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3Q is an API-first video infrastructure for developers and engineering teams who want direct control over their media backend. A REST video API and native player SDKs give you programmatic access to hosting, ingestion, encoding, live streaming, video-on-demand, and delivery, so you can build video portals, streaming apps, or OTT backends on a single European platform. The stack is transparent by design. 3Q supports adaptive bitrate streaming over HLS and DASH with mixed HEVC and AVC codecs and automatic Live-to-VoD. Delivery runs over a proprietary global CDN, multi-CDN, and eCDN with tokenised access, encryption, and HTTP/2 over TLS 1.3. The Cookie- and Consent-free HTML5 Video Player is barrier-free to WCAG and needs no consent layer. Video AI exposes speech-to-text transcription, automatic subtitles, translation, and chapter markers through the same API, and integration fits your existing pipeline and CI workflows. What sets 3Q apart is ownership. 3Q runs on its own physical servers in colocations in Nuremberg and Frankfurt, not rented hyperscaler capacity, so your data stays in the EU and under German jurisdiction. 3Q is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and GDPR-compliant, with modular pay-as-you-go pricing and 24/7 human support from engineers who know the platform.

Adobe Firefly is a versatile AI-powered creative platform designed to help users generate and edit multimedia content with ease. It allows users to create images, videos, and audio using simple text prompts within an interactive and flexible workspace. The platform features tools like generative fill, image editing, and video editing, enabling users to refine and enhance their creations. Firefly also includes quick actions such as background removal, cropping, resizing, and format conversion to streamline workflows. Users can explore an infinite canvas for creative production and experiment with various styles and outputs. The platform encourages creativity by allowing users to remix content from a shared community gallery. With its intuitive design, it reduces the need for advanced technical skills. Firefly integrates AI capabilities to speed up content creation and editing processes. It supports both beginners and professionals in producing high-quality results. Overall, Adobe Firefly provides a powerful and accessible environment for modern digital creativity.