View Png Vs Jpg Photography Gif. In the older days of computers, file types had a character limit of three (hence jpg). Png for line art, images with lots of text, or transparent images;

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As i mentioned earlier, if you really need use imagemagick to batch convert png to jpg: One is best for easily sharing photographs without a huge file size, while the other is optimized for text and transparency without losing quality. Png is a good choice for storing line drawings, text, and iconic graphics at a small file size.

Jpeg for photographs or photorealistic images with lots of colors;

You'll commonly see jpg expressed as jpeg, and functionally they mean the same thing. The jpg format was developed by joint photographics export group, which is where the file name comes from. Also, png lacks support for exif data, which includes precious information coming from the camera that captured the picture such as iso, shutter speed, aperture, etc. In the older days of computers, file types had a character limit of three (hence jpg).