GIMP 2.10.20 brings AVIF support, as well high-bit depth support. Not only this, but HEIF files (both AVIF and HEIC) can now be importedĪnd exported in high bit depth (10- and 12-bit per channel). It is now supported by GIMP, both for import and export. Which makes it a serious contender as a web image format. Must enable in about:config), Chrome and Opera, This format was highly awaited as being an open, royalty-free, videoĪVIF is already supported on the web in Firefox (experimentally, you Same HEIF container format, which is the default and also called HEIC). HEIF: improved HEIC and newly added AVIF support ¶ĪVIF is the HEIF variant using AV1 compression (instead of HEVC in the The highlight of this release is clearly the contributions on fileįormat plug-ins. “Wilber Learning never Stops!” by Aryeom, Creative Commons by-sa 4.0 Improvements ¶ File formats ¶
Particular, better support of image formats, as well as support for one On official plug-in side though, there are quite a few improvements, in New “Sample merged” option in the GEGL operation tool.Better handling of the Exif “Orientation” metadata.Numerous improvements in the PSP file format support.Improved HEIC and newly added AVIF support.GIMP 2.10.22 is a bug fix release, which for once contains mostly
