Comment by varenc

Comment by varenc 4 days ago

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Generally agreed! though fun point of info: you can use the .avif format to get something that behaves just like a gif (auto-playing, no sound, no controls) but supports modern features (HDR/transparency channel) and is compressed as well as a modern video is, since its just AV1. And it's supported in most all modern browsers these days: https://caniuse.com/?search=avif

ornornor 3 days ago

I tend to use webm but I’m curious, is avif better (performance, size) for gif?

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  • varenc 3 days ago

    Webm is better in many ways, but it doesn't give you gif-like behavior I think. As in, you can't just include it in an <img> tag and a get an autoplaying looping video. Though you can simulate it with <video>.

    Basically, .avif is an "animated image" format, like .gif, but .webm is only a video format.

    edit: just realized .webp i think can be an animated image! So that seems like the alternative

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