Joint Photographic Experts Group

JPEG is the most common image format used by digital cameras, it is the most common format for storing and transmitting photographic images on the World Wide Web.

See the reference side-by-side comparison Common image file formats

	JPEG
Developed by	Joint Photographic Experts Group
Year	1992
Pros	Small file size Widely supported format Compatibility Good color range
Cons	Lossy compression Not great for text, simple graphics, or illustrations
Features
Vector graphics	No
Raster image	Yes
Lossless	No
Animation support	No
Transparency support	No
Layers support	No
HDR	No
Maximum bit depth	8-bit
CMYK support (for print)	Yes
Maximum number of channels	4 (RGB or CMYK)
Commonly used for	Photography Photographic images electronically and on the web Printing photographs
Browser support (without plugin)
Google Chrome	Yes
Microsoft Edge	Yes
Safari	Yes
Firefox	Yes
Opera	Yes
Internet Explorer	Yes
Additional
File extensions	.jpg .jpeg .jpe .jif .jfif .jfi
Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG