WebP Lossy

Readable

image

WebP is a raster image format developed by Google that uses the Resource Interchange File Format as a container. WebP's lossy compression algorithm is based on the intra-frame coding of the VP8 video format.

Identify it

Extensions	`.webp`
MIME types	`image/webp`
Signatures	`52494646` at byte 0 (WebP Lossy)
PRONOM	`fmt/566`
Wikidata	`Q45989100`

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Open it

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Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.webp out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.webp out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.webp out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.webp out.jpg` Lossy compression.

Documentation

kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/image/webp.ksy

Sources

From Kaitai Struct format gallery, PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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