WebP
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| − | '''WebP''' is an image file format developed by Google, primarily intended for use on web pages. | + | '''WebP''' is an image file format developed by Google, primarily intended for use on web pages. WebP files can be either static images or animations with no sound. |
It can use either lossy or lossless compression. Its lossy compression is based on portions of the [[VP8]] video compression format. | It can use either lossy or lossless compression. Its lossy compression is based on portions of the [[VP8]] video compression format. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:54, 29 June 2026
WebP is an image file format developed by Google, primarily intended for use on web pages. WebP files can be either static images or animations with no sound.
It can use either lossy or lossless compression. Its lossy compression is based on portions of the VP8 video compression format.
It uses the RIFF container format.
See also WebP 2.
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[edit] Identification
Files begin with bytes 'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'W' 'E' 'B' 'P'.
[edit] Software
- Konvertor
- Google Chrome can display WebP images
- ImageMagick
- abydos
- webp2png - simple command line converter to PNG, BMP, JPG, PNM
[edit] Libraries
- libwebp: download · development
- Library for Delphi/Lazarus/Free Pascal - open source library to read/write WEBP
[edit] Sample files
[edit] Links
- Google's WebP page
- Wikipedia article
- Online demonstrator - shows quality differences between similarly-sized images in JPEG, JP2, WebP and BPG formats
- How WebP works (lossly mode)
