[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51228: Include support for the AVIF image format

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#51228: Include support for the AVIF image format
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 Reporter:  lukefiretoss  |       Owner:  adamsilverstein
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Media         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by gregbenz):

 Here's an example page with several HDR AVIF images. It's a WordPress
 page, but I had to manually upload all files to my server outside the
 WordPress media library and link each image as a URL external to
 WordPress. It's worth doing for a big tutorial page like this, but is
 definitely a deterrent to using AVIF broadly on a WordPress site because
 it's much more time consuming than a simple upload to the media library.

 [https://gregbenzphotography.com/hdr]

 Note that the images here are HDR, which means that none of the formats in
 the WordPress media library are suitable (JPG, PNG, etc). And the file
 savings here are substantial. I've seen anywhere from 30-80% file size
 reductions going from JPG to AVIF. Having native support for AVIF
 (including keeping the 10-12bit depth and CICP data to render properly as
 HDR for any derivative media) would be incredibly useful.

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