AV1 Image File Format

Also known as AVIF

AV1 Image File Format (AVIF extension/container) is an open, royalty-free file format specification for storing images or image sequences compressed with AV1.

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Within Vinony's link graph, AV1 Image File Format is referenced by 325 other articles, and connects out to TIFF, Windows Metafile and ProRes 422.

It is catalogued under topics including Animated graphics file formats, Computer-related introductions in 2019 and High dynamic range file formats.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

File format.name: AV1 Image File Format (AVIF)
File format.icon: Avif-logo-rgb.svg
File format.icon_size: 175px
File format.extension: .avif
File format.mime: image/avif
File format.developer: Alliance for Open Media
File format.released: v1.0.019 February 2019
File format.latest_release_version: v1.2.0
File format.open: Yes
File format.latest_release_date: 16 October 2025
File format.contained_by: HEIF
File format.extended_from: HEIF, ISOBMFF, AV1
Software.name: libavif
Software.screenshot: AV1Fenc example screenshot.webp
Software.caption: Screenshot of avifenc (encoder) command-line tool
Software.developer: Alliance for Open Media
Software.latest_release_version: 1.3.0
Software.operating system: cross-platform

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Official website

AV1 Image File Format (AVIF)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: file format
Official website: aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif
Image: AV1Fenc example screenshot.webp

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file extension: avif
software version identifier: 1.2.0
media type: image/avif
Commons category: AVIF

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Features
Profiles
Support
Web browsers
Image viewers
Media players
Image editors
Image libraries
Operating systems
Websites
Programming languages
Others
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AV1 Image File Format (AVIF extension/container) is an open, royalty-free file format specification for storing images or image sequences compressed with AV1.

An AVIF file is designed to be a conformant HEIF file for both image items and image sequences. Specifically, this specification follows the recommendations given in "Annex I: Guidelines On Defining New Image Formats and Brands" of HEIF.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “AV1 Image File Format” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.