Rendering API

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  5. Color Space

Color Space cs

The cs parameter specifies the color space of the output image. Changing or removing the color space metadata can help decrease file size, especially for smaller images such as thumbnails where it's a larger percentage of the total file size.

cs has several possible values that allow for different tradeoffs between color fidelity and file size. For higher fidelity, srgb (the default) will set the image to the sRGB color space, which is the Internet standard. adobergb1998 refers to the Adobe RGB (1998) color space, which provides accurate color reproduction from screen to print.

For better file size savings, tinysrgb reduces the color space metadata but may cause a slight shift in color values, and strip removes it completely for maximum size reduction.

cs=srgb
cs=adobergb1998
cs=tinysrgb
cs=strip

Rendering non-web-safe colors
When rendering images with color spaces such as CMYK, YCCK, and other non-web-safe colors, the color space will be converted to sRGB by default. To ensure that your images are accurately rendered, please verify that your origin images are using web-safe colors.

See the API specification for more information about this parameter's value ranges and format.

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