-commerce demo with PHP and Cloudinary, focusing…

One of the key advantages of generative AI is its ability to transform raw images into polished, professional visuals with minimal effort. Whether you’re removing backgrounds from product images, enhancing user-generated content, or adjusting product colors, AI takes care of the heavy lifting. In this blog, you’ll learn how…

Companies that use videos on their websites often see engagement and conversions soar. However, managing videos can be challenging, especially since WordPress doesn’t provide native video management solutions. The Cloudinary WordPress Plugin fills this gap by offering advanced video management features, including the customizable Cloudinary Video Player. With fast CDN…

Managing media on a WordPress site can quickly reveal the limitations of the default WordPress media library, especially as your collection of images, videos, and other files grows. For a more robust solution, Cloudinary’s WordPress Plugin offers a powerful Media Library. It’s accessible as a standalone extension that transforms…

The Cloudinary WordPress Plugin integrates smoothly with WordPress, moving your media files to Cloudinary’s powerful cloud infrastructure. This can free up your WordPress storage, depending on your chosen settings. Your images and videos are delivered through a high-performance content delivery network (CDN), ensuring fast loading times worldwide. Everything is…

As the heart of your website, images and videos pump life and energy, captivating visitors and keeping them coming back. Great visuals result in website success and increased sales. No doubt your images are carefully selected to elevate your brand. With the Cloudinary WordPress Plugin, the rest is automatic. You…

If you’re maximizing your website’s potential, you want to engage your visitors with high-quality images and videos. While that’s a real boon, it also comes with risks. If your website is heavy, your load times will be lengthy, and visitors won’t have the patience to wait for your site to…

In July 2020, Twitter faced a serious security breach where high-profile accounts were compromised, leading to unauthorized tweets soliciting Bitcoin. This incident highlighted the vulnerability of online platforms to cyberattacks and underscored the urgent need for robust security measures in today’s digital landscape. Safeguarding applications against malicious actors is essential.

Images serve as crucial data for machine learning (ML) models, much like versatile tools in a craftsman’s kit. Yet, they often require tailored enhancements to meet the many demands of applications. Enter image augmentation — the process that equips these models with adaptability and resilience across diverse scenarios. Augmentation broadens…

Picture yourself developing an e-commerce website where users can upload product images and videos. You’re handling a substantial volume of media files, potentially thousands, as these visual assets play a critical role in attracting buyers and effectively showcasing your products. However, managing an extensive media library can pose complex challenges…

If you’ve landed on this blog post, chances are you’re on a quest to discover the ideal video solution for your website. Well, you’re in luck! We’re here to guide you through the process and make your journey a breeze. Creating an exceptional user experience that works seamlessly across all…

A successful e-commerce website or app uses images that enhance the buyer’s experience. Appealing images can spell the difference between a buyer doing a quick perusal, or staying on your site for hours. As such, you might be tempted to spend time editing each image. At face value, it seems…

The days of needing a graphic designer to edit hundreds of videos manually are over. Today, Python scripts make it easy to scale video production for your projects and produce high-quality videos in bulk, for the best possible user experience. It’s no wonder writing programs in Python has become the…

As a data scientist, you likely use images for model training and inference. But before they’re ready for you to use, images must undergo a set of transformations. This is called image preprocessing.  Why would you need to preprocess your images? Image preprocessing can have major positive impacts on the…

Product recommendations on your e-commerce site can be a great way to increase customer satisfaction and boost sales. But identifying large volumes of unseen product images so that they can be easily matched with user preferences is an unwieldy, time-consuming task. The good news is that AI can make this…

Did you ever imagine that you could make a creative impact in an entirely technical way? With just a simple API call, you can now create beautiful visual media collages for your business, your marketing team, or for your customers. Add some of Cloudinary’s AI to the mix and you’ll…

Are you a company that develops its own web-based software? Is your solution lacking in the way it handles the media layer?  For example, most CMSs handle images and videos, but file size limits and the lack of folder capabilities, tagging, or asset organization can be a giant headache for…

With the introduction of the Media Library Extension, a Chrome-browser add-on that streamlines the access to, search for, and management of images and videos, Cloudinary offers yet another effective tool for its Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. Let’s have a look at how most teams are currently working with…