Media Processing.

Media processing changes a source into a result that another tool or person can use. The path can include inspection, decoding, orientation correction, frame selection, resizing, composition, and encoding. These stages should remain visible even when a single interface coordinates them. An image that looks wrong may have been decoded incorrectly, cropped too aggressively, or flattened onto the wrong background; sending it through the same final step again will not necessarily fix the earlier mistake.

The reading here emphasizes choosing the smallest useful sequence of operations and preserving information between stages. Record where the input came from, which transformations were applied, and how the result can be checked. Visit the media workflow overview to see how image, video, AI, and tabular tasks connect. For a practical starting exercise, follow one asset through the complete route and inspect every intermediate that materially changes its appearance, timing, or meaning.