> ## Documentation Index
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# Deliver images with the Next.js Image component (video tutorial)

[githublink]: https://github.com/cloudinary-community/cloudinary-examples/tree/main/examples/nextjs-next-image-loader

## Overview

Learn how to deliver Cloudinary images in your Next.js application using the [Next.js Image component](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/image). Add Cloudinary URLs to the list of allowed domains for the Image component and use the built-in Next.js Cloudinary loader to take advantage of more Cloudinary features.

> **NOTE**: The instructions to [serve images directly from Cloudinary](#serve_images_directly_from_cloudinary) work only for Next.js 12 and below due to Next.js 13 deprecating global loaders. Instead, try the [CldImage](nextjs_image_transformations) component of the [Next Cloudinary](nextjs_integration) library.

## Video tutorial

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> **TIP**: :title=View the code

You can find the code from this tutorial in [GitHub][githublink].
## Tutorial contents
This tutorial presents the following topics. Click a timestamp to jump to that part of the video.
### The Next.js Image component
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|{videotime:id=media :min=0 :sec=05 :player=cld} | There are many components and tools that Next.js provides out of the box, including the [Next.js Image component](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/image), which implements its own optimization capabilities. You can use the Image component together with Cloudinary delivery URLs to take advantage of both technologies.
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### Replace existing img tags with Next.js Image components
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|{videotime:id=media :min=0 :sec=21 :player=cld} | Import the Image component from `next/image` and swap your existing `img` tags for `Image` components. 
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### Add the Cloudinary domain to the allowed list
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|{videotime:id=media :min=0 :sec=29 :player=cld} | To allow images to originate from Cloudinary, add the Cloudinary domain to the allowed list. In **next.config.js**, add an `images` property containing a `domains` property.  The `domains` property is an array of domains where you are serving your images from, for example, `res.cloudinary.com`.  See [example code](https://github.com/cloudinary-community/cloudinary-examples/tree/main/examples/nextjs-next-image-domain).
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### Serve images directly from Cloudinary
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|{videotime:id=media :min=1 :sec=15 :player=cld} | **Only for Next.js 12 and below.** To allow images to be served directly from Cloudinary, use the loaders functionality. In **next.config.js**,replace the `domains` property with a `loader` key that has a value of `cloudinary`. Add a `path` key, and set the value to the first part of your delivery URLs, for example, `https://res.cloudinary.com/my_cloud/image/upload`. Then, remove that part of the address from each of the image URLs in your code. See [example code](https://github.com/cloudinary-community/cloudinary-examples/tree/main/examples/nextjs-next-image-loader) (this doesn't use global loaders so can be used with Next.js 13).
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## Keep learning

> **READING**:
>
> * Watch more [Dev Hints videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dVGjLA2oMpaTbvoKCaRNBMQzBUIv7N8) on the [Cloudinary YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/cloudinary).

> * Try out the [Next Cloudinary](nextjs_integration) library that provides components to enable you to upload and apply popular Cloudinary transformation and optimization features to your media when building Next.js applications.

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