# Unlock the Power of User-Generated Content

Harness your users' creativity inside your social media app, from captivating photos to engaging short videos and compelling storiesâinspired by the beloved features found on popular social media platforms.

##### Available for

- Web

-- [Javascript](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [React](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [Angular](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/angular/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [Vue JS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [Svelte](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/svelte/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [NextJs](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/overview-e18f40/?framework=nextjs)

- Mobile

-- [iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [Android](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [React Native](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react-native/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

-- [Flutter](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/flutter/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

- Desktop

-- [MacCatalyst](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/mac-catalyst/what-is-cesdk-2e7acd/)

-- [macOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/macos/what-is-cesdk-2e7acd/)

-- [Electron](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/electron/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

- Server

-- [Renderer](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/renderer/cesdk-renderer-overview-7f3e9a/)

-- [Node.JS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/node/get-started/overview-e18f40/)

*Advanced features*

## Creative Essentials for Your Social Media App

### All-in-One Creative Solution

Enable your users to record sophisticated videos, stories and provide them with best-in-class editing tools for their static assets.

Combining modern recording features with powerful editing capabilities, our SDK can help you launch your dream app in a fraction of time.

### Camera UI

Make it easy for users to record videos in your app. With our SDK you can create a unique experience that best matches your use case and caters to your users' needs.

Choose between a range of features to provide an intuitive creation process!

### Story and Reels Creation

Stay on top of Social Media trends and enable your users to express themselves with ease.

Offer features such as dual camera recording, reactions, time-lapse, countdown timer, and audio overlays . With these, users can create memorable stories and reels. Whereas, you can benefit from high-quality user-generated content.

### Smart Templates & Automation

Give designs and videos a jump start! Deliver templates that are easy to adapt . Automate image and content generation and streamline the process for users to create. This way, your users will save valuable time and resources.

### Native AI Features

Instantly generate images, videos, graphics, captions, and voiceovers with simple prompts enabling faster, more personalized content production across every platform.

With model-agnostic AI plugins, you have the flexibility to integrate any third-party model or API, helping you stay agile, relevant, and ahead of trends.

### Extensive Asset Library

Easily add photos, videos, graphics, and other assets. This provides the perfect creative content for your users.

With our SDK, you have access to an extensive asset library. The editor ships with dynamic stickers, filters, frames, and overlays . You can also add your own custom assets and templates. This will help your users kick-start their creative process.

### Fully Customizable UI

Use the power of our creative engine without the restrictions of a rigid UI.

Every aspect of your app needs to feel like a native part of your brand. We get that. Thatâs why our SDK comes with a customizable UI. It makes it easy to blend it into your application and fit your use case.

### Extensibility through Plugins

Our SDK is designed for extension. Our flexible Plugin API allows you to implement custom editor functionality such as background removal or vectorizing .

That means you can readily respond to user feedback and new requirements without depending on our roadmap.

Everything you need

## Key Capabilities

Choose features that best match your use case and enable a smooth and enjoyable creation process.

### Camera

#### Dual Camera

- Web

- Mobile

Record from one or multiple cameras.

#### Timer

- Web

- Mobile

Set a countdown (3s, 10s, or custom number) before starting recording.

#### Speed

- Web

- Mobile

Define time-lapse & slow-motion settings.

#### React

- Web

- Mobile

Record simultaneously with the front & back camera.

### Editing

#### Trim

- Web

- Mobile

Set the start and end time of videos.

#### Adjustments

- Web

- Mobile

Fine-tune designs with an exhaustive set of adjustment operations such as brightness and contrast.

#### Effect & Blur

- Web

- Mobile

Add a unique mood to designs with effects & blur.

#### Element Snapping

- Web

- Mobile

Snap stickers and text to control points for more precise placements.

#### Blend Modes & Grouping

- Web

- Mobile

Define the blending behavior and grouping.

#### Undo & Redo

- Web

- Mobile

Allow users to undo and redo all editing operations.

### Composition

#### Timeline

- Web

- Mobile

Arrange videos and elements on a timeline.

#### Asset Libraries

- Web

- Mobile

Add custom assets for filters, stickers, overlays and frames.

#### Merge Video

- Web

- Mobile

Pick, edit and merge several video clips into a single visual sequence.

#### Video Collage

- Web

- Mobile

Arrange multiple videos on a single page for immersive video collages.

#### Timed Elements

- Web

- Mobile

Add a dynamic elements such as stickers and set their duration on the timeline.

#### Overlay Audio

- Web

- Mobile

Add audio files to videos and set the mood through music or narration.

### Templating

#### Design Templates

- Web

- Mobile

Create role based design templates to jumpstart usersâ creativity.

#### Text Variables

- Web

- Mobile

Enable mass personalization and creative automation by embedding variables.

#### Placeholders & Lockable Designs

- Web

- Mobile

Constrain templates to guide your usersâ design and ensure brand consistency.

#### Configurable Presets

- Web

- Mobile

Enforce a consistent aesthetic across all creations by using preset filters, adjustments, fonts, and crop ratios.

### Customizability

#### Build Custom UIs

- Web

- Mobile

Use the headless API powering all creative operations to implement an entirely custom UI.

