About the Webp file format
- Name
- WebP Image
- Extension
- .webp
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Description
- A WEBP file is an image saved in the WebP (pronounced "Weppy") raster image format developed by Google for web graphics. It is designed to reduce image file sizes over standard JPEG compression while maintaining the same or similar quality. WEBP files allow images to be downloaded more quickly.
- MIME Type
- image/webp
- Sample
- sample.webp
- Wikipedia
- .webp on Wikipedia
WebP image is a raster image format which is developed by Google and uses both the reversible and irreversible comprehension. The raster image is based on the On2 Technologies. It is closely related to the WebM multimedia container format since its derivation from the VP8 video format that was released under a BSD license.
Its format allows it to come up with smaller image files of better quality when compared to the initial JPEG scheme. A year since its release, in the year 2010, google embarked on experimenting with the lossless and lossy models(reversible and irreversible). Afterwards, libwebp 0.2.0 support was enabled by default.
WebP image supports Exif metadata, ICC profile, XMP, transparency, and animation. Besides, it supports tiling of large images, which has been possible due to the Extended File Format that was added by Google. The animation aspect of the WebP image allows changing of older animated GIF to animated WebP.
WebP has been highly recommended by Google thanks to its ability to combine various frames with both lossy and lossless compression in a single animation. Currently, Chrome, Firefox, Falcon, Midori, Microsoft Edge,GNOME Web, and Opera browsers support WebP.
Also, the small size files are a huge plus to web page optimization as the site loads faster with better performance.
