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Working with images and texts in a web application is a complex task. In many scenarios, you want to blur a picture to make it less distracting or to make the text on top of it more readable. For example, blurring the background image of a modal window or page…

Video helps drive user engagement. When you’re building an app, you can use video to showcase products, provide users with in-depth guides, and encourage customers to share their own reviews. React Native is the tool of choice. Why React Native, you ask? Well, it’s like a superhero for app developers:…

Recently, I sat down with our director of developer experience, Colby Fayock, to learn more about his background, his impressive work here at Cloudinary, and what he thinks about generative AI. From customizing MySpace pages as a teen, to careers in graphic design and web development, there’s seemingly nothing Colby…

MediaFlows by Cloudinary, a low-code platform that can be used to automate visual media-related workflows, has officially graduated from beta and is now generally available.  With MediaFlows now in general availability, Cloudinary is making a commitment to higher levels of Service Level Agreements (SLA) and support. This transition from beta…

 A recent Etsy internal research reported that 90% of its shoppers said images were vital to why they buy an item. By comparison:  83% said price influences a purchase decision. 73% said product reviews impact a purchase decision. This is why images on a website that look blurry will…

Adding a background pattern or image to a website makes it more visually appealing and creates a strong brand impression. But we don’t want the background image to be too distracting, especially when text is overlaid on top. In this case, we can apply a transparent effect to the background…

How and why to serve Cloudinary assets with Hugo and the cloudinary-core-shrinkwrap.js library. This is a continuation of my previous blog post, “Editor-Friendly Image Transformation and Optimized Delivery With Cloudinary and Decap CMS”, where we showed how to set up simple yet powerful ways for editors to define…

There are several sources out there comparing AI platforms, specifically generative AI tools, to “interns.”   Typically, the comparison is meant to be flattering to both parties, though it does seem inaccurate. While AI and interns are both eager to fulfill a request, interns get paid. At least they…

There have been so many new image and video innovations released over the last few weeks that it’s hard to know where to start. So we’ll start with the Video Chapter Editor, which seamlessly creates and edits captivating video chapters. Next, elevate your video content further with the groundbreaking Paced…