# How Company 3 Streamlines Studio Image Management with EC2 Image Builder and AWS CDK

DevFeed: [How Company 3 Streamlines Studio Image Management with EC2 Image Builder and AWS CDK](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-company-3-streamlines-studio-image-management-with-ec2-image-builder-and-aws-cdk-49939.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/how-company-3-streamlines-studio-image-management-with-ec2-image-builder-and-aws-cdk/>)

Author: Natalie White

Published: 2026-07-29T12:34:47Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [AWS DevOps & Developer Productivity Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-devops-developer-productivity-blog.md>)

Topics: [Infrastructure as code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [AWS CloudFormation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-cloudformation.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-cdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-cdk.md>), [aws-cloud-development-kit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-cloud-development-kit.md>), [cdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cdk.md>), [cloudformation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudformation.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [ec2-image-builder](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ec2-image-builder.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [media-entertainment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/media-entertainment.md>)

## AI overview

This article describes how Company 3 uses Amazon EC2 Image Builder and AWS CDK to manage Amazon Machine Images and container images for studio compute environments. It discusses versioning challenges in infrastructure as code and the use of auto-versioning and CDK L2 constructs to simplify image pipelines.

## Source excerpt

Guest post in collaboration with Company 3 Director of New Technology, Phil Wortas, and Senior New Technology Engineer, Matthew Galloway Introduction Company 3 provides specialized services for the entertainment industry, including post-production services, visual effects, and color grading for feature films, commercials, and television content. Their teams collaborate globally to Increase workflow efficiency and expand [...]