Uploads in Asset Manager

• Asset Manager now supports uploads up to 5GB. Please follow the instructions here to update your settings for uploading.

New Video Analytics

• Visualize how many videos and minutes are streamed and encoded on a daily basis with new video analytics in Dashboard. You can learn more about our Video API here.

Other Features and Fixes

• @imgix/angular now supports V12.
• Minor improvements in image processing color accuracy.

Image Manager Is Now Asset Manager

• As Asset Manager continues to expand support for media types we have updated the name to better reflect its flexibility. Access Asset Manager by clicking the "Assets" tab in your Dashboard or reach out to Support if you have questions.

New Upload Sessions API

• We have added an upload sessions flow that support uploads up to 5GB. This is a multi-part, sequential flow that involves creating a session, uploading a file for that session, and finally closing the session. Note: This is currently supported only for Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage Sources.

Other Features and Fixes

• Fixed a performance issue impacting a small percentage of image rendering requests.

New Video Player SDK

• ix-video is a new custom video player element that works anywhere. Use it to render HLS streams encoded via the imgix video API or other videos of your choosing.

Video API Now Supports MP4 Format

• In addition to HLS, the imgix video API now also supports the MP4 format. Choose MP4 for shorter videos or when you want to have control over the video resolution, regardless of the client's bandwidth.

Other Features and Fixes

• Added support for React 18 to react-imgix.
• Updated imgix-management-js to provide better flexibility independent of runtime environment.
• Fixed a bug causing a small number of Web Proxy assets to return an error.

Video Playback in Image Manager

• Videos processed via our Video API can now be played directly in the Image Manager detail view. Contact Us if you would like to learn more about serving video with imgix.

More Flexible Text Positioning

• New txt-x and txt-y params allow you to more precisely place where you want your text overlay to appear.

Image Manager Simple Search Now Includes Custom Fields

• Simple search in Image Manager now also searches Custom Field values. Learn more about Image Manager or read our documentation.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where auto=format was not correctly returning WebP images for some Edge browsers.
• Various bug fixes for Image Editing within Image Manager.

New Image Editing Capabilities in Image Manager

• Make simple edits (focalpoint crop, width/height adjustments, format changes) directly in Image Manager and easily download or copy a link to a modified image. Just visit the detail view of an image in Image Manager to try it out.

Chrome Extension for Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• In addition to the imgix Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration we launched last month, now users can select images already in their Image Manager for use with their Salesforce Products by using our new Chrome Extension for Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

Improved Support For Gatsby 4

• Get more details on our Gatsby integration here.

New Salesforce Commerce Cloud Integration

• Easily load and optimize images in Page Designer directly from your existing cloud storage with the imgix Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration. Get more information and watch a demo here.

New Magento (Adobe Commerce) Plugin

• This app allows users to easily connect to imgix via Image Manager within Magento for product creation and page creation. It is compatible with Magento 2 Open Source/Community Edition. Install it and read the user guide here.

Added Inclusion and Exclusion Paths to Image Manager

• Now you can configure your Source to include or exclude certain paths from asset discovery in Image Manager. This does not affect which assets can be rendered via imgix, only which assets are eligible to appear in Image Manager.