Joint Photographic Experts Group
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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.
Name | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
|---|---|
| Short name | 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 |
| Additional | |
| File extensions | .jpg .jpeg .jpe .jif .jfif .jfi |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
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