AVIF and PDF explained
AVIF stores still images using the AV1 video codec's intra-frame compression. It generally achieves the smallest files of any widely supported format, and it handles wide colour gamut and HDR, which JPEG cannot.
PDF describes a page as a fixed arrangement of text, vector graphics and images. Unlike a word processor document, it is designed so the page looks identical everywhere — which is exactly why it is awkward to edit.
- Where AVIF files come from
- Performance-focused websites and modern image pipelines.
- Where PDF is used
- Contracts, invoices, reports, forms, academic papers and scanned documents.