We currently have more than 100 image formats in use. Depending on your use, a specific image format can come in handy. For instance, JPG image formats are helpful for image compression and let you ...

Imagine working with special cameras that capture light your eyes can’t even see—ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn or infrared heat signatures that reveal hidden writing. Or perhaps using ...

If you’ve tried to save an image off the web recently, there’s a chance it’s appeared in a strange new format. The AVIF format is growing in popularity online—and there’s every chance that it could ...

AVIF (AV1 Image File, derived from the AV1 video codec) files are relatively new compared to more well-known types such as GIFs, JPEGs, or PNGs, but support for them has been steadily growing. Many of ...

High-Efficiency Image Container (HEIC) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file formats each have their benefits and drawbacks when you think about which is best to use when saving photos on ...

It used to be that if your digital image was too small for a particular application, you had no real options. You were stuck at the original resolution, or at least something close to it. Upscaling ...

Google announced that images in the AVIF file format will now be eligible to be shown in Google Search and Google Images, including all platforms that surface Google Search data. AVIF will ...

Apple stealthily introduced Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF), a new sparse disk image format for Apple Silicon, at WWDC; among other features, it might also help Macs remain the best PCs on which to ...