Even if you’ve never heard of Steve Wilhite, the amount of time you’ve spent staring at computer graphics powered by technology he created may be incalculable. Wilhite did not come up with the GIF ...

The PNG format is particularly useful when it comes to the lossless storage of images with transparent backgrounds. Whether you want to convert a JPG to PNG, make a PNG transparent, or simply create a ...

SVG is short for Scalable Vector Graphics, a resolution-independent file format for images. This file format is frequently used for line art like logos and diagrams ...

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 ...

A new graphics file format, proposed by programmer Fabrice Bellard, could cut the file size of digital photos by half with far-reaching consequences. How are images made smaller? The vast majority of ...

Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an image from the web these days, it may be using the more modern WebP format. It's likely you're also ...

As we keep building on old image technology, types of file formats keep piling up, each with their own nuances and uses. JPG, PNG, and GIF have become the most common, but what sets them apart from ...

The file structure of a bitmapped image or a vector graphics image. For a list of formats, see graphics formats. To understand the difference between the two types, see graphics. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

Chances are good that you’ve witnessed a wide variety of file formats flit across your screen, but do you really understand what they mean? For example, you may understand that a JPEG is for pictures ...

A key Internet standards group issued this week a revised recommendation for a royalty free image format. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Monday recommended a second edition of the Portable ...