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Format

Overview

WEBP is a modern raster format supporting lossy and lossless modes, transparency, and optional animation.

Features

  • Lossy and lossless modes
  • Alpha transparency
  • Often smaller than JPG/PNG for the web

Advantages

  • Strong size savings
  • Transparency without PNG bulk
  • Widely supported in current browsers

Disadvantages

  • Older software may lack support
  • Encoding quality varies by encoder

Format details

Typical file size
Often 25–35% smaller than comparable JPG/PNG for web use cases.
Transparency support
Yes — Alpha supported in both lossy and lossless modes.
Animation support
Yes — Animated WEBP is supported in modern browsers.
Compression type
Lossy or lossless (codec-dependent)
Browser support
Strong in current Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari versions; verify legacy targets.

Common uses

  • Web performance
  • Transparent web graphics
  • Modern CMS pipelines

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  • AVIF to WEBP — Convert AVIF images to WEBP quickly in your browser.
  • BMP to WEBP — Convert BMP images to WEBP quickly in your browser.
  • GIF to WEBP — Convert GIF images to WEBP quickly in your browser.
  • JPG to WEBP — Convert JPG images to WEBP quickly in your browser.
  • PDF to WEBP — Rasterize PDF pages to WEBP without uploading.
  • PNG to WEBP — Convert PNG images to WEBP quickly in your browser.
  • WEBP to JPG — Convert WEBP images to JPG quickly in your browser.
  • WEBP to PDF — Wrap a WEBP image into a PDF without uploading.
  • WEBP to PNG — Convert WEBP images to PNG quickly in your browser.

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