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Leading retailers and CPG brands spend hefty marketing dollars on creating online videos. But what good are all those spent video dollars if no one sees the content?   To protect an e-commerce video investment, digital teams can leverage AI to ensure videos run optimally. The automation enables teams to quickly…

For marketplace sites such as auction sites, consignment shops, and travel and hospitality booking services, videos play a crucial role in building a consumer’s confidence. More than a gallery of static images, videos immerse consumers into the buying decision, zooming in on that second-hand sweater or sharing panoramic views of…

Among the top pain points content creators can never seem to overcome are small (or no) teams, distribution challenges, and quality and consistency issues.  There are others, like lack of time, the inability to keep up with technology, insufficient funding — and yes, these are real pains — but what…

The explosion of the digital visual economy has put pressure on brands to continuously source new image and video content.  Stock images and video are a critical part of this ecosystem. The global industry for stock images and video reached nearly $5 billion in 2022, fueled by brands’ insatiable…

As we were writing the recently released State of Visual Media report, I sat down with JS developer and content creator James Q Quick to learn more about his work and thoughts on the top challenges and opportunities facing web developers today. He also weighed in on the…

On January 18, co-creator of JPEG XL, Jon Sneyers, tweeted, “It looks like Samsung’s Galaxy S24 is going to ship with JPEG XL support, using it as a lossless or visually lossless “Expert RAW” format in its camera/gallery apps!”  For those unfamiliar with Jon, he’s the senior image researcher…

The Next Cloudinary library, created and maintained by my good friend Colby Fayock, allows you to easily use components out of the box within the library with these features: Automatically optimize images and videos and deliver in modern formats. Remove backgrounds from images. Dynamically add image and text…

The paradigm shift in the digital landscape is moving from static to dynamic content, making CMS-driven photo galleries more essential. What makes this dynamic? It stems from personalization, automatic image resizing, and the ability to change text, colors, and more elements within an image programmatically — possibilities that many might…

Manipulating images dynamically within web applications unlocks the potential for creative possibilities. By combining Flask with Cloudinary’s robust image management capabilities, developers can craft interactive and visually engaging applications. Let’s take a closer look at how this sample application brings together various elements and implements a dynamic image handling system…