How Does your Smartphone Compress and Save Pictures? A Very Detailed Dive into JPEG Compression

Go to to sign up for free, and expand your knowledge. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium membership. You’ve probably saved 1000s of JPEG images, but do you know what exactly JPEG does? Our smartphones and cameras save images in JPEG format, furthermore, the majority of images you see on the internet are saved using JPEG compression. This format is everywhere, but do you know exactly how it works? Well in this video we’re going to explore the JPEG compression format. This is a rather complicated video, so it may take watching it a few times through to understand it all. Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on: Website: Script, Modeling, Animation: Teddy Tablante Twitter: @teddytablante Voice Over- Phil Lee Table of Contents: 00:00 - Intro into JPEG 01:24 - What does JPEG do? 02:35 - What are the Steps of JPEG? 04:06 - Color Space Conversion 06: