P: Camera Raw/Lightroom Classic/Lightroom Ecosystem: Support for WebP

There are BILLIONS of websites with jpeg files and that's not going to change anytime soon. You also might get better results with AVIF, JPEG-XL, or HEIC files compared to webp.

Having said that, it would be nice to have full, built-in support for all of these formats in all Adobe products. This would be much more useful to a broad range of customers than more AI features, for example.

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@Valokammi: "there's  no upvote for start post."

See here:

Please put working link to post in ideas.
Edit: Found it, but there's  no upvote for start post.

Adobe has added Open and Save as .webp to Photoshop without needing third party plugins.  Now it's time to add the same to Lightroom Classic without third party plugins.

@GermanKiwi: "The only issue with using a third-party solution like XnConvert is that it involves compressing the image twice: firstly as a jpg and again as a webp. Unless you're able to export it as a tiff instead of a jpg."

Indeed, Xnconvert, Imagemagick, and Google's "cwebp" all will convert from PNG and TIFF to Webp, and all three could be used in LR Export's post-process actions.

The only issue with using a third-party solution like XnConvert is that it involves compressing the image twice: firstly as a jpg and again as a webp. Unless you're able to export it as a tiff instead of a jpg.

That's why we need a native solution directly in Lightroom, as already exists in Photoshop.

If  you see my post of 5/1/2025 above I suggested XnConvert (free app). Use it like a plugin as a Post Processing set in Export.

I can create WEBP images from Lr-Classic with FOUR mouse clicks!

I first set up XnConvert to 'Output' WEBP files. (It can delete, or not, any JPGs that the Export has created, and auto-close XnConvert after the conversion.)

Set up an Export preset to send the files to XnConvert in the Post Processing panel.

So the method then becomes-

1) Select photos in LrC library

2) Export button (one click)

3) Choose the WebP Export Preset (one click)

4) [Export] (one click)

5) In XnConvert that opens [Convert]  (one click) , done.

Although, yes, an export preset for WebP would be handy.

I want to add a vote to including a WebP export option from Lightroom Classic. I have a publisher who wants WebP files. It seems like something that should have been included a while ago. 

@Ambrosial_style1587, see these previous posts in this thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-ideas/p-camera-raw-lightroom-classic-lightroom-ecosystem-support-for-webp/idc-p/12304363#M3918

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-ideas/p-camera-raw-lightroom-classic-lightroom-ecosystem-support-for-webp/idc-p/13332354#M5621

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-ideas/p-camera-raw-lightroom-classic-lightroom-ecosystem-support-for-webp/idc-p/13119120#M5613

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-ideas/p-camera-raw-lightroom-classic-lightroom-ecosystem-support-for-webp/idc-p/13913135#M5629

He didn't say anything about importing WebP images. He wants to export some images in WebP format.