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Dynamic Media Image Profiles image-profiles

Last update: Mon Dec 04 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Asset Management,Image Profiles,Renditions

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When uploading images, you can automatically crop the image upon upload by applying an Image Profile to the folder.

IMPORTANT

Image Profiles are not applicable to PDF, animated GIF, or INDD (Adobe InDesign) files.

Unsharp Mask option unsharp-mask

When creating an Image Profile, you can use the Unsharp mask option to fine-tune a sharpening filter effect on the final downsampled image. You can control intensity of effect, radius of the effect (measured in pixels), and a threshold of contrast that is ignored. This effect uses the same options as Adobe Photoshop’s “Unsharp Mask” filter.

NOTE

Unsharp mask is only applied to downscaled renditions within the PTIFF (pyramid tiff) that are downsampled more than 50%. That means the largest-sized renditions within the ptiff are not affected by unsharp mask. Whereas smaller-sized renditions, such as thumbnails, are altered (and show the unsharp mask).

In Unsharp Mask, you have the following filtering options:

Option

Description

Amount

Controls the amount of contrast applied to edge pixels. The default is 1.75. For high-resolution images, you can increase it to as high as 5. Think of Amount as a measure of filter intensity. Range is 0-5.

Radius

Determines the number of pixels surrounding the edge pixels that affect the sharpening. For high-resolution images, enter from 1 through 2. A low value sharpens only the edge pixels; a high value sharpens a wider band of pixels. The correct value depends on the size of the image. The default value is 0.2. Range is 0-250.

Threshold

Determines the range of contrast to ignore when the unsharp mask filter is applied. In other words, this option determines how different the sharpened pixels must be from the surrounding area before they are considered edge pixels and are sharpened. To avoid introducing noise, experiment with values between 0-255.

Sharpening is described in Sharpening Images.

Crop options crop-options

When you implement smart crop on images, Adobe recommends the following best practice and enforces the following limit:

Asset - Limit type

Best practice

Limit imposed

Image - Number of Smart Crops per image

100

See also Dynamic Media limitations.

Smart crop coordinates are aspect ratio dependent. For the Smart Crop settings in an Image Profile, if the aspect ratio is the same for the added dimensions in the Image Profile, then the same aspect ratio is sent to Dynamic Media. Adobe recommends that you use the same crop area. Doing so ensures that there is no impact to different dimensions used in the Image Profile.

Each smart crop generation that you create requires extra processing. For example, adding more than five smart crop aspect ratios may result in a slow asset ingestion rate. It may also cause an increased load on systems. Because you can apply Smart Crop at the folder level, Adobe recommends that you use it on folders only where it is needed.

Guidelines for defining Smart Crop in an Image Profile
To keep Smart Crop usage under control, and to optimize for processing time and storage of crops, Adobe recommends the following guidelines and tips:

Image assets that are going to have a smart crop applied to them must be a minimum of 50 x 50 pixels or larger.
Ideally, have 10-15 smart crops per image to optimize for screen ratios and processing time.
Name smart crops based on crop dimensions, not on end usage. Doing so helps to optimize for duplicates where a single dimension is used on multiple pages.
Create page-wise/asset type-wise Image profiles for specific folders and subfolders instead of a common smart crop profile that is applied to all folders or all assets.
An Image profile that you apply to subfolders overrides an Image profile that is applied to the folder.
An Image Profile that contains duplicate smart crop dimensions is not permitted.
Duplicate named Image Profiles that have smart crop options set are not permitted.

You have two image crop options from which to choose: Pixel Crop and Smart Crop. You can also choose to automate the creation of color and image swatches or preserve crop content across target resolutions.

IMPORTANT

Adobe recommends that you review any generated crops and swatches to ensure that they are appropriate and relevant to your brand and values.

Option

When to use

Description

Pixel Crop

Bulk crop images based on dimensions only.

From the Cropping Options drop-down list, select Pixel Crop.
To crop from the sides of an image, you enter the number of pixels to crop from any side or each side of the image. How much of the image is cropped depends on the ppi (pixels per inch) setting in the image file.
An Image Profile pixel crop renders in the following manner:
• Values are Top, Bottom, Left, and Right.
• Upper left is considered 0,0 and the pixel crop is calculated from there.
• Crop starting point: Left is X and Top is Y
• Horizontal calculation: horizontal pixel size of original image minus Left and then minus Right.
• Vertical calculation: vertical pixel height minus Top, and then minus Bottom.
For example, suppose you have a 4000 x 3000 pixel image. You use values: Top=250, Bottom=500, Left=300, Right=700.
From upper-left (300,250) crop using the fill space of (4000-300-700, 3000-250-500, or 3000,2250).

Smart Crop

Bulk crop images based on their visual focal point.

