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Re:AVIF – AV1 based image format by pornel on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @07:52PM (#16806813)
It's more like a PowerPoint document with any number of WebM embeds and other files.

HEIF/AVIF is a complex kitchen sink of all the features that a mobile camera app may dream of, so it supports arbitrary collections of images and videos, e.g. "live" photos, tiles, bursts, subtitles, multiple layers, multiple versions.

Re:AVIF – AV1 based image format by chungy on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:31AM (#16809123)
So it's basically the new MNG?