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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While much of the technology behind digital cameras has changed since the first prototypes, one feature that’s nearly as old ...

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 ...

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 ...

You might only know JPEG as the default image compression standard, but the group behind it has now branched out into something new: JPEG XS. JPEG XS is described as a new low-energy format designed ...

Video-streaming giant Netflix has released an update to a new image file format called AVIF, or AV1 Image File Format, which it believes can be a superior replacement to the 27-year-old JPEG ...