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Use cases - Dynamic Image Transformation for Amazon CloudFront

Use cases

Accelerate page loads and optimize visual quality

Deliver faster-loading, high-quality images that automatically adjust for each user’s device capabilities and screen size. Use automatic optimization to reduce image load times while maintaining visual quality, improving your end-user experience.

Enable seamless CDN migration

Migrate from other CDN providers with minimal application changes. Use transformation policies and origin mappings to replicate existing image transformation workflows while leveraging AWS’s global infrastructure.

Reduce operational overhead

Eliminate the need to pre-generate and store multiple image variants. Transform images on-demand and cache results globally through CloudFront, reducing storage costs and simplifying content management.

Support enterprise-scale deployments

Process large images up to 100 MB using the ECS architecture option, supporting enterprise content management systems and high-resolution image workflows.

Improve user and brand safety

Automatically detect and blur inappropriate user-uploaded images with machine learning trained to recognize pre-defined and user-defined categories.