BENCHMARKS
Read article →What Happens When You Convert a 48.8-Megapixel HEIC in Your Browser?
We benchmarked a real 48.77-megapixel HEIC in the browser, measuring decoding time, memory expansion and JPEG, WebP and PNG encoding performance.
FileTools Blog
Research and engineering notes about file formats, conversion, browser-based processing, and the technology behind modern file tools.
The $100 Million Fight Over JPEG
How a forgotten patent turned one of the world's most widely used image formats into a $100 million legal fight.
Read article →WEB FORMATS
Read article →The History of Web Image Formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, WebP & AVIF
How GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, WebP and AVIF fought their way onto the web, and why the best image format still has not won.