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I have known JPEG image format for as long as my first foray into the world of digital photography. It is supported by almost every multimedia device on the market, and a number of computer applications that let you view your images. While I can’t really argue whether the days of JPEG are numbered or not, there’s a new image format called JPEG XR that claims to provide better quality than JPEG. JPEG XR is Microsoft's proprietary image format and also casually referred to as HD Photo. There are various key advantages of JPEG XR over JPEG, as it provides better and lossless compression – hence the better image quality, improved color accuracy, tile structure support, metadata, transparency map and so on. Albeit the overall support is somewhat limited, all the major photo editors and image viewers let you work with this format. JPEG XR has a WDP file extension, and is contained by a TIFF package. After learning about all its feature one-upmanship, I thought of giving it a try and convert a few JPEG and PNG images into JPEG XR. Thanks to JPEG XR Exporter, it easily let me perform the conversion process. It’s an Adobe AIR based application that provides a feasible solution to convert PNG and JPEG files into JPEG XR, and exports them into WDP. Read More