Every webp image I've wanted to save I just renamed the extension to png and it works fine.
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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This doesn't always work unfortunately.
It's a workaround but doesn't work if you try to open the image in Photoshop to edit it without the webp plugin.
Photoshop supports it atm, not sure how recent it was added
Ah I don't have the recent cloud, I'm a version or two behind. I've always needed a plugin for webp images
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Why are people converting .webp to png with a program!? Just rename the file with the .png extension and it'll work. Try it.
I like it in concept, but not in practice. Way too many programs inexplicably can't read it and it's annoying as shit.
A pain in the ass. Up next is jpegXL. If it’s backwards compatible with jpeg, great. If it’s not, then it can fuck off too.
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Google invented .webp to save corporations lots and lots of bandwidth with the new reduced image size. Technically it's the choice of the site host to distribute images as .webp so Lemmy is a bit guilty as well for adopting the standard. I don't like Webp, for some reason they don't get treated as image files when you try to visit their source or open them in a windows file structure, instead it takes you to some shitty bloated webpage with more than just the image.
convert file.webp file.png
Problem solved.
Hope someone (Apple?) starts pushing JPEGXL though.