Images
AVIF files
A newer image format based on the AV1 video codec. It makes some of the smallest files at a given quality and is increasingly used on the web.
- Full name
- AV1 Image File Format
- Made by
- Alliance for Open Media
- Introduced
- 2019
- File extension
- .avif
- Compression
- Lossy or lossless (AV1)
- Transparency
- Yes
- Animation
- Yes
- Best for
- Small, high-quality images on the web
- Opens in
- Current versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari; macOS 13 and later; many apps can’t open it yet
- In FileFlip
- Opens and saves
Good at
- Very small files
- Transparency and HDR support
Not so good at
- Slower to encode
- Support in apps is still catching up
AVIF in FileFlip
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