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|mimetypes={{mimetype|image/webp}} (unregistered)
 
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|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/566}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/567}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/568}}
 
|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/566}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/567}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/568}}
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|wikidata={{wikidata|Q62617958}}
 
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It uses the [[RIFF]] container format.
 
It uses the [[RIFF]] container format.
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See also [[WebP 2]].
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Files begin with bytes <code>'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'W' 'E' 'B' 'P'</code>.
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Files begin with bytes {{magic|'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'W' 'E' 'B' 'P'}}.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* libwebp: [http://code.google.com/p/webp/downloads/list download] - [http://www.webmproject.org/code/ development]
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* [[Konvertor]]
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* libwebp: [https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/download download] · [http://www.webmproject.org/code/#webp-repositories development]
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* [https://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome] can display WebP images
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* [[ImageMagick]]
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* [http://snisurset.net/code/abydos/ abydos]
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== Sample files ==
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/webp/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ Google's WebP page]
 
* [https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ Google's WebP page]
 
* [[Wikipedia:WebP|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:WebP|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://xooyoozoo.github.io/yolo-octo-bugfixes/ Online demonstrator]- shows quality differences between similarly-sized images in [[JPEG]], [[JP2]], [[WebP]] and [[BPG]] formats
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* [http://xooyoozoo.github.io/yolo-octo-bugfixes/ Online demonstrator] - shows quality differences between similarly-sized images in [[JPEG]], [[JP2]], [[WebP]] and [[BPG]] formats
 
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* [https://medium.com/@duhroach/how-webp-works-lossly-mode-33bd2b1d0670 How WebP works (lossly mode)]
  
 
[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
[[Category:Google]]
 
[[Category:Google]]

Revision as of 14:47, 4 March 2021

File Format
Name WebP
Ontology
Extension(s) .webp
MIME Type(s) image/webp (unregistered)
PRONOM fmt/566, fmt/567, fmt/568
Wikidata ID Q62617958
Released 2010

WebP is an image file format developed by Google, primarily intended for use on web pages.

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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Files begin with bytes 'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'W' 'E' 'B' 'P'.

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