gThumb 3.12 Released with HEIF/HEIC & AVIF Image Support

AVIF and HEIF images can now be opened and edited in gThumb, the open source photo manager for Linux desktops. The gThumb 3.12 release ships with the ability to load .avif, .heif (including Apple’s .heic) and .jxl images, as well as the ability to save images in the .avif format. What is AVIF and HEIF? They’re both new image file formats that offer a smaller file size than traditional JPEG images but with negligible loss in quality. The AVIF image format is particularly interesting as it’s an open-source and royalty free optimised image format that’s said to provide “significant file
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