Microsoft has begun testing support for WebP images (.webp) as desktop backgrounds in Windows 11, reports Windows Latest.

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 ...

Google walks back its JPEG XL decision, months after rivals and standards groups moved ahead ...

Video-streaming giant Netflix has released an update to a new image file format called AVIF, or AV1 Image File Format, which it believes can be a superior replacement to the 27-year-old JPEG ...

French programmer Fabrice Bellard has come up with a graphics file format he believes can "replace the JPEG image format." Bellard’s BPG (Better Portable Graphics) format boasts a compelling quality ...

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Apple uses a new HEIC photo format to compress images taken with its iPhone, and here we’ll show you both how to open HEIC files on your Mac and convert HEIC to JPEG. Since iOS 11, Apple has used the ...