The widely used JPEG file format has lossy compression, which means that image data is lost when files are made smaller. The format was created in the 1990s; JPEG 2000, its successor, has JP2, JPX and ...

Image formats like JPEG and PNG typically work just fine for casual use. However, when scalability matters, there's one particular file type that's better suited for such projects: AI files. An AI ...

Sometimes, the image file you have isn’t the image format you need. For example, you can’t upload an AI format to Instagram and you can’t put a TIFF on your website. In either case, you need to ...

Your iPhone uses the HEIC file format by default, but it isn't universally supported, making it a hassle to convert these images to JPG. That's where Apple's Shortcuts app comes in. I've written for ...

Kindle devices appeal to many people. When everything works, they're great. But Amazon is becoming more and more finicky, both in terms of supported formats and the freedom to manage your own books.

No apps to download, just run a shortcut and get on with it. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can convert a PDF to JPG on your iPhone instantly and for free ...

A High Efficiency Image Container or HEIC file is an image format that's usually used by Apple devices. It's a useful image format because it's considered to be both more compact in size and better ...

When it comes to cross-platform files, two of the most widely used image formats you’ll see are PDFs and JPGs. The Portable Document Format (PDF) was launched by Adobe back in 1992, while the Joint ...

Anyone trying to save images from websites these days is increasingly stumbling across the new WebP image format. But what is it actually? WebP was developed by Google to replace the outdated JPG, PNG ...

HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Container) is a common file format used for storing images and image sequences; it is widely used on Apple devices like iPhones and iPads, and is primarily associated with ...

If you’ve encountered Apple HEIC files and are unsure how to open them on your Microsoft Windows computer or convert them to JPEG format, this guide is for you. HEIC files are a type of image file ...