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JFIF to AVIF converter

Convert JFIF to AVIF in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

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How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
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Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
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For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

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Read more about the JFIF format and the AVIF format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert JFIF to AVIF?

A safe conversion when AVIF is what you need: both JFIF and AVIF keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

AVIF is also the more widely supported of the two: it opens in current browsers and apps, while JFIF is has patchy support.

JFIF is an ordinary JPEG photo that carries the .jfif extension; AVIF is a modern image format that squeezes photos smaller than WebP. Use AVIF for photos on a website when you want the smallest files and can serve a fallback to older browsers.

JFIF and AVIF compared
Property JFIF AVIF
Compression Lossy Lossy or lossless
Transparency No Yes
Animation No Yes
Support Has patchy support Opens in current browsers and apps
Best for Nothing in particular — it is a JPEG with a confusing name The smallest possible photos on a modern website
Introduced 1992 2019

How to convert JFIF to AVIF

  1. 01

    Add your JFIF

    Drop your JFIF image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to AVIF. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the AVIF

    Press convert and save the AVIF. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when JFIF becomes AVIF

Expect a smaller file

AVIF usually stores the same content in less space than JFIF. JFIF: The same size as the equivalent JPG. AVIF: Often around half the size of the equivalent JPG.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of JFIF and AVIF, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the JFIF. People assume a .jfif file is a special format. It is a normal JPEG; the only real problem is forms that look at the extension and say no.
  • About the AVIF. AVIF’s savings are real, but encoding is slow, so a batch that takes seconds as JPG can take minutes as AVIF.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting JFIF to AVIF lose quality?

AVIF is lossy, so some detail is discarded. The quality slider decides how much; the default of 90 is chosen so the difference is invisible in almost every photo.

Will the AVIF be smaller than the JFIF?

Expect a smaller file. AVIF usually stores the same content in less space than JFIF. JFIF: The same size as the equivalent JPG. AVIF: Often around half the size of the equivalent JPG.

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