Dynamic Image Transformation for Amazon CloudFront
Transform, optimize, and deliver images in real time at a fraction of the cost
Overview
Dynamic Image Transformation for Amazon CloudFront (formerly Serverless Image Handler) enables real-time image processing through the global content delivery network (CDN) of Amazon CloudFront. This AWS Solution helps you optimize visual content delivery while significantly reducing operational costs and complexity. By dynamically transforming a single source image on-demand, it eliminates the need to store multiple versions of the same image, resulting in substantial storage savings. This solution also enhances the user experience through faster load times with improved caching, while providing robust security controls to protect against inappropriate content, including URL signing, request validation, and content moderation features.
Benefits
Streamlined image optimization
Transform and optimize images in real-time through simple API requests, serving the most efficient format based on browser capabilities and helping ensure optimal file size and quality.
Cost-effective storage management
Advanced security controls
Protect visual assets with URL signing, request validation, and content moderation features while maintaining granular access controls over your image delivery.
Scalable architecture
Technical details
You can automatically deploy this architecture using the implementation guide and the accompanying AWS CloudFormation template.
About this deployment
- Version: 7.0.7
- Released: 9/2025
- Author: AWS
- Est. deployment time: 15 mins
- Estimated cost: See details
Deploy with confidence
Everything you need to launch this AWS Solution in your account is right here
We'll walk you through it
Get started fast. Read the implementation guide for deployment steps, architecture details, cost information, and customization options.
Let's make it happen
Ready to deploy? Open the CloudFormation template in the AWS Console to begin setting up the infrastructure you need. You'll be prompted to access your AWS account if you haven't yet logged in.
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Customers
Map Your Show
"At Map Your Show we manage thousands of images across web-based exhibitor profiles and mobile apps. By using Dynamic Image Transformation for CloudFront, we've simplified our image collection process and improved exhibitor platform onboarding time by 37%. The solution has been instrumental in helping us deliver high-performance, dynamically transformed images at scale— all without the need to manage multiple variants or maintain additional infrastructure."
Drew Martin VP of Technology
Fotaflo
"Getting a working test version only took a couple of days. Within 2 weeks we launched in production and had migrated 75% of our image transformations at roughly ¼ of the cost we were previously paying the third-party service. On top of that, we still don't need to worry about maintaining the pipeline infrastructure or scaling servers due to the Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, and AWS Lambda architecture. Now our product team can get back to thinking about what more we can do with photos rather than how we can reduce the costs associated with transforming them."
Martin Eckart Systems Architect, Fotaflo
