![]() ![]() 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. Your camera will also probably let you save photos into other image formats. As RAW is the default for many cameras, you can usually open the files with the software that came with your camera, or with photo-viewing apps or software like Adobe Photoshop. People often need or prefer to convert RAW images into other formats to upload them to websites or social media channels, or to share them with others. Compressed or lossy formats like JPEG can be shared more easily online. The downside of RAW files is that they can have very large file sizes. The reason these hi-spec camera companies take and store RAW images is that they’re usually uncompressed lossless files, retaining all image data in high resolution. Many digital cameras, including Sony, Nikon and Canon, will use RAW as the default format. ![]() The format’s full name is ‘Raw Image Data file’. RAW files are a type of format for digital images, particularly photographs. ![]()
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