Smart Crop uses the power of artificial intelligence in Adobe Sensei to quickly automate the cropping of images in bulk. Smart Crop automatically detects and crops to the focal point in any image to acquire the intended point of interest, regardless of screen size.
From the Cropping Options drop-down list, select Smart Crop, then to the right of Responsive Image Crop, enable (turn on) the feature.
The default breakpoint sizes (Large, Medium, Small) cover the full range of sizes that most images are used on mobile and tablet devices, desktops, and banners. If desired, you can edit the default names of Large, Medium, and Small.
To add more breakpoints, select Add Crop; to delete a crop, select the Garbage Can icon.

Color and Image Swatch

Bulk generates an image swatch for each image.

Note: Smart Swatch is not supported in Dynamic Media Classic.
Automatically locate and generate high-quality swatches from product images that show color or texture.
From the Cropping Options drop-down list, select Smart Crop. Then to the right of Color and Image Swatch, enable (turn on) the feature. Enter a pixel value in the Width and Height text boxes.
While all image crops are available from the Renditions rail, swatches are only used by way of the Copy URL feature. Use your own viewing component to render the swatch on your site. The exception to this rule is carousel banners. Dynamic Media provides the viewing component for the swatch used in carousel banners.

Using image swatches
The URL for image swatches is straightforward:
/is/image/company/<asset_name>:Swatch
Where :Swatch is appended to the asset request.

Using color swatches
To use color swatches, you make a req=userdata request with the following:
/is/image/<company_name>/<swatch_asset_name>:Swatch?req=userdata

For example, the following is a swatch asset in Dynamic Media Classic:
https://my.company.com:8080/is/image/DemoCo/Sleek:Swatch
And here is the swatch asset’s corresponding req=userdata URL:
https://my.company.com:8080/is/image/DemoCo/Sleek:Swatch?req=userdata
The req=userdata response is as follows:
SmartCropDef=Swatch
SmartCropHeight=200.0
SmartCropRect=0.421671,0.389815,0.0848564,0.0592593,200,200
SmartCropType=Swatch
SmartCropWidth=200.0
SmartSwatchColor=0xA56DB2
You can also request a req=userdata response in either XML or JSON format, as in the following respective URL examples:
•https://my.company.com</code>:8080/is/image/DemoCo/Sleek:Swatch?req=userdata,json
•https://my.company.com:8080/is/image/DemoCo/Sleek:Swatch?req=userdata,xml

Note: You must create your own WCM component to request a color swatch and parse the SmartSwatchColor attribute, represented by a 24-bit RGB hexadecimal value.
See also userdata in the Viewers Reference Guide.

Preserve crop content across target resolutions

To maintain crop content across the same aspect ratio

Use when you create a smart crop profile.
To generate new crop content – while still maintaining the focal point – for a given aspect ratio across different resolutions, uncheck this option
If you decide to uncheck this box, make sure that the original image resolution is greater that the resolutions that you define for your Smart Crop profile.

As an example, suppose you have set the aspect ratios at 600 x 600 (Large), 400 x 400 (Medium), and 300 x 300 (Small).
When Preserve crop content across target resolutions option is checked, you see the same crop across all three resolutions, similar to the following sample output of images (for illustrative purposes only):

When Preserve crop content across target resolutions option is unchecked, the crop content is new for all three resolutions, similar to the following sample output of images (for illustrative purposes only):

Supported image file formats for Smart Crop and Color Swatches

The maximum supported input file size resolution is 16K.

NOTE

16K resolution is a display resolution with approximately 16,000 pixels horizontally. The most commonly discussed 16K resolution is 15360 × 8640, which doubles the pixel count of 8K UHD in each dimension, for a total of four times as many pixels. This resolution has 132.7 megapixels, 16 times as many pixels as 4K resolution and 64 times as many pixels as 1080p resolution.

Image format

Case-insensitive file extension

MIME type

Supported input color space

Maximum supported input file size

Supported image format?

BMP

.bmp

image/bmp

sRGB

4 GB

Yes

CMYK

Yes

EPS

GIF

.gif

image/gif

sRGB

15 GB

Yes; the first frame of the animated GIF is used for the rendition. You cannot configure or change the first frame.

JPEG

.jpg and .jpeg

image/jpeg

sRGB

15 GB

Yes

PNG

.png

image/png

sRGB

15 GB

Yes

PSD

.psd

image/vnd.adobe.photoshop

sRGB
CMYK

2 GB

Yes

SVG

TIFF

.tif and .tiff

image/tiff

sRGB
CMYK

4 GB

Yes

WebP/Animated WebP

Create Dynamic Media Image Profiles creating-image-profiles

To define advanced processing parameters for other asset types, see Configuring Asset Processing.

