Edits at scale (video tutorial)

Overview

Need to apply the same edits to hundreds of images at once? This tutorial shows how to create a reusable named transformation in the Cloudinary Media Library, then reuse it across any asset with no coding required.

Once saved, you can apply the transformation on the fly by adding its name to any Cloudinary delivery URL. Learn more in the named transformations guide.

Video tutorial

Tutorial contents

This tutorial presents the following topics. Click a timestamp to jump to that part of the video.

Introduction

0:00	Want to transform hundreds of images in Cloudinary all at once? Here's the fastest way, with no coding needed.

Create a reusable transformation

0:10	Go into the Media Library, select any asset, and click edit to open Studio. Here you can apply whatever settings you want, for example, resize, crop, filters, borders, and more.

Apply AI-powered edits

0:23	Use AI to remove an object that appears across all your images, pad with a generative fill, and apply a logo.

Save as a named transformation

0:44	To save this set of changes as a named transformation, click Save Template and give it a name. Your edits are now ready to apply across any images.

Apply across all your assets

0:57	Bring in more assets and see the same transformation applied across them all. You can save or download the results, but it's not necessary.

Deliver variations on the fly

1:09	Create these variations on the fly by simply adding the transformation name to any of your Cloudinary image delivery URLs, wherever you use them.

For example, apply the vignette_angle named transformation to the image (t_vignette_angle). The underlying transformation is e_vignette:90/a_45:

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