While much of the technology behind digital cameras has changed since the first prototypes, one feature that’s nearly as old hasn’t: the JPEG. A JPEG is one of the most widely used file formats for a ...

JPEG XL (JXL) is a next-generation JPEG format that uses a unique compression algorithm to compress images, illustrations, and screenshots. Such JPEG XL not only reduces the file size by about 11% ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before designing your artwork you would decide what it will be used for. Maybe it will be used for one thing or it will be used for multiple things. Knowing what the artwork will be used for helps you ...

If you are going to exchange video and audio using computers, you have two choices. The first is streaming; the second is file transfer. Broadcasters are very familiar with stream mode. Put a tape in ...

A file format is a wrapper into which a system places video, audio and metadata. Stream transfers (using PAL, NTSC, SDI or even SDTI) will co-exist with file transfers in new television facilities. If ...