AV1 Image File Format
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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.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
AV1 Image File Format (AVIF)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Features
- Profiles
- Support
- Web browsers
- Image viewers
- Media players
- Image editors
- Image libraries
- Operating systems
- Websites
- Programming languages
- Others
- References
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.