See About Dynamic Media Image Profiles and Video Profiles.

To create Dynamic Media Image Profiles:

Select the Adobe Experience Manager logo and navigate to Tools > Assets > Image Profiles.
To add an Image Profile, select Create.
Enter a profile name, and values for unsharp mask, crop, or swatch, or both.

Tip: Use a profile name that is specific to its intended purpose. For example, suppose you want to create a profile that generates swatches only. That is, Smart Crop is disabled (turned off) and Color and Image Swatch is enabled (turned on). In such cases, you can use the profile name “Smart Swatches”.

See also Smart Crop and Smart Swatch Options and Unsharp Mask.
Select Save. The created profile appears in the list of available profiles.

Edit or delete Dynamic Media Image Profiles editing-or-deleting-image-profiles

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate to Tools > Assets > Image Profiles.
Select the Image Profile that you want to edit or remove. To edit it, select Edit Image Processing Profile. To remove it, select Delete Image Processing Profile.
If editing, save the changes. If deleting, confirm that you want to remove the profile.

Apply a Dynamic Media Image Profile to folders applying-an-image-profile-to-folders

When you assign an Image Profile to a folder, any subfolders automatically inherit the profile from its parent folder. As such, you can assign only one Image Profile to a folder. As such, consider carefully the folder structure of where you upload, store, use, and archive assets.

If you assigned a different Image Profile to a folder, the new profile overrides the previous profile. The previously existing folder assets remain unchanged. The new profile is applied on the assets that are added to the folder later.

Folders that have a profile assigned to it are indicated in the user interface with the name of the profile appearing in the card.

You can apply Image Profiles to specific folders or globally to all assets.

You can reprocess assets in a folder that already has an existing Image Profile that you later changed. See Reprocess assets in a folder after you have edited its processing profile.

Apply Dynamic Media Image Profiles to specific folders applying-image-profiles-to-specific-folders

You can apply an Image Profile to a folder from within the Tools menu or if you are in the folder, from Properties.

Folders that have a profile already assigned to it are indicated by the display of the profile’s name directly below the folder name.

You can reprocess assets in a folder that already has an existing video profile that you later changed. See Reprocess assets in a folder after you have edited its processing profile.

Apply Dynamic Media Image Profiles to folders from Profiles user interface applying-image-profiles-to-folders-from-profiles-user-interface

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate to Tools > Assets > Image Profiles.
Select the Image Profile that you want to apply to a folder or multiple folders.
Select Apply Processing Profile to Folders and select the folder or multiple folders you want use to receive the newly uploaded assets and select Apply. Folders that have a profile already assigned to it are indicated by the display of the profile’s name directly below the folder name.

Apply Dynamic Media Image Profiles to folders from Properties applying-image-profiles-to-folders-from-properties

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate to Assets.
Navigate to a folder (not an asset) to which you want to apply an image profile.
Depending on the view you are in, do one of the following:
- In Card View, hover the pointer on the folder, then select the check mark to select it.
- In Column View or List View, select the check box to the left of the folder name.
On the toolbar, select Properties.
Select the Dynamic Media Processing tab.
Under Image Profile, from the Profile Name drop-down list, select the profile to apply.
Near the upper-right corner of the page, select Save & Close. Folders that have a profile already assigned to it are indicated by the display of the profile’s name directly below the folder name.

Apply a Dynamic Media Image Profile globally applying-an-image-profile-globally

In addition to applying a profile to a folder, you can also apply one globally. Any content uploaded into Experience Manager Assets in any folder has the selected profile applied.

You can reprocess assets in a folder that already has an existing video profile that you later changed. See Reprocess assets in a folder after you have edited its processing profile.

To apply a Dynamic Media Image Profile globally:

Do one of the following:
- Navigate to https://<AEM server>/mnt/overlay/dam/gui/content/assets/foldersharewizard.html/content/dam and apply the appropriate profile and select Save.
- Navigate to CRXDE Lite to the following node: /content/dam/jcr:content.
  
  Add the property imageProfile:/conf/global/settings/dam/adminui-extension/imageprofile/<name of image profile> and select Save All.

Edit the smart crop or smart swatch of a single image editing-the-smart-crop-or-smart-swatch-of-a-single-image

IMPORTANT

Adobe recommends that you review any generated smart crops and smart swatches to ensure that they are appropriate and relevant to your brand and values.

You can manually realign or resize the smart crop window of an image to further refine its focal point.

After you edit a smart crop and save, the change is propagated everywhere you use the crop for the specific images.

IMPORTANT

When you manually realign or resize the smart crop window of an asset, that edit is maintained and preserved, even if you later decide to reprocess the asset. However, if you edit the width, height, or both in the Responsive Image Crop area of the Image Profile, then that asset is subject to reprocessing.
See Reprocess Dynamic Media assets in a folder.

