| Full Name | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| Extension | JPG |
| Type | Image |
| Mime Type | image/jpeg |
| Format | Binary |
A JPG file is a flat, two-dimensional image file format created for the purpose of storing photographic images in a highly efficient digital format. JPG files are widely used and supported by all image editing applications and can be opened on most devices with no additional image viewing software.
For many years, image file formats consumed large amounts of storage space while not offering 16.7 million full-color capabilities. JPG aimed to solve this by offering a full-color solution combined with lossy compression techniques to allow high-resolution photographs to be stored using very little storage space and bandwidth.
Uses
The JPG format is ideally suited to storing full-color photographic images. Due to the lossy compression it employs, it is not suitable for storing high-fidelity items such as logos and any image that contains transparency.
| Full Name | WebP |
| Extension | WEBP |
| Type | Image |
| Mime Type | image/webp |
| Format | Binary |
A WEBP file is a relatively new image file format designed specifically for storing images used on the web. WEBP files offer the ability to store high-quality, high-resolution images in a highly compressed format, ensuring small file sizes that are essential for use on the internet.
It has been designed to be a modern replacement for the JPEG format, enabling greater compression efficiency with smaller file sizes and enhanced image quality. Specifically designed for use on the web, the WEBP format has quickly found support amongst all the major browsers, with websites starting to support it too.
Uses
From the start, the WEBP format was designed for use on the web, where small file sizes are essential to reducing website bandwidth usage. Many modern websites, especially those with rich content featuring many high-resolution images, are starting to support WEBP images.
