AVIF

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AVIF is an alternative image format to GIF and is used on some community members' sites.

Why

• Smaller file size:
  • 2026-07-12 Andy Clarke: Switching my website images from WebP to AVIF (archived):

    The theoretical advantages of a format are one thing, but the results from my own website were more convincing. The first batch I converted came from my site’s general images folder. The WebP files totalled 6.58MB, whereas their AVIF replacements came to just 2.30MB. That reduced their combined size by 4.28MB—or 65.1%.

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How

How to make

• ImageMagick
• https://ezgif.com/avif-maker: a web tool to convert images
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IndieWeb Examples

Joe Crawford

• Joe Crawford uses animated AVIF previews of video on bodysurfing videos generated with ImageMagick

Add yourself

• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

See Also

• GIF
• Wikipedia:AVIF
• animation