Cloudinary Image & Video release notes: NEXT VERSION
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Cloudinary Image
Automatic enhancement
The new auto_enhance effect uses AI to automatically enhance an image by optimizing its quality based on the detected quality. If an image is already high quality, only minor adjustments are made. Otherwise, more aggressive enhancements are applied to improve the overall appearance, including noise reduction and detail enhancement.
Learn more: e_auto_enhance
New 3D features in Product Gallery widget
There are now more ways to customize how your 3D models are displayed in the Cloudinary Product Gallery.
Extra properties have been added to Ar3dProps allowing you to set the 3D model to automatically rotate, customize the AR modal, show the zoom buttons, and customize the user interface.
You can also subscribe to new events that let you know when the 3D model has finished loading, when the "View in AR" button has been clicked, and when the QR code is ready.
Upload widget accessibility
The Cloudinary Upload widget now includes comprehensive accessibility support aligned with WCAG 2.1 AA standards. It provides built-in compatibility for keyboard navigation, screen readers, and low-vision use cases—all without changing your core workflows.
These updates help ensure that anyone can upload and manage media through an inclusive, fully accessible interface.
More accurate deletions based on last access reports
Fixed an issue that caused assets with whitespace or special characters to be excluded from last access reports.
All assets are now correctly included, ensuring that bulk deletion in the Cloudinary Console based on last access time no longer skips eligible files.
Cloudinary Video
HDR video transformation and delivery
Cloudinary now supports HDR10 video transformation and delivery, allowing you to deliver your HLG or HDR10 compliant source content while preserving the original color-grading and HDR metadata.
To request HDR output, use both the dynamic_range parameter set to high (dr_high in URLs) and the video_codec parameter set to h265 (vc_h265 in URLs):
HDR transformations support trimming, scaling, cropping, text overlays, subtitles, and audio transformations. When HDR output isn't supported due to input limitations or unsupported transformation combinations, Cloudinary automatically falls back to tone-mapped SDR output.
Video Player support for switching between multiple video sources
The Video Player now supports providing multiple versions of the same video content with a switcher button in the player, enabling your users to view the different versions. This is useful when you have different versions of a video, such as dubbed versions in different languages or alternative cuts.
When you provide multiple video sources, a source switcher automatically appears in the player controls allowing users to select between the available versions. Each source object can include standard video source properties plus a label parameter that defines what text appears in the source switcher UI.
Video Analytics search and filter improvements
Video Analytics now includes search functionality within filter lists, making it faster and easier to locate specific filters and apply them to your analytics data.
Additionally, long public ID strings have are now reformatted for improved readability.
Video Transcript and Localization editor
The Video Player Studio now includes a comprehensive language management interface for organizing and controlling multilingual subtitles. From the Transcript and Localization section, click the new Manage button to access features including:
- Drag and drop to reorder subtitle languages as they appear to viewers
- Toggle translations on or off for viewer availability
- Set a default language that displays first when viewers load the video
- Export subtitles in
.vttor.srtformat with a single click
Asset and account management
New Usage Reports page in Console
Explore the new Usage Reports page in the Cloudinary Console (Home > Usage Reports) to get a detailed breakdown of your account and product environment usage metrics.
This new report helps you track image impressions, video seconds delivered, transformations, bandwidth, and storage over a selected period. It's a great way to keep an eye on your usage trends and make informed decisions about your plan.
Learn more
Root API key deletion
You can now disable account and product environment root API keys, and also delete product environment root API keys directly from the Cloudinary Console Settings:
This gives you more control and flexibility over your root keys.
New Usage Reports page in Console
Explore the new Usage Reports page in the Cloudinary Console (Home > Usage Reports) to get a detailed breakdown of your account and product environment usage metrics.
This new report helps you track image impressions, video seconds delivered, transformations, bandwidth, and storage over a selected period. It's a great way to keep an eye on your usage trends and make informed decisions about your plan.
Learn more
New Cloudinary CLI courses available
We invite you to try the new free Introduction to Cloudinary's CLI online courses (Part 1 and Part 2), where you can learn about the many upload, management, and transformation options that Cloudinary provides from the command line.
Learn about the Cloudinary CLI
Docs and demo apps
Adaptability section in Accessible Media guide
There's a new section on image and video adaptability in the Accessible Media guide. This section covers how to ensure that images and videos can be viewed effectively across different device orientations and screen sizes, with intelligent cropping features that automatically preserve the most important visual elements when adapting to different aspect ratios.
New Svelte sample project
There's a new Photo Album sample project available, which demonstrates how to use the community-developed Svelte SDK for uploading files to Cloudinary, and using transformations to optimize and customize their delivery and display.
Announcements
Cloudinary VS Code Extension now in Beta
The new Cloudinary VS Code Extension brings media asset management directly into your development environment. Browse your Media Library, search for assets, upload files, and copy optimized URLs without switching between your IDE and the Cloudinary Console.
Key features include:
- Asset Explorer with folder structure matching your Console
- Search and filtering by public ID and media type
- Quick copy actions for public IDs and optimized URLs
- Direct upload with upload preset support
- Asset preview for images and videos
- Environment switching for multiple Cloudinary accounts
The extension is open source and available now from the VS Code Marketplace.
Cloudinary 3D deprecation
At the end of March 2026, you'll no longer be able to use the Cloudinary 3D product. Cloudinary 3D viewer and AR capabilities are transitioning to the Product Gallery widget.
There's a migration guide available to help you to display your 3D models using the Product Gallery.
New n8n integration
The new Cloudinary n8n integration allows you to connect Cloudinary's media management capabilities with over a thousand apps, data sources, and services through n8n's visual workflow automation platform.
With the Cloudinary node in n8n, you can automate media workflows including uploading assets, updating tags and metadata, retrieving tag lists, and fetching structured metadata definitions—all within your n8n automations.
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