High Efficiency Image File Format

High Efficiency Image File Format is a container format developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). The format has several variants and supports individual or sequences of images.

See the reference side-by-side comparison Common image file formats

	HEIF
Pros
Cons	Limited support yet
Features
Lossless	Yes Lossless and lossy
Animation support	Yes
Transparency support	Yes
Layers support	No
HDR	Yes
Developed by	MPEG
Commonly used for
Browser support (without plugin)
Google Chrome	- AVIF
Microsoft Edge	No
Safari	No
Firefox	No
Opera	No
Internet Explorer	No
Additional
File extensions	.heif .heifs
Wikipedia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format