Why can’t JPEGS be transparent?

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Why can’t JPEGS be transparent?

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Put simply, jpeg stores 3 kinds of information: red, green and blue but no “clear”. Other formats like tiff or png support 4 channels: the normal rgb and an extra “alpha” channel. Alpha is another way of saying clear.

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