export file extension refused

[Robert Cailliau]

In Affinity Photo, when I export the file extension jpeg is refused, I'm obliged to use the three letter abbreviation "jpg":

 

 

 

Please change this, as I always use jpeg and browsers also recognise jpeg.

(the 3 letter extension is a relic from the old Windows days).

[Callum]

Hi Robert,

 

Jpeg and Jpg are interchangeable as they are both the same thing, this is something we are unlikely to change I'm afraid. You could rename the exported file to .jpeg and it will still work as expected :)

 

C

[R C-R]

Jpeg and Jpg are interchangeable as they are both the same thing ...

So why must Affinity insist on using the older three character extension instead of allowing the more modern one based on Apple's hierarchal Uniform Type Identifier classification system? It is what OS X/Mac OS uses internally by preference.

 

Besides, they are not always treated as exactly the same thing. One example: try doing a Finder Spotlight search on ".jpg" and on ".jpeg," in each case choosing the "Name matches" option & comparing that to the results obtained with the "Kind is" one. That usually won't make a difference but it can for certain script based operations, to say nothing of the occasional app that may insist on the .jpeg extension in the same way that Affinity insists on the .jpg one.

 

tl;dr version: choice is good.  ;)

[Alfred]

Jpeg and Jpg are interchangeable as they are both the same thing

 

 

So why must Affinity insist on using the older three character extension

 

A good question, particularly in view of the fact that Affinity documents have even longer filename extensions!

[Fixx]

And TIF behaves exactly the opposite: Affinity insists using .tiff – .tif is not allowed. Go figure.