Guides
Last updated: Apr-08-2024
Cloudinary offers a range of guides that describe available features and present common use-cases, including detailed code examples in all supported programming languages.
Feature guides
Upload
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Use Cloudinary's APIs and SDKs to upload your media assets in bulk
- Programmatically upload images, videos, or any other file
- Create upload presets to define upload options for various use cases
- Embed the Upload Widget in your app and much more...
Transform and Customize
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Programmatically generate endless variations from each asset
- Resize and crop to your desired sizes
- Add layers such as text or image overlays
- Apply a wide variety of visual effects
- Trim your videos to your required duration and much more...
Manage and Analyze
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Manage and get AI-based analysis of your images and videos
- Programmatically search or update assets
- Automatically add metadata and moderate assets
- Return advanced AI analyses on your stored media and much more...
Optimize and Deliver
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Automatically deliver optimal size and quality assets for every device
- Automate image and video optimization
- Deliver images responsively
- Embed the Product Gallery to present your product images and videos and much more...
Use-case guides
Video APIs
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Transcode, customize, analyze, and deliver video at scale
- Learn about some best practices and use cases for video with Cloudinary
- Provide the best video experience for your users with the Cloudinary Video Player
- Understand and optimize your video content by analyzing your video delivery metrics and much more...
AI In Action
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AI-powered features to effortlessly transform, manage, and moderate your images and videos
- Use generative AI to automatically add pixels that integrate seamlessly into the picture
- Ensure you keep the content that matters when cropping using AI
- Save yourself hours of manually analyzing images by using AI for tagging and moderation and much more...
Native Mobile Best Practices
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Best practices to get you started with mobile development and the Cloudinary mobile SDKs
- Discover the available mobile SDKs for creating native apps
- Learn how to optimize and deliver your media on native mobile
- Get some tips and pointers on how to make the most of Cloudinary on mobile and much more...
Add-on guides
Add-ons
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Enhance your experience with a range of Cloudinary add-ons
- Perform analysis and automatically tag your assets
- Choose from a selection of moderation add-ons
- Use add-ons to apply additional transformations and much more...