alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .JPG

File description

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. Joint Photographic Experts Group is the name of the committee that created the .JPG/.JPEG file type. JPG or .JPEG is a file extension for a lossy compressed graphics file. Lossy compression reduces a file by removing certain information. This compression is mostly used for video and sound. However, the JPEG image file is a file that has lossy compression.

What are the different image formats?
• JPEG/Exif is the format used by digital cameras and other capture devices.
• JPEG/JFIF is the format for storing and transmitting photographic images on the internet.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .JPG file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .JPG extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .JPG file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .JPG file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

Raster Image Files

Developer

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Popularity

File name: JPEG Image

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Ability Photopaint

ACDSee

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

BlackBerry Desktop Software

Corel PHOTO-PAINT

CorelDRAW

DrawPlus

Easy-PhotoPrint EX

FastPictureViewer

Google Picasa

Illustrator Extreme

IrfanView

Janome Digitalizer Pro

jp2a

Paint.NET

PaintShop Pro

Picture viewer

SWFTools

Windows Live Photo Gallery

XnView

Mac OS

ACDSee

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Apple Preview

Preview

Web browser

Linux

darktable

GIMP

Gwenview

Remember!

The .JPG file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .JPG extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .JPG file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .JPG file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .JPG file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .JPG file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .JPG file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .JPG file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.