## Graphics Formats for the Web

PNG
  Portable Network Graphic
  `.png`
JPEG
  Joint Photographic Experts Group
  `.jpeg` or `.jpg`
WebP
  Web Picture
  WebP is a modern image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Using WebP, webmasters and web developers can create smaller, richer images that make the web faster.
  `.webp`
SVG
  Scalable Vector Graphic
  A vector based format that is becoming more important for the web and uses an XML-based format.
  `.svg` and `.svgz`
GIF
  Graphics Interchange Format
  GIF goes back to the days of CompuServe in 1987 (remember that?!)
  `.gif`

### Other formats

Image formats you might encounter, but aren't super-relevant for the web:

- HEIC (Apple Live Photos)
- TIFF
- JPEG 2000 (JP2)
- RAW
- BMP
- ICO