Himmat Singh Dulawat (4x Sitecore MVP)

In a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, a rendition refers to an alternative version of an original digital asset. This could mean: A different file format (e.g., converting a PNG to JPG) A different dimension, resolution, or size (e.g., resizing an image for web vs. print) A different color space or compression level (e.g., RGB vs. CMYK) For example, the marketing team needs the same product image for the Website (High Resolution), Mobile App (optimized size), and social media (specific aspect ratio). Instead of storing multiple copies of assets in different formats, the DAM module in Sitecore Content Hub provides the features to generate the renditions dynamically using media processing. This saves space and ensures consistency. Sitecore Content Hub by default provides server renditions under the media processing flow, which are Original, Metadata, PDF, Preview, Medium, Thumbnail, and Big Thumbnail. But if you want to create a cus...

Sitecore website performance will impact if you have a large number of media items on pages and it comes from the media library. To increase performance, use a Microsoft Azure® Content Delivery Network (CDN) with Sitecore Media in your solution.  Here in this blog post, I am discussing how to configure the Azure CDN with your Sitecore solution so that your media library items are retrieved from the CDN and increase performance. If you are using Sitecore Managed Cloud Service then either you will already have CDN setup on your prod environment or you can create a service request to Sitecore to create an app service for CDN else you can refer to the Sitecore document about CDN setup considerations . Configuration In Sitecore: Before you can setup the Sitecore Media Library to use CDN in your solution you must have Sitecore XP or XM 9.1 or later CDN endpoint Step 1: Go to the path {your Sitecore root instance}\App_Config\Include\Exam...