Overview
The smart toolbox provides tools for processing almost all types of multimedia files, such as image watermark, image compression, and audio/video/file format conversion. It presents various capabilities of COS in the form of convenient and quick tools in the console for you to use with speed and easy.
Notes
All the capabilities in the smart toolbox are implemented based on the data processing APIs of COS. Using them is equivalent to calling such APIs. You need to keep the following in mind during use:
When you use the smart toolbox for the first time, the CI service will be activated for you free of charge.
Whenever a processing operation is completed through the toolbox, it is equivalent to calling a data processing API once and incurs processing fees as detailed below:
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Image compression (WebP or JPEG format), image editing, image watermark, and image information | Basic image processing |
Image compression (AVIF or HEIF format) | Image advanced compression |
Audio/Video processing | Media processing |
AI processing | Content recognition |
Online file preview | File preview |
The smart toolbox currently contains the following tools:
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Image processing
1. Image compression
The image compression tool implements the process of downsizing an image as much as possible without sacrificing quality so that it can be stored at a lower cost and accessed more quickly.
Directions
1. Log in to the COS console and click Smart Toolbox on the left sidebar. 2. On the Smart Toolbox page, select Image Processing > Image Compression.
3. In the image upload area, select an existing image in the bucket and add it to the tool.
4. After the image is added, the tool will automatically process it, and you can see the size of the compressed image on the left. You can also download the compressed image.
2. Image editing
The image editing tool offers capabilities of image cropping, rotation, scaling, sharpening, brightness adjustment, and contrast adjustment.
Directions
After adding an image as instructed in steps 1–3 in the Image compression section, use tools on the left to make corresponding adjustments. 3. Image watermark
The image watermark tool allows you to add an image or text to another image in the form of watermark.
Directions
Image watermark: After adding an image as instructed in steps 1–3 in the Image compression section, click Image Watermark on the left, select an existing image in the bucket, adjust the margins, and click Generate Watermark. Text Watermark: Click Text Watermark on the left, enter the watermark text, adjust the margins, font, and font size, and click Generate Watermark.
The image information tool lists the format, size, and MD5 information of an image.
Directions
After adding an image, click Information on the left to view the information of the image.
Audio/Video processing
The audio/video format conversion tool can convert your audio/video files into MP4, MP3, MOV, AVI, MKV, and other formats. It allows you to set different parameters such as video resolution and audio bitrate during conversion to adapt to different terminals and network environments.
Directions
1. Log in to the COS console and click Smart Toolbox on the left sidebar. 2. On the Smart Toolbox page, select Audio/Video Processing > Audio/Video Format Conversion.
3. Select an audio/video file and add it to the tool. You can select existing files in the bucket or local files, but if you select local files, you need to upload them to the bucket, as the tool can convert files in the bucket only.
4. After selecting an audio/video file, you need to select the conversion parameters as detailed below:
The following is an example of converting a video with parameters of MP4 format, H.264 codec, 720 * proportional height resolution, and 1024 Kbps bitrate:
Video format: MP4
Video codec: H.264
Video resolution: 720 (width) * proportional height of the input video
Video bitrate: 1024 Kbps
5. After selecting parameters, select the name and location of the output video in the bucket and click Finish.
6. Click Start Transcoding and wait for the transcoding to complete.
7. After transcoding is completed, the input and output videos are displayed in the left and right of the video display area respectively for you to directly compare and check the transcoding effect. You can copy the output video link or directly download the output video by clicking buttons in the bottom-right corner.
2. Top speed codec transcoding
Top speed codec transcoding leverages deep learning algorithms to convert an input video to an output video with higher definition, lower noise, and higher frame rate by reducing the compression and texture distortion of the input video.
Directions
The steps of top speed codec transcoding are similar to those of audio/video file conversion, except that the output video transcoded by top speed codec is smaller and clearer.
3. Video frame capturing
With the video frame capturing tool, you can capture any frame in a video and save it as an image.
Directions
2. After the video is added, the tool will automatically start capturing frames and display the captured frames on the right.
4. Video-to-animated image conversion
The video-to-animated image conversion tool can convert your video into a GIF or WebP animated image.
Directions
1. Add a video to the tool as instructed in steps 1–3 in the Audio/Video format conversion section and select video-to-animated image conversion parameters. 2. After the video is added, the tool will automatically start converting and display the output animated image on the right.
5. Intelligent thumbnail
By intelligently recognizing and analyzing the characteristics of motions, events, and faces in the video, the intelligent thumbnail tool can automatically identify, capture, and save highlight frames as video thumbnails.
Directions
2. After the video is added, the tool will automatically start analyzing the video and capturing highlight frames and display the captured frames on the right.
6. Digital remastering
The digital remastering tool has video noise cancellation, super resolution, SDR to HDR, sharpening, and other capabilities. Through the combination of different capabilities, it can meet your needs for remastering old and low-quality videos.
Directions
2. After adding the video, select the target resolution and click Start Remastering.
AI processing
The image tagging tool can identify scenes, objects, people, and other information in images. It contains thousands of tags in over 60 subcategories in 8 categories, such as natural scenery (mountain, sea, sky, sunset, etc.), man-made environment (building, playground, meeting room, etc.), people (male, female, selfie, group photo, etc.), object (food, clothing, daily necessities, etc.), and pet/wild animal (cat, dog, bird, mammal, marine animal, etc.).
Directions
1. Log in to the COS console and click Smart Toolbox on the left sidebar. 2. On the Smart Toolbox page, select AI Processing > Image Tagging.
3. Add an image to the tool.
4. After the image is added, the tool will automatically start analyzing the image and display image tag information on the right.
2. Vehicle and license plate detection
The vehicle and license plate detection tool can accurately identify the coordinates, brands, models, model years, and colors of almost all passenger cars on the market.
Directions
1. Add an image to the tool as instructed in steps 1–3 in the Image tagging section. 2. After the image is added, the tool will automatically start analyzing the image and display the vehicle and license plate information on the right.
File processing
Online file preview
The file preview tool can convert any Office documents into a webpage format that can be previewed online. After conversion, you can copy the file link to view the file in a browser.
Directions
1. Log in to the COS console and click Smart Toolbox on the left sidebar. 2. On the Smart Toolbox page, select File Preview > Online File Preview.
3. Add a file (e.g., a PPT file) to the tool.
4. After the PPT file is added, the tool will automatically start processing it to generate the HTML webpage for online preview. You can preview it directly or copy the link to preview it in a browser.