Images

WebP files

An image format made for the web. Many websites serve WebP images, so pictures you save from a browser often end up as .webp files.

Made by
Google
Introduced
2010
File extension
.webp
Compression
Lossy or lossless
Transparency
Yes
Animation
Yes
Best for
Images on websites
Opens in
All current browsers; macOS 11 and later; some older apps can’t open it
In FileFlip
Opens

Good at

  • Smaller than JPEG and PNG at similar quality
  • Transparency and animation

Not so good at

  • Many desktop apps, upload forms and older systems don’t accept it

WebP in FileFlip

FileFlip opens WebP files and converts them to other formats. It doesn’t save WebP.

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