AVIF to PDF Converter
You saved an image from a website and got an .avif file that your document tools refuse. Convert it here and the picture becomes a PDF page that every reader and printer understands.
Image to PDF
or drop JPG, JPEG, JFIF … files here ·
Max 95 MB per file· Up to 50 files· Deleted after 30 minutes
Files are processed on our servers and deleted after 30 minutes.
White space around each image: small is 5 mm, medium 10 mm, large 20 mm. Ignored when page size is the same as the image.
Fit shows the whole image with white space if the shapes differ; fill covers the page and crops the edges; actual size places it at its print size from DPI.
Put 2 or 4 images on each page in a grid, for ID cards front and back or contact sheets.
Custom page width in millimetres (A4 is 210 mm).
Custom page height in millimetres (A4 is 297 mm).
One PDF with a page per image, or a separate PDF for every image downloaded as a ZIP.
The order you added the files (drag to rearrange), alphabetical by file name, or by the date the photo was taken.
JPEG quality of photos inside the PDF. 85 keeps them sharp; with a target size this is the starting point.
How to use this tool
- 1
Choose the .avif files
Select one AVIF or up to 50 at once, 95 MB each. They show as thumbnails; drag to set the page order.
- 2
Check the page layout
Pages start at A4 with a 5 mm margin, oriented to each image. Choose Same as image under Page size if the PDF is only for screens.
- 3
Convert to PDF
Press Convert to PDF. Each AVIF is decoded and stored as a high-quality JPEG on its own page, then the document downloads.
Why AVIF images need converting before they go into a PDF
AVIF is an AV1 video frame stored in a HEIF container. That design gives it small files, transparency, HDR and animation, and it is the reason browsers adopted it quickly while document software did not. Browsers already ship an AV1 video decoder; a PDF editor or a print driver does not. On Windows, even the Photos app needs the free AV1 Video Extension from the Microsoft Store before it shows .avif files.
A PDF cannot help here either, because the format only knows a short list of image encodings. Converting means decoding the AV1 data once and storing the pixels as JPEG, which every PDF reader since the 1990s understands. At Image quality 90 the difference from the original is hard to see, although the page will usually weigh more than the AVIF did, since AVIF typically needs fewer bytes than JPEG for the same picture.
How AVIF went from video codec to web image
2018
AV1 1.0
The Alliance for Open Media releases the royalty-free AV1 video codec.
2019
AVIF 1.0
AOMedia publishes the AVIF specification, packaging AV1 still images in HEIF.
2020
Chrome 85
Chrome starts decoding AVIF, followed by other Chromium browsers.
2021
Firefox 93
Firefox turns AVIF support on by default.
2022
Safari 16
Apple adds AVIF to Safari on iOS 16 and macOS, completing browser coverage.
What happens to AVIF features on a PDF page
| Feature | In the AVIF | On the PDF page |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | AV1 intra-frame | JPEG at Image quality 90 |
| Bit depth | 8, 10 or 12 bits, HDR possible | 8-bit standard range |
| Transparency | Full alpha channel | Transparent areas show the white page |
| Animation | Image sequences allowed | One still image |
| Metadata | EXIF and XMP possible | Removed while Strip metadata is on |
AVIF
AV1 Image File Format
AVIF stores still images and image sequences compressed with the AV1 video codec, and was finalised by the Alliance for Open Media in 2019. It usually produces smaller files than both JPEG and WebP at the same visual quality and supports transparency, animation, wide colour gamut and HDR. Encoding is slower than older formats, and very fine textures can look smoothed at low quality settings. All major browsers now display AVIF, but many desktop apps, social platforms and older devices cannot open it.
- Compression
- Lossy or lossless
- Transparency
- Yes
- Animation
- Yes
- Introduced
- 2019 · Alliance for Open Media
Portable Document Format
PDF was created by Adobe in 1993 and became the open ISO 32000 standard in 2008. It fixes text, fonts, images and layout so a document looks the same on every screen and printer. PDFs can contain forms, signatures, links, attachments and searchable text, and the PDF/A variant is used for long-term archiving. The fixed layout makes PDFs hard to edit, and scanned PDFs contain only images unless OCR is applied. Every browser and operating system can open them.
- Compression
- –
- Transparency
- Yes
- Animation
- No
- Introduced
- 1993 · Adobe
AVIF files arrive from websites and photo apps that favor small downloads, but office software, print shops and forms expect documents, so the images are put on PDF pages to be printed, signed or attached.
Turning a folder of AVIF downloads into one document
Saved product images, recipe photos and infographics often arrive with long hashed file names, so sort them deliberately: drag the thumbnails, or rename the files first and set Page order to File name. Wide banners look best on landscape pages, which Orientation on Auto picks for you.
If a site sent WebP rather than AVIF, the same steps work on the WebP to PDF page. For the reasons sites pick one format or the other, see AVIF, HEIC and WebP explained.
AVIF to PDF questions
Why did my browser save the image as .avif?
The site served it that way. Many sites and image CDNs send AVIF to browsers that can display it, because it is usually smaller than JPEG at the same look. When you choose Save image as, the browser writes the file it received, not a JPG.
Can a PDF contain an AVIF image directly?
No. The PDF standard defines a fixed set of image compression filters, including JPEG, JPEG 2000, Flate and JBIG2, and AV1 is not one of them. Every AVIF therefore has to be decoded and re-encoded, which is what this converter does.
Do HDR AVIF photos keep their brightness in the PDF?
No. AVIF can store 10- or 12-bit high dynamic range images, while the JPEG data inside the PDF is 8-bit standard range. Highlights are mapped into normal range, so an HDR shot looks like an ordinary photo on the page.
What happens to an animated AVIF?
A PDF page cannot play an animation, so the result is a still image. If you need the motion, convert the file to a GIF or a video instead of a document.
Should I convert AVIF to JPG instead?
If the receiver wants an image file, yes: AVIF to JPG keeps it a picture that any gallery app opens. Choose PDF when the images belong in one document, such as a set of product sheets or a printed handout.