Prepare media for every channel

Keep the original and prepare the output each channel needs.

Create image sizes, crops and formats from your source assets, and prepare video for playback. Deliver media through URLs where supported or as files for destinations that need an upload.

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Illustration: Keep the original. Prepare the output each channel needs.

The work behind the outcome

Every new destination adds another version to prepare.

When you adapt the same images and video for websites, applications, partner channels and campaigns, every destination asks for something different: a wide image for the website, a tighter crop for mobile, a specific format for a partner. FileSpin lets you prepare the outputs from a shared source, so each new requirement does not have to create a separate source library.

Reuse the source

Keep high-quality originals as the basis for different outputs.

Reuse the source

Keep high-quality originals as the basis for different outputs.

Control the rendition

Set dimensions, crop and format for the use you have in mind.

Control the rendition

Set dimensions, crop and format for the use you have in mind.

Choose the right delivery route

Use image URLs or exported files to suit how each destination works.

Choose the right delivery route

Use image URLs or exported files to suit how each destination works.

Image renditions

One image, many layouts, a subject that stays in view.

Use On-Demand Imaging to resize, crop and convert images through delivery URL parameters. Set a focal point where the subject needs to stay visible, and check the crop for the intended layout. Generate the rendition from the source instead of maintaining each variation as a separate original.

Illustration: One image, different layouts, a subject that stays in view.
Illustration: Make uploaded video ready for playback and reuse.

Video preparation

Make uploaded video ready for playback and reuse.

Transcode source video into the formats your workflow needs and use HLS adaptive streaming for playback across devices and connection conditions. Storyboards help your team inspect the content, and clips let you work with just the part you need.

Destination handoff

Once the output is ready, use the right delivery route.

Some systems reference a FileSpin URL directly. Others fetch a copy and cache it, or need a prepared file uploaded through their own interface. Match that behaviour to your publishing process so the destination receives the right media and refreshes it when needed.

Illustration: The output is ready. Now use the right delivery route.

Relevant customer experience

XXL uses its originals to serve changing image requirements.

XXL’s product-media workflow uses high-resolution source images and FileSpin’s on-demand transformations to serve retail channels. New image sizes become transformation parameters instead of rebuilding the source library.

XXL

On-demand image formats behind the product media it delivers.

XXL

On-demand image formats behind the product media it delivers.

Informa Festivals

Image processing and video transcoding behind its websites.

Informa Festivals

Image processing and video transcoding behind its websites.

AI Agent / optional workflow

Give the AI Agent a specific output to prepare.

Use the AI Agent for a selected group of images and a defined preparation task. Inspect the generated outputs and approve the handoff. Destination rules and application publishing remain part of the workflow you control.

Illustration: Give the AI Agent a specific output to prepare.

Before you begin

Questions about channel preparation

Does FileSpin create a separate original for every image size?

On-Demand Imaging generates image renditions through URL parameters. You can use one source for different output requirements rather than keeping each rendition as a separate original asset.

Does FileSpin create a separate original for every image size?

On-Demand Imaging generates image renditions through URL parameters. You can use one source for different output requirements rather than keeping each rendition as a separate original asset.

Does every channel accept the same image URL?

Not always. Each destination has its own media interface, dimensions and content rules: some use the URL directly, others fetch a file or need an upload. FileSpin prepares the output each one needs.

Does every channel accept the same image URL?

Not always. Each destination has its own media interface, dimensions and content rules: some use the URL directly, others fetch a file or need an upload. FileSpin prepares the output each one needs.

Will marketplaces accept images from FileSpin?

FileSpin prepares images and video to the specifications you set, so match them to each marketplace’s current content and format requirements before publishing.

Will marketplaces accept images from FileSpin?

FileSpin prepares images and video to the specifications you set, so match them to each marketplace’s current content and format requirements before publishing.

Can FileSpin improve a low-resolution original image?

Upscaling and enhancement can help, but detail that was never captured can’t be recovered, so check quality at the size you need.

Can FileSpin improve a low-resolution original image?

Upscaling and enhancement can help, but detail that was never captured can’t be recovered, so check quality at the size you need.

Is video handled in the same way as image resizing?

Video has its own path: FileSpin transcodes it into playback outputs such as HLS, separately from image URL transformations.

Is video handled in the same way as image resizing?

Video has its own path: FileSpin transcodes it into playback outputs such as HLS, separately from image URL transformations.

Start with your own assets

Try the exact outputs your next launch will need.

Bring source assets and a short list of destination requirements. Test the preparation in a trial, or discuss a production delivery route with our team.

Start with your own assets

Try the exact outputs your next launch will need.

Bring source assets and a short list of destination requirements. Test the preparation in a trial, or discuss a production delivery route with our team.

Start with your own assets

Try the exact outputs your next launch will need.

Bring source assets and a short list of destination requirements. Test the preparation in a trial, or discuss a production delivery route with our team.

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