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Easily convert images to AVIF online instantly and effortlessly. No installation or plugins required. Simply drop your JPG, PSD, PNG, WEBP, TIFF, HEIC… images into our converter, and receive your AVIF file in seconds with no loss in quality.

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More than turning your images to AVIF. Generative Fill, Generative Object Removal and Generative Replace are just a few examples of how AI can enhance and customize images, providing flexibility in content creation.

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Whether it’s 3D animations, interactive product displays or real time filtering, Cloudinary’s API gives you a lot of image enhancement features. Developers can easily make older images look great again!

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Automatic optimization guarantees that images are delivered in the highest quality and most suitable format for the user’s device, browser, or connection. Whether it’s JPG, PNG, HEIC or any other image format the most efficient format is automatically selected for optimal performance.

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Batch convert images to AVIF

Use our converter to batch convert images to AVIF easily, or sign up for our free API to automatically convert all your images to AVIF!

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Create automated workflows with preset configurations to save time and ensure that files are automatically transformed and ready for delivery right after upload.

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Image Formats Versatility

Go beyond AVIF with support for cutting-edge formats like JXL and WEBP. These advanced formats ensure that your visual assets are delivered with the best combination of quality and efficiency.

How to convert images to AVIF

Use AVIF converter in 3 simple steps, or sign up for Cloudinary to programmatically turn thousands of your web images!

1. Add your images

Upload or drag and drop your images into the browser

2. Start Conversion

Select AVIF as your desired output format to begin the conversion

3. Download AVIF images

Once the conversion is complete, download your converted AVIF images

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A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills.
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A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills.
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AVIF, or AV1 Image File Format, is a modern image format developed by the Alliance for Open Media. It utilizes the AV1 video codec to offer superior compression and image quality, supporting both lossy and lossless compression methods. AVIF excels at providing high-quality images with significantly smaller file sizes compared to traditional formats like JPEG and PNG, making it particularly beneficial for web usage and high-resolution photography.

AVIF supports advanced features such as HDR (High Dynamic Range), transparency, and a wide color gamut, which enhances the depth and contrast of images, creating more vivid and dynamic visuals. These capabilities make AVIF suitable for a wide range of applications, from simple web graphics to detailed photographic content. As a newer format, AVIF is rapidly gaining adoption due to its impressive performance and growing support from modern web browsers and image processing software.

An image format is a standardized method for encoding and storing digital images so they can be displayed and edited on various devices and platforms. Different image formats employ various compression and encoding techniques that influence the image’s quality, file size, and compatibility. Popular image formats include JPEG (JPG), PNG, GIF, WEBP, and HEIC, each with unique characteristics and suited to different use cases. Choosing the right image format involves considering factors like the need for compression, transparency, animation, and the desired balance between file size and image quality.

Image formats are generally categorized into raster formats, composed of a grid of pixels (such as JPEG and PNG), and vector formats, which use mathematical equations to represent images (such as SVG). Raster formats are typically used for photographs and detailed images, while vector formats are ideal for graphics that need to be scaled without losing quality. Understanding the strengths and limitations of each format is essential for optimizing images for various applications, including web development, printing, and digital media.

An AVIF converter is a tool or software application that transforms images from various formats into the AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) format. These converters can process a wide range of input formats, such as JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and TIFF, converting them into AVIF files. The conversion process takes advantage of AVIF’s advanced compression techniques to produce high-quality images with significantly reduced file sizes.

AVIF converters are crucial for optimizing images for modern web use and digital media, as they enable faster loading times and reduced bandwidth consumption. These tools can be standalone software, online applications, or integrated features within image editing programs. By converting images to the AVIF format, users can benefit from the format’s superior compression, support for HDR, transparency, and wide color gamut. Many AVIF converters also offer additional functionalities, such as resizing, cropping, and adjusting image quality, providing a comprehensive solution for image optimization and enhanced visual performance.

  1. Select Your Images. Gather all the images you wish to convert. Upload or drag and drop them into a batch conversion tool or software that supports image to AVIF conversion, like Cloudinary. 
  2. Choose AVIF as Output Format
    In the conversion tool, select AVIF as the desired output format for your images.
  3. Start the Conversion
    Begin the batch conversion process. The tool will convert all selected images to AVIF format.
  4. Download Converted Images
    Once the conversion is complete, download the batch of converted AVIF images to your device.

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