AVIF Update: Animations and New AVIF Default

• Animated AVIFs are now supported (previously, animated images converted to AVIF would render as static files). Note: some versions of Firefox still do not support animated AVIFs and any animated AVIF returned to Firefox will render as a static image.
• The rollout making AVIF the default format for auto=format is currently underway and all users will gradually start seeing requests return AVIFs for compatible browsers. You can read more about our AVIF solution here or contact us if you want to opt out.

XMP Metadata

• XMP metadata can now be preserved for JPG to JPG transformations. If you would like to learn more about this feature, please reach out to us.

Search in Contentful

• The imgix App on Contentful now supports search! Quickly find the right image and optimize it with imgix.

Rendering Bug Fixes

• Fixed some cases where transparent backgrounds were not being properly preserved with auto=compress.
• Fixed some cases where fill=blur was not working in PNG to JPG transformations.
• Fixed some cases where trim was not working as expected with transparent borders.

Japanese Quick Start Guide

• Our Quick Start guide has now been translated into Japanese.

New Contentful App Available

• The imgix App on Contentful allows content creators to browse, preview, and select images in the content development process. Read our blog post about it for more details.

AVIF and auto=format

• We announced that AVIF will be the default format for auto=format later this year, which can result in image size savings of up to 30% over WebP. If you are not ready for this transition, please reach out to us by December 1.

AVIF For auto=format Now In Limited Release

• Use imgix to serve AVIFs when the browser supports it by using auto=format and decrease your image sizes by up to 30% over WebP (and up to 62% over JPGs). If you would like this enabled on your account, contact your Account Manager or Support.

Bug Fixes

• Various bug fixes for minor display issues in Dashboard.

New Beta Feature: IPTC Metadata Passthrough

• We are currently beta testing preserving IPTC metadata on rendered JPGs. If you would like this enabled on your account, contact your Account Manager or Support.

Switch From Legacy To New Pricing

• Customers can now switch their billing plan from our legacy plan to one of our new pricing plans. Previously this required contacting our Support team. You can read more about our new pricing plans here.

Bug Fixes

• Various bug fixes for minor display issues in Dashboard.

Increased Render Input Size

• We have increased the cap on input images for Enterprise customers (by default it is 500MB). Contact your Account Manager or Support to get it enabled for your account.

Only Enabled Sources Count Toward Source Limits

• Previously, all Sources (whether enabled or not) would count toward account Source Limits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Dashboard signing tool that was not accepting certain characters.
• Reduced the number of network calls for account and plan information, resulting in faster Dashboard load times.

Use Aspect Ratio Param With fit=fill

• ar can now be used along with fit=fill instead of having to specify both a w and a h. Previously, ar only had an effect with fit=crop.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where lossless was not behaving properly with some WebP and JXR images.