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Media format glossary

Quick, practical explanations of the formats you run into on the web — plus what to do next with optimo.

Images

PNG
Portable Network Graphics
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
WebP
WebP
AVIF
AV1 Image File Format
HEIC
High Efficiency Image Container
JPEG XL
JPEG XL
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics

Videos

MP4
MPEG-4 Part 14 (container)
WebM
WebM (container)
MOV
QuickTime File Format (container)
MKV
Matroska (container)
AVI
Audio Video Interleave (container)
OGV
Ogg Video (container)
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Format-specific commands for images and videos. Copy-paste commands to optimize, convert, compress, and resize media locally.

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Image formats

Optimize PNGOptimize JPEGOptimize WebPOptimize AVIFOptimize HEICOptimize JPEG XLOptimize GIFOptimize SVG

Video formats

Optimize MP4Optimize WebMOptimize MOVOptimize MKVOptimize AVIOptimize OGV

Popular conversions

Convert HEIC to JPEGConvert HEIC to WebPConvert PNG to WebPConvert PNG to AVIFConvert JPEG to WebPConvert JPEG to AVIFConvert GIF to MP4Convert GIF to WebMConvert PNG to JPEGConvert PNG to HEICConvert PNG to GIFConvert JPEG to PNG