Image pipelines
Automatic resizing, format conversion (WebP/AVIF) and optimisation.
// Software · Cloud
Handle images and print at scale
Cloud solutions to upload, process, store and deliver images and print-ready files fast and reliably — at any volume.
// What you get
What we build in the cloud
Print-ready output
Generate high-resolution, print-ready files (PDF/X, CMYK).
Cloud storage
Scalable, reliable storage for large image and file libraries.
Fast CDN delivery
Deliver images worldwide with low latency via CDN.
Upload workflows
Customer and team upload flows with validation and previews.
Shop & tool integration
Plug the pipeline into your shop, PIM or custom tools.
// Why it matters
Images and print, without the bottleneck
Handling large volumes of images or print files quickly overwhelms a normal server. Codewerk Solutions builds cloud solutions for image and print workflows — automatic resizing and format conversion, print-ready output (CMYK, PDF/X), scalable storage and fast CDN delivery — integrated with your shop, PIM or custom tools.
Whether you run print-on-demand, a large product catalogue or a media-heavy platform, we build the pipeline that processes and delivers your visuals reliably, at any scale.
// In detail
Technology, performance and SEO
What we actually do under the hood — so you can judge the work, not just the promise.
Technology & architecture
Object storage (S3-compatible) for the originals, a processing pipeline for derivatives, and a CDN in front. Uploads are validated, virus-scanned and normalised; print-ready assets keep their colour profile and resolution while the web gets modern, resized formats.
Performance
Derivatives are generated asynchronously on a queue, never during an upload request, so a 400 MB print file does not time out a browser. Images are served in modern formats at exactly the size the layout needs, with explicit dimensions so nothing shifts as they load.
Security & access
Signed, expiring URLs for anything that is not public, role-based access to folders, and a clear retention policy. If customer artwork is involved, you need to know exactly where it lives and be able to delete it on request — so we document that from day one.
// FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes — with validation on format, resolution, colour space and bleed, and a preview so they see what will actually be printed. Catching a bad file at upload is far cheaper than catching it at the press.
Your choice: EU cloud storage, your own object storage, or your existing infrastructure. For customer artwork, most clients require EU hosting.
Usually yes — via a hot folder, an API or a job ticket format your production system understands. The goal is that nobody downloads a file and re-uploads it somewhere else by hand.
Probably not. A few hundred images served in a modern format at the right size from a decent European server are fast enough for a German customer base. A CDN earns its place with large libraries, international traffic or heavy files. If your images are slow today, the cause is usually that they are uncompressed and four times too large.
Three things, in this order: outbound traffic, stored volume, and how many derivatives you generate per original. Traffic surprises people the most. Keeping the originals is cheap; serving a 12 MB press file to every visitor is not. We size derivatives to what the layout actually needs and archive what nobody has opened in two years.
Usually yes — those get normalised on the way in while the original stays untouched. Where it gets interesting is embedded fonts, spot colours and files produced by software nobody at your company still runs. Send us a representative handful before we quote, the ugly ones included. The archive always contains something the sample did not.
Validation catches what is checkable: resolution, colour space, bleed, page count, embedded fonts. It cannot tell you the customer approved the wrong version, and it will not judge whether a colour looks right on paper. That is what the preview and a documented approval step are for. We build the checks and the trail; the print decision stays with the people making it.
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