AVIF

Why Use AVIF? Benefits & Use Cases

Discover the advantages, disadvantages, and best use cases for the AVIF image format.

What is AVIF?

AVIF is an open, royalty-free image format based on the AV1 video codec, offering massive file size reductions compared to WebP and JPG. It relies on advanced lossy & lossless, which makes it uniquely suited for specific types of digital media.

Advantages
  • Next-gen compression, beats WebP
  • HDR support
  • Transparency support
Disadvantages
  • Encoding can be slow
  • Browser support is still growing

Best Use Cases

You should definitely use AVIF for:
Future-proof web image delivery with the smallest possible size.

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