Scalable Vector Graphics — the SVG format — is completely separate from JPG. JPG encodes pictures as a raster of pixels, SVG encodes illustrations as mathematical descriptions of shapes, lines and colors. This means SVG images scale to any size — from a 16x16 pixel favicon to a massive print — without pixelation.Changing JPG to SVG is a ope… Read More


JPEG and JPG are identical file formats. There is absolutely no technical difference between a .jpg photo and a .jpeg photo — they both apply exactly the same JPEG compression standard and save photos in the identical manner.The only difference is purely in the suffix, as it is a legacy issue from early computing. The JPEG format was develo… Read More


From iOS 11 onwards, iPhones store photos in HEIC format by default. HEIC — High Efficiency Image Format — is a great format: it creates images with approximately half the file size of equivalent JPEGs while maintaining excellent visual quality.Yet there is a important problem. HEIC is an Apple-proprietary format not universally accepted be… Read More


The AVIF format is one of the most advanced file formats in use currently. Built on the AV1 compression standard, it delivers file sizes that outperform even WebP — delivering the same perceived quality as JPEG at about half the image weight.Despite this, AVIF is currently a modern format and is not yet compatible across all software, opera… Read More