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WebP

WebP is a modern image format from Google that supports lossy and lossless compression, transparency and animation in smaller files than JPEG or PNG.

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All current browsers display it. Files start with RIFF, four size bytes and WEBP. In a test, a photo-like image was about 2.3 times smaller as lossy WebP than as JPEG at quality 85.

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See also

  • Glossary JPEG
    JPEG is a lossy image format designed for photographs that makes small files by discarding detail the eye is least likely to notice.
  • Glossary PNG
    PNG is a lossless image format with transparency, well suited to screenshots, logos and graphics with text or flat colours.
  • Glossary AVIF
    AVIF is an image format based on the AV1 video codec that gives very small files at a given quality and supports transparency.
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