Create Image Derivatives (Asset Variations)

Custom resolution for your derivatives can be set up in your portal. When creating a derivative with custom resolution, Bynder uses the longer side to create the derivative. If your image is, for example, 800 by 600 pixels, the 800 pixels side is used for resizing. The 600 pixels side is scaled according to the aspect ratio. The following custom derivatives can be set up in your portal:

• The system can't create derivatives with larger dimensions than the original file as it would lead to quality loss. Vector files are an exception to this rule, as they can be upscaled.
• A custom DPI value for your derivatives can be configured. For instance, we can automatically generate a 300 DPI derivative of your original 600 DPI image file.
• An automatic crop creates the derivative from the center point of the image. Alternatively, if you edit an asset and set a focus point, the derivative for this asset is automatically adjusted to be cropped and resized from the focus point.
• The default dimensions and aspect ratio are preserved for use in your webshop. We can resize the image according to the longer side and aspect ratio, and the remaining canvas size will be filled with a blank space to meet your fixed dimensions.
• Derivative generated based on the filename of the original file. With regular expressions (regex) we can configure that a derivative should only be generated when the filename of the original file meets specific criteria.  It can be configured that a derivative isn't created when the original filename meets specific criteria. For example, if you don't want a derivative to be generated when the filename of the original file contains an icon.
  • Note: If using the Mass Uploader, the asset's filename must start with the specified regex for the derivative to be created. The normal uploader does not have this requirement.
• Unique URLs can be generated for each derivative.
• Only specific output formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF, and WebP) can be used to generate the derivative file in the desired file format.
• Color spaces (RGB/CMYK/inherit) 
  • The inherit option ensures that the embedded color profile in the uploaded file is used to generate the derivative. This way, the derivative will be generated with the right colors. Inheriting the color profile is the best way to make sure that the color profile of the derivative will be identical to the color profile of the original file. If you want to make use of this option, make sure that you upload files that have an embedded color profile.
  • If no embedded color profile is available in the uploaded file, the system will fall back to a default color profile. For the RGB color space, this will be the sRGB color profile. For the CMYK color space, we can set up a custom fallback color profile for you. If no custom fallback profile has been set up, the system will default to the ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) profile. See the list of supported fallback CMYK color profiles here.
  • PNG derivatives can also be customized to preserve transparency, and for JPGs we can define the desired quality.