AVIF Support (feature request)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Pinta |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I was inspired by bug #1515365 that is asking for WebP support, that is going to be obsolete and replaced by AVIF format. Probably still good idea to support this image format at least at opening if not at saving stage. More image format it is supported the better.
I have read a lot about AVIF and this is royalty-free image format supported by major big tech companies. Chrome web browser has had this support few years nod and now finally Firefox web browser added support in latest release.
One of the biggest pluses of this image format is around 40% disk saving comparing to JPEG and possibly even better image quality.
There are now plenty of programs that support AVIF image format like:
- Paint.net image editor: https:/
- VLC media playere: https:/
List of supported programs:
https:/
Changed in pinta: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
I did some test. Created print screen and saved image in JPEG in Pinta 1.8-dev. /convertio. co/jpg- avif/ to convert JPEG to AVIF.
Then I used https:/
JPEG saved in Pinta: 378 kB
AVIF converted by convertio.co: 6 kB
See attachments for yourself. Very impressive.