Refract
Description
Guided AVIF/JPEG XL/WebP conversion tool using an iterative quality-search ("optometrist") approach.
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- Encoding & Codecs›Open Source Encoder Projects
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Refract is cataloged in Encoding & Codecs and Open Source Encoder Projects.
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