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How To Open WebP Files In Photoshop For Both Mac And PC
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How To Open WebP Files And Convert WebP To JPG (Mac & PC)

Are you trying to convert images from WebP to JPG? This tutorial will show you how to open WebP files in Photoshop and convert WebP files to JPG and other file formats.

September 19, 2019 by Joe Michaels
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  • How To Open Webp Files in Photoshop - Tutorial+−
    • Download Google's Adobe Photoshop WebP Plugin
    • Install The WebP Plugin
    • Restart Photoshop
    • Open A WebP Image File
    • Export WebP To JPG, WebP To PNG, Or Other Formats
    • Adjust Your WebP Image Settings
  • WebP Files To JPG: How To Convert WebP To JPG Without Photoshop
  • Issues With Using The WebP File Format In WordPress

Here’s how to open WebP files in Photoshop for both Mac and PC computers and convert WebP to JPG, PNG, and other file types.

Every time you load a webpage from the Internet, the images on that page are typically in PNG, GIF, and JPG file formats. All of these file types have existed for decades and there’s plenty of support for them at both the computer application and operating system levels.

But there’s a newer file format called WebP that’s becoming more popular online. Created by Google in 2010, WebP files look just as good as JPEG but are usually 25% smaller. So how do you create and edit WebP files? Here’s a tutorial on how to open WebP files in Photoshop and convert WebP to JPG, PNG, and other common file types.

Requirements:

  • Adobe Photoshop ($99-250)
  • (1) or more images files
  • 5-10 minutes of free time

Here’s how to open WebP files in Photoshop for both Mac and PC computers and convert WebP to JPG, PNG and other files types … #WebP #GoogleWebP #WebDesign #WebDevelopment
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How To Open Webp Files in Photoshop – Tutorial

If you’re reading this tutorial, then you have probably already tried opening some WebP files in Photoshop. It won’t work. The application can’t read WebP files without installing a Photoshop WebP plugin first.

Download Google’s Adobe Photoshop WebP Plugin

Download the official Google WebP plugin for Adobe Photoshop from the Google Developers WebP website. There are other versions of WebP plugins versions available online, but it’s probably best to stick with the official plugin from the company that invented the WepP file format, Google.

  • Adobe Photoshop WebP Plugin For (Macintosh)
  • Adobe Photoshop WebP Plugin For (Windows)

Install The WebP Plugin

After you download the WebP plugin, then you’ll need to uncompress it and put it into the Adobe Photoshop plug-in folder.

How To Install An Adobe Photoshop Plug-in (Mac)

  • Copy the plug-in file called “WebPShop.plugin” into your Photoshop plug-in folder located here: Macintosh HD > Applications > Adobe Photoshop > Plug-ins
  • If you don’t see a plug-in folder in the Adobe Photoshop folder, then you can try to create a folder called “Plug-ins” and place your plug-in in that folder. Another option is to right-click on the Adobe Photoshop application and select “Show Package Contents”. Then navigate to Contents > Plug-ins and move your WebP.plugin folder into there.

How To Install An Adobe Photoshop Plugin (PC)

  • Copy the plug-in file called “WebPShop.8bi” into your Adobe Photoshop folder, usually located here: C: > Program Files > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop > Plug-ins for x64

Restart Photoshop

After you install the WebP plugin, then you’ll need to restart Photoshop before you can open and save WebP files.

Open A WebP Image File

The “Open” and “Save” menu commands in Adobe Photoshop should now show WebP options. Try opening some WebP files. Unlike before, they should open successfully in Adobe Photoshop. If you don’t already have a WebP file, then just open any image file and skip to the next section.

Export WebP To JPG, WebP To PNG, Or Other Formats

Webp To Jpg: Export As Webp In Photoshop

After you successfully install the plugin, you’ll be able to both open and export WebP files. From the File menu in Photoshop, select “Save as…”. Then use the dropdown menu to select WebP or whatever file type you want.

Adjust Your WebP Image Settings

Save As Webp Options - Webp Files To Jpg

For now on, when you choose WebP as a “Save as…” option in Photoshop, you’ll be presented with an additional menu of WebP file settings.

  • High-Quality Photography: If you’re compressing photography or luxury product shots, then ~70 should be a good quality setting fo you.
  • Regular Images: For everyday images, 20-30 should work. Most of the WebP images on this website are around 25 quality. Do a few experiments until you find a setting that works best for your images.

Here’s a photo comparison between a 100k JPG and a 7k WebP file. Can you tell the difference when comparing WebP files to JPG?

Webp Vs Jpg Comparison

NERD NOTE: Part of the reason the WebP file format has had such a slow adoption rate is because of the critical claims against the technology by influential people from the Internet community. In 2013, Josh Aas from Mozilla Research released a comparison between WebP and JPG. He was unable to show that WebP outperformed JPEG by any significance.

WebP Files To JPG: How To Convert WebP To JPG Without Photoshop

If you don’t have access to Adobe Photoshop, don’t worry, there are other options. Several websites including Thumbtube, will allow you to upload an image and have it converted for free. You, of course, won’t be able to edit or manipulate your images without Adobe Photoshop, but if you just need to convert an image in the WebP file format, then that should do the trick.

Issues With Using The WebP File Format In WordPress

Although WebP files are becoming more common, they still haven’t reached mass adoption. Case in point, the popular blogging platform WordPress doesn’t natively recognize WebP files! That’s right after you go through the trouble of creating WebP files for your website, you can’t directly upload them into WordPress. You have to install a WebP WordPress plugin first. An annoying extra step, but worth the trouble.

Here’s how to open WebP files in Photoshop for both Mac and PC computers and convert WebP to JPG, PNG and other file types … #WebP #GoogleWebP #WebDesign #WebDevelopment
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