#### Theming

- Web

- Mobile

Change the editor theme to fit seamlessly with your app.

#### Media Libraries

- Web

- Mobile

Set up custom libraries that are easily sortable.

#### Toolbar Customization

- Web

- Mobile

Reposition toolbar elements, change icons, or rename tools to fit your use case.

#### Internationalization

- Web

- Mobile

Add support for additional languages, and customize any button label.

#### Export Options

- Web

- Mobile

Export designs in JPG, PNG, or PDF with custom quality, page ranges, and dimensions.

### Social Media Applications

#### User Generated Content

Empower users to create Reel or Story-like short-form video right inside your app.

#### Social Media Publishing

Enable multi-channel video creation and publication in your social media tool. Deliver a unified video creation experience to your users whether theyâre targeting TikTok, Instagram or Youtube.

#### Marketing Automation

Our powerful engine API, enables you to automatically generate short videos at scale, saving you time and resources.

#### Personalized Video

Whether powering sales outreach or a CRM, personalized video messaging is the most effect way to engage with an audience.

*Your partner in crime*

## Why IMG . LY ?

### Battle-tested

Our SDK has matured in demanding environments, powering 500+ million creations per month.

### Scalable & Future-Proof

We regularly release new features and improvements to help you stay ahead of industry shifts.

### Customization

Our SDK can be flexibly customized, you can even build custom UIs and extend the editor functionality.

### Cross-platform

Our SDK is optimized across platforms ensuring consistent rendering and interoperability.

*And thereâs more*

### Check Out Other Use Cases

*Learn more about related social media solutions.*

#### Web2Print Designer

Elevate your Web2Print application with best-in-class Design Editor.

#### Creative Automation

Automate & scale content creation with ease.

#### Variable Data Printing

Enable mass-personalization in your design & print workflows.

#### Photo Prints

Provide seamless design experience and inspire users with easily personalized templates.

#### Print Personalization

Streamline personalization for your print products.

#### Apparel Designer

Whether t-shirts, hoodies or caps, build for any use case, deploy on any platform.

### More from IMG.LY

#### IMG.LY for Brands & Agencies

Automate design processes and generate on-brand marketing materials with ease.

#### IMG.LY for Marketing Tech

Scale and automate any creative workflow.

#### Camera SDK

Make in-app recording easy with our Camera SDK.

#### Photo Editor SDK

Bring beautiful photo editing to your applications.

#### Creative Editor SDK

Empower your users with an easy-to-use design editor.

#### IMG.LY for DAM

Empower users toÂ create,Â collaborateÂ , andÂ automate design tasks in your app.

#### Video Editor SDK

Powerful video editor for your iOS, Android, and web applications.

## What Our Clients Say About Us

Integrating IMG.LYâs editor meant we didnât have to build or maintain a complex editing layer ourselves. That kept our team focused on our core AI ad engine and saved us countless development hours â while still giving our customers the ability to polish and customize creatives at scale.

Hikari Senju@CEO@Omneky

With IMG.LY we built a central creative portal that now powers over 140 dealer campaigns across multiple automotive brands. Before this, asset creation was slow and inconsistent. IMG.LY gave us the scale and flexibility we needed to grow.

Martin RÃ¶hr@Product Owner@Digitas

By embedding IMG.LYâs editor we were able to hit key RFP requirements and deliver a template-based creative experience that now serves 1,000+ customers. It helped us win more deals and exceed enterprise expectations without needing to hire dedicated design teams.

Rob Driscoll@Director of PM@Optimizely

Since integrating IMG.LYâs editor, we now deliver 30,000+ ad creatives per month dramatically shorten time-to-launch, and help our clients cut design spend by up to $10,000 per month.This capability has been essential to delivering on our promise of fast, scalable creative production.

Logan Welbaum@Founder@Plai

IMG.LYâs solution engineers did a deep dive on our business case and helped us implement a custom print kiosk UI.

AndrÃ© Albrecht@Digital Solution Manager@Brother

Our customers create over a million personalized postcards each year choosing from over hundreds of templates with IMG.LYâs SDK. Itâs the only solution that allows us to build our own specialized, on-brand UI that integrates seamlessly with our platform.

Jeanine Zaalberg@Product Manager@Swiss Post

Our app has photo-editing at the very core of its experience and the editor has been invaluable in making that vision happen. There are no other tools on the market up to the quality of PE.SDK.

Toby Green@Lead Developer@Elbi

From a developerâs perspective, the most powerful feature of the photo editor is the integration process. It was completely flawless, quick, and easy to integrate.

Stefano Fornari@CTO@Funambol/Zefiro

Our developers loved that the integration was really straightforward and that everything you need like APIs and documentation is easy to find and of excellent quality.

Thomas Witt@Head of Product@Infopark

I believe that it is one of the easiest to use and most powerful editors on the market and the integration possibilities into our solution are awesome.

Marcus Burk@Head of Marketing@dirico.io

We compared PhotoEditor SDK with other solutions and found that it would be the best fit for us since it provides all the features that are crucial for our use case.

Carem Pereira@SCRUM Manager@HP

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