What is an AVIF file?
AVIF is the AV1 Image File Format, published by the Alliance for Open Media in 2019. It places AV1-compressed frames inside a HEIF container and regularly produces files around half the size of JPEG at the same perceived quality, with support for HDR, 10/12-bit colour and transparency.
Chrome (2020), Firefox (2021) and Safari (2022) all display AVIF. Encoding is slower than WebP, so it is best used for large images where the savings matter most.
| Extensions | .avif |
|---|---|
| MIME type | image/avif |
| Compression | Lossy or lossless (AV1) |
| Transparency | Yes |
| HDR | Yes, 10 and 12-bit |
| ConvertCove encoder | libavif via jSquash (WebAssembly) |
Convert AVIF to…
Every conversion listed works in the converter above: add a AVIF file and pick the target format.
Convert to AVIF from…
HEIC, JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, SVG
Detailed guides: AVIF to JPG
Part of the image converter · all formats.