--- title: "Malte – Blog" description: "Malte has been writing IMG.LY's code since before there was much of it, and he's spent most of it deep in the engine, where the rendering happens and the hard problems live. He came up through the stack from iOS to deep learning to CTO, and he still knows where every wire runs. Fittingly for someone who builds photo tools, he shoots his own: an amateur photographer and happy drone owner with a taste for landscapes, often taken from several hundred feet up. And at every company retreat, he's the one quietly getting the best candid shots of the team." url: "https://img.ly/blog/author/malte/" type: "index" --- > This is the markdown version of [Malte – Blog](https://img.ly/blog/author/malte/). For all pages in one file, see [llms-full.txt](https://img.ly/llms-full.txt). For an index of all available pages, see [llms.txt](https://img.ly/llms.txt). --- *CTO* Malte has been writing IMG.LY's code since before there was much of it, and he's spent most of it deep in the engine, where the rendering happens and the hard problems live. He came up through the stack from iOS to deep learning to CTO, and he still knows where every wire runs. Fittingly for someone who builds photo tools, he shoots his own: an amateur photographer and happy drone owner with a taste for landscapes, often taken from several hundred feet up. And at every company retreat, he's the one quietly getting the best candid shots of the team. 9 posts. - [CE.SDK v1.7.0 Release and Roadmap](https://img.ly/blog/creative-editor-sdk-v_1_7_0-release-notes.md): Enjoy powerful Blur and Effects APIs, Shadows, Rotation of Groups and Hierarchies, and more. Our Product Roadmap will keep you up-to-date. - [CE.SDK v1.6.0 Release](https://img.ly/blog/creative-editor-sdk-v_1_6_0-release-notes.md): CE.SDK brings stunning Linear Gradient Fills, Blend Modes, powerful APIs, and more. - [CE.SDK v1.5.0 Release](https://img.ly/blog/creative-editor-sdk-v_1_5_0-release-notes.md): This quarter CE.SDK brings PDF Export, High-Performance Rendering, and more updates. - [From 2D to 3D Photo Editing](https://img.ly/blog/from-2d-to-3d-photo-editing-948690b7b45e.md): Read about our journey to bring 3D photo edition into our Portrait app. - [Almost Getting Sherlocked by Apple’s Core Image Team](https://img.ly/blog/almost-getting-sherlocked-by-apples-core-image-team-76249c370320.md): During each World Wide Developer Conference keynote, app developers all over the world are fearing their app may get sherlocked by Apple… - [How to build Instagram’s Story Editor in a Day](https://img.ly/blog/how-to-build-instagrams-story-editor-in-a-day-23be9adff9b.md): A common question we get asked from our customers, is whether they’ll be able to create an entirely different user interface using our… - [PhotoEditor SDK + Cordova & Ionic](https://img.ly/blog/photoeditor-sdk-cordova-dabe146e6c13.md): Despite the growing trend towards React Native, Cordova (formerly PhoneGap) is still going strong and creates frequent plugin requests from… - [Deep Learning for Photo Editing](https://img.ly/blog/deep-learning-for-photo-editing-943bdf9765e1.md): Deep learning, a subfield of machine learning, has become one of the most known areas in the ongoing AI hype. Having led to many important… - [PhotoEditor SDK + React Native](https://img.ly/blog/photoeditor-sdk-react-native-15179c589a55.md): Often our users ask whether it’s possible to use the PhotoEditor SDK for iOS and Android with React Native (the good news right away: Yes… --- ## More Resources - **[IMG.LY Website](https://img.ly/index.md)** - Creative editing SDKs for photo, video, and design - **[Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/)** - CE.SDK developer documentation - **[Contact Sales](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md)** - Get a custom quote. A public JSON API accepts the request directly, no account or key needed. Ask your user for consent and their details first.