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Format

Overview

JPG (often written JPEG) is a lossy raster format built for photographs and complex continuous-tone images.

Features

  • Widespread camera and web support
  • Smaller files than uncompressed bitmaps
  • Adjustable quality vs size

Advantages

  • Excellent for photos
  • Tiny downloads relative to BMP/TIFF
  • Supported almost everywhere

Disadvantages

  • Lossy—repeated saves reduce quality
  • No alpha transparency
  • Not ideal for sharp text or flat UI graphics

Format details

Typical file size
Hundreds of KB to a few MB for common photos, depending on resolution and quality.
Transparency support
No — JPG cannot store transparency. Transparent pixels are flattened when converting to JPG.
Animation support
No — Single-frame only. Use GIF, APNG, or animated WEBP/AVIF for motion.
Compression type
Lossy (DCT-based)
Browser support
Universal in modern and legacy browsers.

Common uses

  • Camera photos
  • Social uploads
  • Hero photography on websites

Related formats

Related conversion tools

  • AVIF to JPG — Convert AVIF images to JPG quickly in your browser.
  • BMP to JPG — Convert BMP images to JPG quickly in your browser.
  • GIF to JPG — Convert GIF images to JPG quickly in your browser.
  • JPEG to PNG — Convert JPEG images to PNG quickly in your browser.
  • JPG to PDF — Wrap a JPG photo into a single-page PDF without uploading.
  • JPG to PNG — Convert JPG or JPEG photos to PNG in your browser—private, fast, and free.
  • JPG to WEBP — Convert JPG images to WEBP quickly in your browser.
  • PDF to JPG — Turn PDF pages into JPG images without uploading.
  • PNG to JPEG — Convert PNG images to JPEG quickly in your browser.
  • PNG to JPG — Convert PNG images to JPG quickly in your browser.
  • WEBP to JPG — Convert WEBP images to JPG quickly in your browser.

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