P: Please add AVIF file support

Hi Im looking at exporting AVIF files from LR and opening them in Photoshop and am impressed at the reduced size without lack of quality. A 1920 pixel landscape image with 90% compression is approx 350K rather than 700K JPEG which would make sense for files using on websites etc... 

Using Mac, however when i open AVIF file with Photoshop it opens in ACR and adds a XMP sidecar to the file. I can then open from ACR into PS but cannot save file. If i choose to close file without saving, any changes made in ACR seem to be preserved in xmp. 

it would be good to be able to make changes to AVIF file within PS ie crops and adjustments and resave as AVIF - but not sure if this is possible? I guess at the moment -  if i want to use AVIF files for website - best to make all changes first and then export as AVIF from Lightroom. 

I am considering using  AVIF files for photography website project as may be a better choice than JPEGS for maintaining high quality at smaller size,  but would like to be able to open and edit files within photoshop once exported from LR.

Any advice appreciated - also is there a way to write xmp sidecar into file - like with DNG files?. 

For anyone needing it SKIV supports this, it's the most versatile converter for HDR images.

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Small devs can do it just fine but adobe can't spare the resources 😩

4 years since request… and we still dont hace AVIF export native possibility… Do you really consider this community?

Dear @strawbo13 

i believe being silent for 3 years (i am writing this message from the future date of December 4, 2024) after your "automated" message is not looking good at all for a file support discussion and that is why we users are being sarcastic and such because we feel like you guys are not hearing what we are asking. Just a simple deadline announcement can be much more useful instead of an "automated" message. We are "still" kindly waiting for your response about it. Thanks.

Adding another voice to the chorus - AVIF is gaining a lot of popularity for websites, so would be great (and a big time saver) if Photoshop could natively export to this format

And browser support are good:

https://caniuse.com/avif

Come on. 156 upvotes and no support sinds the request of 2020.

Has this gotten any traction since 2021? Still not an option. 

completely mind-blowing that AVIF is still not supported! 

Hello, we're in 2024, and the community has been asking you to integrate this format for over two years. What are you waiting for to integrate the option of saving in WebP or Avif format?