Image and Video Manager September 2020 updates:

Aspect Ratio Crop

Use this new transformation to change the height or width of an image, by cropping or expanding the area, to an aspect ratio of your choosing.

Event Viewer support

The Event Viewer in Akamai Control Center now records Image and Video Manager - Policy Manager events and details.

WepP support for iOS 14

With iOS 14, Safari 14 supports WebP. Image and Video Manager automatically sends WebP derivative images to Safari when appropriate.

API updates

You can now use the API to view the log and error details that the Image and Video Manager API generates for images and videos over the last three days. The API also lists the range of HTTP status codes along with their likely causes. For more information refer to the List log details section and the List error details section in the Image Manager API v2 documentation.

Image and Video Manager Dashboard

We’ve made these updates to the dashboard as part of our continuous improvement process:

• Moved the position of additional data about image formats and quality levels to make it visible on the screen.
• Updated the hover text for the Quality Level Distribution metric.
• Renamed the JXR content type to JPEG-XR and JPG to JPEG for accuracy and consistency.

Image and Video Manager July 2020 release:

Fast Activation

• Image and Video Manager now supports Fast Activation to decrease deployment times when activating or updating policies.

General Updates & Bug Fixes

• Improvements to the global Akamai network deliver increased network scalability and flexibility.
• We’ve also made updates to the Image and Video Manager back-end software to provide greater stability and scalability.
• Fixed an issue with the ChromaKey and BackgroundColor transformations.
• Fixed an issue when compositing images and an image download fails.

Image and Video Manager Dashboard

• The links to the Top Hit Videos and Largest Pristine Videos by Byte Size are now clickable and include the hostname.

Image and Video Manager June 2020 release:

We’ve added three new Experimental transformations for you to use on staging or on pre-production traffic:

• Remove Color - removes a specified color from an image and replaces it with transparent pixels.
• Chroma Key - changes any color in an image within the specified volume of the HSL colorspace to transparent or semitransparent.
• Mono Hue - sets all hues in an image to a single specified hue of your choosing.

When activating a policy on production the Policy Rollout Speed Recommender provides multiple rollout periods to choose from. To help you select a rollout option we’ve included policy insights about the number of hits or percentage of your total traffic in the last 24 hours.

Rules containing the Image and Video Manager behavior no longer allow Request Cookie matches.

This release includes the What’s New in Image and Video Manager window, which provides information about the changes included in the last three Image and Video Manager releases. To access this window, click the What’s New button on the main Policy Manager page.

The Top Image URLs report is now available for Image and Video Manager. This report shows the most heavily served images on your site. You can view the data by either hits or volume.