In many cases, XenForo will process an uploaded image, for example if it is rotated or needs to be resized.
This processing might include a format conversion (with Xenforo 2.3+).
In the future, there might be new image formats (like AVIF, JpegXL, etc.) that require yet another conversion.
Every conversion somewhat unavoidably causes loss of image quality.
So w e might have the following pipeline (partly in the future):
8K HEIC/HEIF -> Converted to JEPG (by the browser) -> Resized to FullHD (by XenForo JS on the client) -> Converted to WebP (by XenForo JS on the client) -> Send to the Server -> Saved as AVIF
While it would instead be nice if we could:
8K HEIC/HEIF > Resized to FullHD on the Server -> Saved als AVIF
It would therefore be nice if there was an option to keep original, untouched image uploads.
This processing might include a format conversion (with Xenforo 2.3+).
In the future, there might be new image formats (like AVIF, JpegXL, etc.) that require yet another conversion.
Every conversion somewhat unavoidably causes loss of image quality.
So w e might have the following pipeline (partly in the future):
8K HEIC/HEIF -> Converted to JEPG (by the browser) -> Resized to FullHD (by XenForo JS on the client) -> Converted to WebP (by XenForo JS on the client) -> Send to the Server -> Saved as AVIF
While it would instead be nice if we could:
8K HEIC/HEIF > Resized to FullHD on the Server -> Saved als AVIF
It would therefore be nice if there was an option to keep original, untouched image uploads.
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