25 Days Of Media Magic - The Ambitious Sprint
Tags: images, videos, optimization, 25daysofcode
Published: 2020-01-22 06:23:11

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I’m a big fan of outsourcing development efforts so as to gain time to focus on the core business logic. As a leader of developer communities and fervent developer advocate, I’m constantly on the lookout for opportunities to communicate the importance of leveraging reliable and fast third-party services in your app development.

A couple of weeks ago, it occurred to me that I could show the world on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/1201186886510874630) tips and tricks that could be applied to media assets (images and videos) through [Cloudinary](https://cloudinary.com/blog/25_days_of_media_magic_takeaways). Subsequently, I dedicated each of the first 25 days in December to present Cloudinary’s many features through the hashtag #25DaysOfMediaMagic. It was a worthwhile and gratifying effort.


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Below is a full recap:


### **Day 1: Image Optimization With `q_auto` and `f_auto`**

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### **Day 2: Automatic Video Transcoding**

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### **Day 3: Dynamically Distorting Images** 

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### **Day 4: Re-creation of Google Photos Color Pop**

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### **Day 5: Cropping of Content-Aware Video**

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### **Day 6: Cartoonification of Photos**

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### **Day 7: Subtitles, Video Captioning, and Live Streaming**

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### **Day 8: Creation of Animated GIFs**

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### **Day 9: Duotone Filter** 

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### **Day 10: Creation of Displacement Maps With Images**

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### **Day 11: Removal and Rotation of Image Background**

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### **Day 12: Video Transparency**

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### **Day 13: Low-Quality Image Placeholders for Lazy Loading**

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### **Day 14: Resizing and Delivery of Media Assets**

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### **Day 15: Adaptive Bitrate Streaming of Videos**

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### **Day 16: Image and Video Watermarking**

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### **Day 17: Responsive Images**

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### **Day 18: Generation of Video Previews**

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### **Day 19: Flipping of Videos**

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### **Day 20: Custom Engravings on Products**

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### **Day 21: Generation of an Old-Image Look**

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### **Day 22: Color Replacement in Photos**

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### **Day 23: Digital Asset Management**

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### **Day 24: Widgets for Product Gallery**

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### **Day 25: Advanced Facial-Attribute Detection With Image Overlay**

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The Haitians have a popular proverb:

> # *Dèyè mòn gen mon*


..which means:

> **Beyond mountains there are mountains.** _In other words, as you solve a problem, other problems pop up._

In software engineering, challenges surface all the time and there are always problems to be solved. The smart thing to do is to get the mundane tasks out of the way so that you can focus on the core of your business. [Cloudinary](https://cloudinary.com/) is a reliable, full-stack platform that efficiently and effectively performs all your media-related tasks. Do check it out. 

Furthermore, feel free to make this post your reference guide on media manipulation & transformation.

# Your Turn

If you found any of the tips from the 25 days useful or resonating, feel free to like & RT on Twitter. Hey Reader!, I also want to know your best tip in the comment section.