However, you can usually adjust settings to save into other formats if needed. Many cameras, smartphones, and basic photo or drawing programs will automatically save into JPG format. JPGs are 2D pixel-based ‘raster’ images, which makes them better for photographs or scans, rather than digital illustrations which are often better as ‘vector’ images. JPG is a universal format which can be opened by almost all image-viewing or -editing programs, by web browsers, and by certain other apps, and they’re supported by most devices. JPG, or JPEG, is one of the most widely used digital image formats. However, the first isn't as widely supported as other image types and so certain devices and programs, including Apple’s Safari browser, are unable to open them. WEBP files can be opened using various applications, including GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Preview, Microsoft Paint, Google Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. Due to these benefits, the format is often used for web graphics, and digital photography. The advantages of using WEBP include smaller file sizes, lossless compression, transparency support and animation support. This raster image format was designed to enable users to load images more quickly with a lower storage footprint, while retaining a higher quality or resolution than more traditional image formats such as JPG. The WEBP file format was originally developed by On2 Technologies, and then further developed by Google after they acquired the company in 2010.

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