French programmer Fabrice Bellard has come up with a graphics file format he believes can "replace the JPEG image format." Bellard’s BPG (Better Portable Graphics) format boasts a compelling quality ...

Myths and facts about one of the most-used image formats on the web With the explosion of scanners, digital cameras, and the World Wide Web, the JPEG image format has quickly become the most widely ...

If you’ve tried to save an image off the web recently, there’s a chance it’s appeared in a strange new format. The AVIF format is growing in popularity online—and there’s every chance that it could ...

While much of the technology behind digital cameras has changed since the first prototypes, one feature that’s nearly as old hasn’t: the JPEG. A JPEG is one of the most widely used file formats for a ...

Google has introduced a new image format to help speed up the performance of websites. WebP (pronounced “weppy”) reduces the file size of images by 40 percent, the company claims. Images make up 65 ...

JPEG XL is an emerging image file format designed to increase image fidelity while decreasing file size when compared to other popular image formats, particularly the old JPEG format. At present, both ...

All digital cameras record images in JPEG format and JPEG is the only file format that can be viewed in all viewing devices and edited by all image editors. For this reason, JPEG is known as the ...