[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":2554},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-/blog/en/avif-format-complete-guide":3,"related-posts-/blog/avif-format-complete-guide":2039},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":2022,"date":2023,"description":2024,"extension":2025,"featured":2026,"image":2027,"meta":2028,"navigation":838,"path":2029,"readingTime":748,"seo":2030,"stem":2031,"tags":2032,"tools":2036,"__hash__":2038},"content/blog/en/avif-format-complete-guide.md","AVIF Format: Complete Guide to the Next-Gen Image Format","Anything Tools Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":1966},"minimark",[10,14,18,23,26,32,54,58,63,66,133,139,143,146,160,164,281,285,361,367,371,385,389,393,398,401,414,418,421,432,436,439,450,454,457,468,472,476,479,493,497,500,511,514,518,521,532,536,540,543,695,699,702,774,778,987,991,995,1016,1020,1023,1126,1129,1159,1162,1181,1185,1190,1363,1368,1433,1437,1441,1447,1454,1458,1463,1469,1473,1478,1481,1485,1490,1493,1497,1567,1573,1577,1581,1640,1644,1688,1692,1695,1774,1778,1781,1827,1831,1835,1838,1842,1845,1849,1852,1856,1859,1863,1866,1870,1873,1877,1880,1906,1909,1913,1916,1919,1922,1928,1932,1953,1956,1962],[11,12,5],"h1",{"id":13},"avif-format-complete-guide-to-the-next-gen-image-format",[15,16,17],"p",{},"AVIF delivers the smallest image files with the best quality. 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