How to convert WebP to JPG

You saved an image from a website and got a WebP, and now something refuses to open it. Converting to JPG solves it in a few seconds.

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Whichever tool you use here, the file stays on your device. How that works

Step by step

  1. 1Add the WebP file, or several at once.
  2. 2Choose JPG as the output.
  3. 3Set quality around 85 per cent, which is visually identical for ordinary photographs.
  4. 4Save the converted files.

Why websites give you WebP in the first place

WebP produces smaller files than JPG at the same visual quality, which is why sites serve it. That is good for the site and occasionally annoying for you, because plenty of older desktop software, printers and forms still do not accept it.

Converting to JPG costs you a little quality, because both formats are lossy and you are re-encoding an image that was already compressed once. At 85 per cent nobody will see the difference in a photograph, though flat graphics and screenshots fare less well.

If your WebP has a transparent background, convert to PNG rather than JPG. JPG has no transparency at all and will fill those areas with solid white, which is rarely what anyone wants.

Questions

Will it lose quality?

A small amount, since it is a re-encode. At sensible quality settings this is invisible in photographs.

What if the image has transparency?

Use PNG instead. JPG cannot store transparency and will turn it white.

Can I convert a folder of them?

Yes, add them all and convert in one pass.