What is the main difference between RAW and JPEG?

JPEG the White Balance* is fixed, and really hard to modify and not to alterRAW saves all the whites balances*, and you're free to modify it on post treatment, as it saves more informations (and are by the way, more heavy in file weight)*White Balance : (how the whites are seen by the camera, more or less blueish/yellowish) 

The major difference in RAW and JPEG is RAW is an uncompressed version/Format of an image and the other hand JPEG is a compress format of an Image. RAW contains high amount of detail. JPEG has detail but don't like RAW format.

RAW files can't able to edit and to be printed.

JPEG file is the most common on all platforms.

Differences are important in the RAW format where the details are many and important and can be modified significantly in the editing programs either a JPEG format is compressed and can not be edited significantly.

A raw file image is one that preserves all the information from the camera in a uncompressed form. Information that can later be altered later using certain photo editing software's like Photoshop or Lightroom to suit our needs or to get the desired result( under exposing, over exposing, colour correction, sharpening, blurring to name a few). In literal sense a raw file has all the ingredients that are required to get the final product. A jpeg file is generally a finished raw file, one that's highly compressed . It's easier to open , print , view etc. In simpler terms raw file ( ingredients) - post processing( ingredients mixed together / cooking) -jpeg file ( finished product , easier to handle)

Differences between RAW and JPEG

RAW file is basically an image preserves most of the information from camera, such as sharpness and contrast, without processing and compressing. However, RAW format need to be converted to JPEG and other image formats which are more convenient for printing and sharing.

JPEG file is a commonly-used image file format, which will be processed and compressed by the capture device according to the settings made by the user before archiving. It is a very popular image format, and can be easily opened in most computers. The users can freely set the compression level to preserve the quality for their JPEG files - easy to use and convenient! Thanks

 

RAW file is basically an image preserves most of the information from camera, such as sharpness and contrast, without processing and compressing. However, RAW format need to be converted to JPEG and other image formats which are more convenient for printing and sharing.

the main difference between jpg and raw formats is the amount of color information kept uncompressed, for instance to create nice HDR with a lot of details in shadows and lights  you are able to use one correctly exposed RAW instead of 3-5 JPG images with different exposures.

Raw means very simple that is not suitable for Printing without edit by Graphic Designer & "JPEG" stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the JPEG standard and also other still picture coding standards. 

RAW format it's an uncompressed file containing all information captured by sensor. JPEG it's a format for lossy compression to be used in web applications and low size image display, jpeg admit 10:1 compression with a little lost of quality. Instead RAW file admit a good editing process without lose information