- Jan 05, 2021
Facebook Announces Support for Next-Gen Image Format, AVIF
Facebook will now offer support to upload AVIF images for users using the platform on Chrome and Firefox. The platform can convert AVIF images to JPEG format.
AVIF stands for 'AV1 Image File Format'.
AVIF stands for 'AV1 Image File Format'.
Talking about AVIF, the technology might soon replace JPG, PNG, and WebP. AVIF is an advanced version of the image format that is all set to hit everyone. Recently, a Reddit user witnessed that it was now possible to upload AVIF images to Facebook.
Facebook had a year ago added experimental support for AVIF through its Spectrum image transcoding library. When the feature will come in full swing remains unknown. However, Facebook surely is thinking way ahead through this new AVIF format introduction.
A drawback of AVIF images occurs during creating and editing these types of images.GIMP is the platform that offers support to convert AVIF images.
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