Save screenshot as AVIF (AV1 Image File Format)

Hello,

would you agree to have possibility to save screenshots in AVIF format?

There is a gdk-pixbuf loader with save support in libavif package.

Yes, I agree, I should prepare an MR should in the next days.

See !48 (merged)

Thank you!

@novomesk there is something wrong regarding the image quality, even with quality=100 it is still lossy. Do you know how to make it lossless or whether this is supported by the loader at all?

That's because of YUV420 color subsampling.

It is a decision made in the past for the loader. AVIF was a new technology at that time and developers suggested to use the most compatible features as possible.

I think that will be changed in the future. Quality == 100 will be the highest you can reach now or in the future.

Got it, thanks for the explanation, in this case I think it's better to use the default quality.

assigned to @andreldm

mentioned in merge request !48 (merged)

mentioned in commit 04c5437b

Implemented by !49 (merged)

closed