Supabase's Image Transformations feature allows you to optimize and resize images on-the-fly, directly from your storage buckets.
Key features
- Dynamic resizing: Adjust image dimensions using width and height parameters.
- Quality control: Set image quality with a scale of 20 to 100.
- Resize modes: Choose from 'cover', 'contain', or 'fill' to suit your needs.
- Automatic format optimization: Convert images to WebP for supported browsers.
- Flexible implementation: Use with public URLs, signed URLs, or direct downloads.
- Next.js integration: Custom loader for optimized images in Next.js applications.
- Self-hosting option: Deploy your own image transformation service using Imgproxy.
Benefits:
- Performance optimization: Reduce bandwidth usage and improve load times with optimized images.
- Storage efficiency: Store a single high-quality version and generate variants as needed.
- Responsive design support: Serve appropriately sized images for different devices and layouts.
- Simplified workflow: Eliminate the need for manual image processing and multiple version storage.
Image transformations are valuable for:
- Responsive web applications requiring different image sizes
- E-commerce platforms showcasing product images
- Content management systems adapting images for various layouts
- Mobile apps optimizing images for cellular networks
- Any application handling large volumes of images in varying contexts
Supabase's Image Transformations feature enables you to efficiently manage and serve optimized images, improving your application's performance and user experience while saving time and resources.