JPEG bitmap image format definition and 2 other types and linked programs information.
How to open JPG Files
The File extension jpg is used by the following type(s):
Default file extension for .jpg file type: JPEG bitmap image format files
The JPG file extension is associated with JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file format. JPEG is a lossy image compression algorithm that significantly reduces the file size of the original image at the cost of quality. The higher the compression ratio the lower the quality of the .jpg files.
JPEG is based on a 24-bit color palette and supports 16.7 million colors. However it is a lossy compression format, which means that it drops information that is compressed out. Compression ratios may range from 10:1 to 20:1 and most graphic application programs (such as Adobe Photoshop) allow you to choose the compression rate.
The JPEG file format is best suited for digital photographs, where the typical compressional rate with very low quality loss is around 10:1.
MIME: image/jpeg, image/jpg, application/jpg, application/x-jpg
Programs that open jpg files:
- A Better Finder Rename (Apple OS X)
- Ability Photopaint
- ACDSee Photo Manager
- Adobe Creative Suite for Mac (Apple OS X)
- Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Fireworks for Mac
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Illustrator for Mac
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop for Mac
- Artweaver (Microsoft Windows)
- Corel PaintShop Pro
- Corel PHOTO-PAINT
- CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Easy-PhotoPrint EX (multiplatform software)
- FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
- Flare for Mac (Apple OS X)
- FormatFactory (Microsoft Windows)
- Free PDF Converter
- GIMP (multiplatform software)
- Google Picasa (multiplatform software)
- Gwenview (Linux)
- IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
- Microsoft Expression Design
- OpenOffice.org Draw (multiplatform software)
- Paint.NET (multiplatform software)
- PhotoOnWeb
- Preview (Apple OS X)
- PrimoOnline
- Rename Master
- Windows Live Photo Gallery
- XnView (multiplatform software)
- Zoner Photo Studio
CompactDRAW e-JPG graphic files
The JPG file extension is used for a proprietary tweaked JPG files format to which special meta data usable by CompactDraw are added, so called e-JPG files.
e-JPG’s can be opened and viewed any program capable of handling common JPG format, but only CompactDraw will be able to read the metada and edit separated objects saved with the e-JPG file.
Programs that open jpg files:
- CompactDRAW (Microsoft Windows)
- XnView (multiplatform software)