Introducing Our New Company Brand
As a company, we have evolved with 30+ employees, serving hundreds of customers around the globe. As a brand, we wanted to advance as well.
Inpainting: Removing Distracting Objects in High-Resolution Images
We teamed up with the Bochumer Institute of Technology to present improved results with deep learning approaches. Here are our experiences from a mission to make editing easier.
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Cordova: A plugin made for JavaScript developers
Integrating third-party libraries requires either native platform experience or a time-consuming learning curve. To set you on a smoother path, we are introducing a new Cordova plugin that integrates our native iOS and Android SDK for you!
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Make it pop - introducing Animated and Smart Stickers
Stickers have become an essential part of digital expression and a popular feature across use cases, from marketing campaigns and social media posts to annotation. We are happy to announce our newest feature.
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Smart Cropping - Automatically crop images to optimal regions with deep neural networks
Many websites ask you to upload images in specific aspect ratios. Smart cropping allows you to automatically find such images for any aspect ratio. It's powered by Convolutional Neural Networks, predicting the salient areas of a picture. We describe how smart cropping works and why it's important.
Work Where You Work Best
Img.ly will now transition into a remote-first company. We won’t get back to the old normal, as we don’t believe in an old normal. Now, we’re figuring out what it means to make a temporary change permanent.
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An honest job description – img.ly is hiring a Senior Software Engineer
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us in building and shaping web-based User Interfaces of our products. We are setting up the foundation for a new graphic design tool to challenge the status quo that eases the creation of smashing design and collaboration with fellow creators.
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Titles for Software Engineers at img.ly
At img.ly, we have simple criteria for our internal titles for a certain job. For each job, we define different stages from beginner to lead roles. We are aware that not everyone will fit each and every requirement for a stage, however, this guide should help in understanding our work.
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Building the Creative Engine of the Digital World
With UBQ we are creating a platform for creative editing. We double down on our core belief that design can benefit a lot from technological advancements.
Announcing PhotoEditor SDK HTML5–v 5.0
We have some great updates to share. After a year of hard work and countless iterations, it is our utmost pleasure to announce that PhotoEditor SDK remake for HTML5 is here. ?
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React Native: Native Modules made for React developers
On the developer experience with 3rd-party libraries for RN 0.60+
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On Magic Colors
As a photographer you are always searching for good light that makes everything shine. You are on a never-ending hunt for some of these ‘special’ photons that you can capture with your lens and on your camera sensor as you press the shutter button.
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