JPEG XL faces fierce competition from AVIF. And Google. A bit of both0:00 - What is JPEG?1:20 - JPEG XL2:07 - AVIF3:08 - JPEG XL's Strengths4:58 - AVIF Suppo...
GIMP supports JPEG XL natively in 3.0 development versions. If I remember correctly GIMP 2.10 was released before JPEG-XL was ready, so I think that’s the reason. They could have added support in smaller update though, which was the case with AVIF.
GIMP supports JPEG XL natively in 3.0 development versions. If I remember correctly GIMP 2.10 was released before JPEG-XL was ready, so I think that’s the reason. They could have added support in smaller update though, which was the case with AVIF.