You can rerun smart crop to generate the additional crops again, if necessary.

To edit the smart crop or smart swatch of a single image:

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate to Assets, then to the folder that has a smart crop or smart swatch Image Profile applied to it.
To open its contents, select the folder.
Select the image whose smart crop or smart swatch that you want to adjust.
In the toolbar, select Smart Crop.
Do any of the following:
- Near the upper-right corner of the page, drag the slider bar left or right to increase or decrease the image display, respectively.
- On the image, drag a corner handle to adjust the size of the viewable area of the crop or swatch.
- On the image, drag the box/swatch to a new location. You can only edit image swatches; color swatches are static.
- Above the image, select Revert to undo all your edits and restore the original crop or swatch.
- Use the keyboard arrow keys to crop the frame size, or reposition the image, or both.
Near the upper-right corner of the page, select Save, then select Close to return to the folder of assets.

Edit the smart crop or smart swatch of multiple images editing-the-smart-crop-or-smart-swatch-of-multiple-images

IMPORTANT

Adobe recommends that you review any generated smart crops and smart swatches to ensure that they are appropriate and relevant to your brand and values.

After you apply an Image Profile – containing Smart Crop – to a folder, all images in that folder have a crop applied to them. If desired, you can manually realign or resize the smart crop window in multiple images to further refine their focal point.

After you edit a smart crop and save, the change is propagated everywhere you use the crop for the specific images.

IMPORTANT

When you manually realign or resize the smart crop window of multiple assets, those edits are maintained and preserved, even if you later decide to reprocess those assets. However, if you edit the width, height, or both in the Responsive Image Crop area of the Image Profile, then those assets are subject to reprocessing.
See Reprocess Dynamic Media assets in a folder.

You can rerun smart crop to generate the additional crops again, if necessary.

To edit the smart crop or smart swatch of multiple images:

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate to Assets, then to a folder that has a smart crop or smart swatch Image Profile applied to it.
On the folder, select the More Actions (…) icon, then select Smart Crop.
On the Edit Smart Crops page, do any of the following:
- Adjust the viewing size of images on the page.
  
  To the right of the breakpoint name drop-down list, drag the slider bar left or right to change the size of the viewable image display.
- Filter the list of viewable images based on breakpoint names. In the example below, the images are filtered on the breakpoint name “Medium”.
  
  Near the upper-right corner of the page, from the drop-down list, select a breakpoint name to filter on what images you see. (See the image above.)
- Resize the smart crop box. Do any one of the following:
  - If the image has a smart crop or a smart swatch only, on the image, drag the corner handle of the crop box. Adjust the size of the viewable area of the crop.
  - If the image has both a smart crop and a smart swatch, on the image, drag the corner handle of the crop box. Adjust the size of the viewable area of the crop. Or, select the smart swatch below the image (color swatches are static), then drag the corner handle of the crop box. Adjust the size of the viewable area of the swatch.
  .
- Move the smart crop box. Do any one of the following:
  - If the image has a smart crop or a smart swatch only, on the image, drag the crop box to a new location.
  - If the image has both a smart crop and a smart swatch, on the image, drag the smart crop box to a new location. Or, select the smart swatch below the image (color swatches are static), then drag the smart swatch crop box to a new location.
- Undo all your edits and restore the original smart crop or smart swatch (applies to the current editing session only).
  
  Select Revert above the image.
Near the upper-right corner of the page, select Save, then select Close to return to the folder of assets.

Remove an Image Profile from folders removing-an-image-profile-from-folders

When you remove an Image Profile from a folder, any subfolders automatically inherit the removal of the profile from its parent folder. However, any processing of files that has occurred within the folders remains intact.

You can remove an Image Profile from a folder from within the Tools menu or if you are in the folder, from Properties.

Remove Dynamic Media Image Profiles from folders by way of Profiles user interface removing-image-profiles-from-folders-via-profiles-user-interface

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate to Tools > Assets > Image Profiles.
Select the Image Profile that you want to remove from a folder or multiple folders.
Select Remove Processing Profile from Folders and select the folder or multiple folders you want use to remove the profile from and select Remove.

You can confirm that the Image Profile is no longer applied to a folder because the name no longer appears below the folder name.

Remove Dynamic Media Image Profiles from folders by way of Properties removing-image-profiles-from-folders-via-properties

Select the Experience Manager logo and navigate Assets and then to the folder that you want to remove an Image Profile from.
On the folder, select the check mark to select it, then select Properties.
Select the Image Profiles tab.
From the Profile Name drop-down list, select None, then select Save & Close.

Folders that have a profile already assigned to it are indicated by the display of the profile’s name directly below the folder name.

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