Image and Video Manager April/May 2021 updates:

New features:

• Animated GIF to mp4 conversion (Experimental): You are now able to convert animated GIFs to MP4 videos for additional byte savings.

• Image and Video Manager integration with Simplified Product onboarding (SPO): You can now use our SPO assistant to enable Image and Video Manager on a new property, which will help you to get going with IVM quickly and easily. to learn more about SPO, see their June 3, 2020 release note.

Dashboard updates:

On the IVM Video Dashboard, you are now able to view the top video URLs based on number of seconds delivered. 

Image and Video Manager April/May 2021 updates:

Shared Policy Sets 

You can now reuse policies sets and share them across multiple properties belonging to the same contract. Any changes to the shared policy set are reflected globally across all associated properties. To learn more, see Shared Policy Sets.

New Policy Manager UI—Beta 

We have launched a revamped beta version of the Policy Manager UI that introduces following improvements:

• A change in workflow to allow creation of policies via the new UI
• Greater accessibility of policy sets and policy actions
• Clearer reflection of the concept of policies being contained within policy sets
• Additional information about policies and policy sets and policies on the landing page
• Changes to default settings, including: default Perceptual Quality set to Medium High, default resolution set to 1080px for Apple devices, and modernized default breakpoints
• A cleaner, simpler, more organized look

You can access the New UI using the ‘Switch to beta’ button on the Policy Manager page.

Troubleshooting information 

We have added guidance for troubleshooting issues you may encounter when working with Image and Video Manager. To learn more, see Troubleshooting.

Support HEIC/HEIF image format—Experimental

We have added experimental support for the HEIC/HEIF image format for derivative image creation.

Image and Video Manager March 2021 updates:

Ability to filter based on policy set and policy (dashboard)

When using the the Image and Video Manager dashboard, you can now filter by policy set, then filter by specific policy. 

Support AVIF image format - Experimental

Support for AVIF image format for derivative image format creation.

Image and Video Manager February 2021 updates:

Improvements to the Image and Video Manager dashboard include:

• Enhanced CP Code Selection & Date Filters
• Export CSV for Top Hits and Largest Pristine Components
• Export CSV for Unprocessable Content

Improvements to the network include:

• Dynamic TTL support.
• Continued improvements to network related to scalability and reliability.
• Improved handling of large animated GIFs.

Image and Video Manager November 2020 updates:

• The copy-to-clipboard icon now appears when user hovers over URLs on the Un-processable Images and Videos reports and Video Analysis reports.

• Most Requested Image Widths is now available on the dashboard.

• The show un-processable images enhancement is now available.

• Integration with ACC Event Viewer.

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.