JPEG information and comparisons
| User Rating: | |
| Stands For: | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| Best suited for: | Photographs; photorealistic images with a lot of colors |
| MIME Type: | image/jpeg |
| File Extensions: | .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe |
| Type of Format: | Raster graphics image format |
| Raster/Vector: | Raster |
| Color Management: | Yes |
| Indexed Color: | No |
| Interlacing Support: | Yes |
| Support for Animation: | No |
| Support for Transparency: | No |
| Support for Metadata: | Yes |
| Support for Multi-page: | No |
| Support for Layers: | No |
| Extendable: | No |
| Compression Algorithm: | DCT-based lossy compression |
| Patented: | No, but parts of the technology, including its compression methods, have been the subject of multiple patent lawsuits. |
| Applications Compatible: | Most web browsers and productivity suites |
| Magic Number: | ff d8 |
| Uniform Type Identifier: | public.jpeg |
| Color Depth: | 8-bit (grayscale), 12-bit, 24-bit |