By now you must’ve surely come across the .webp extension when you’ve tried to save a photo from a web page. WebP is an image format developed by tech giant Google particularly for web use. These files have the benefit of being considerably smaller in…
HEIC is one of the next-gen image formats, along with WebP and AVIF. In 2017, Apple chose to replace JPG with HEIC as its default photo format. Why? Well, because it simply possesses many advantages: it’s considerably smaller in file size, it provides a higher…
The use of image formats is changing, there’s no question about it. The dominant position of JPEG, one of the oldest image file types, is under attack for a couple of years by the so-called next-gen image formats. This new wave of formats is bringing…
Image formats have come a long way since the JPEG release in 1992. A new generation of formats is starting to step into the picture, offering various advantages in comparison to the classic image files. One of these new formats is WebP. If you’ve downloaded…
When it comes to images, we have the privilege today to use a wide array of formats. Depending on our necessities and preferences, we can choose anything from the classic JPEG to the modern HEIC for instance. If you’re running iOS 11 or later on…
Sometimes JPG is the optimal image format to choose, because it’s just easier to work with. Other times image quality prevails over size and, in this case, a lossless format like PNG or TIFF is the preferred alternative. There also may be situations when you…
Anyone who has been working with digital images has had to convert them to a particular format at a certain point. Maybe you’ve shot your images in RAW and now need to export them to a more commonly-used format. Maybe you need to compile a…
Adobe’s Photoshop has been a benchmark in the photo editing field for quite some time. For years it has been a central pillar for both professionals and amateurs in the search of optimal image enhancement techniques. And still is, because it remains one of the…
PDF has become over the years one of the most-used file formats in the online environment. Its popularity has increased due to the fact that it serves so many purposes and can help you accomplish diverse tasks. Including storing and sharing images. How do you…
