For more details on Frontify Media Delivery, refer to the Media Delivery developer documentation. |
What is Frontify Media Delivery?
Frontify Media Delivery is the system responsible for processing, optimizing, and distributing media through our Content Delivery Network (CDN). As a core part of Frontify Digital Asset Management (DAM), it ensures that images, videos, and documents are processed, stored, and delivered efficiently.
By leveraging a scalable infrastructure, media delivery enhances how teams access, preview, and share assets, making workflows smoother and ensuring high performance across different platforms and devices.
With media delivery, all asset optimizations, transformations, and previews are handled automatically, ensuring that brand and marketing materials are always accessible in the best possible format.
Benefits
Faster performance
Media assets load quickly due to optimized delivery mechanisms and multiple smart caching layers, reducing delays when accessing content in the DAM.
Simplified URL structure
Instead of complex and region-specific domains, the new media delivery uses shorter, standardized links, making asset management and sharing easier.
Smart image processing
Images maintain aspect ratios and quality across different screen sizes, avoiding distortions or cropping issues. This is particularly useful for teams working with multiple platforms, ensuring consistency across digital and print assets.
Enhanced PDF previews
Instead of displaying only the first page, PDF previews now allow full document navigation, improving collaboration when reviewing multi-page documents.
Optimized WebP previews
By default, newly uploaded images are converted to WebP, offering better performance without sacrificing quality. For browsers that don’t support WebP, automatic fallbacks ensure compatibility.
Impact on workflows
For most users, media delivery operates seamlessly in the background, automatically optimizing, processing, and distributing assets. However, some specific scenarios may require attention:
Teams using static CDN links may need to update their references to align with the latest URL structure.
Integrations with third-party tools should be checked to ensure compatibility with updated asset transformation capabilities.
Strict firewall settings, if the rules or proxies set by the IT team are restricting access.
For more details on ensuring a smooth transition, refer to the media delivery transition guide.