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

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January 12, 2017
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I'm preparing a bunch of files for the web and would like to use Google's WebP format. How can I export photos in Lightroom to WebP?

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*jeremy_bowling Apple added WebP support to Safari 14 in September 2020. Most content management systems (WordPress, Drupal, etc.) lack native support for WebP.

DNG is completely open-source, but none of the major camera companies uses DNG. None of the major camera companies uses WebP either.

Better != successful.

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SensationElle

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WebP exists since 2010 and has an industry-standard for pictures on the web. Yet Adobe doesn't seem to bother. I cannot export them neither in LR nor PS. Yes, there are plugins for PS, but I do my bulk-exports for eventphotos in LR and have no need for PS for sports pictures (for example).

Programs like ACDSee support the webp-format, I still need to convert them after exporting. Pls Adobe implement that format in LR so I don't have to convert hundreds of pictures every time I exported them from LR.

johnrellis

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"I have a large collection DNGs, PNGs etc. AND WebP files. There is no means I can manage those WebP images in Lightroom at the moment."

As a workaround while waiting for Adobe to implement this, consider the Any File plugin.

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@avpman You are a Rock Star!!! Many thanks

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Thany2

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Should be fairly simple for Adobe to implement this. The WebP codec is opensource and readily available for a plethora of platforms. Even if people choose not to use it, format support is typically not in anyone's way. Just look at how many formats are supported by Photoshop.

If this doesn't get added very soon, shame on Adobe even more.

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Thany2

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It doesn't matter which format is better. WebP recieves better support across the board, so that is the format web developers will prefer, simply by virtue of browser support. Which one is the absolute mathmatical best format, is completely irrelevant.
You might not remember the war between VHS and Betamax, which is the defacto example of format war, where the best one didn't win.

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Malcolm15C3

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Safari won't be in any rush to support it because Apple standardised on the HEIC/HEIF format (HEVC-based). Better compression and better quality. WebP (and WebM) are a little long in the tooth by comparision (based on VP8), and its successors VP9 and AV1 are failing to live up to their promise of being unencumbered of patent issues (see patent troll Sisvel). Looks like Apple made a good choice, or at least I'm more than happy with it.

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Malcolm15C3

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You shouldn't have to pay for this because ImageMagick can do this for free.

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I've successfully managed to get webp working on my site and I'm told that Google give these images preference, add that to speed improvement and you have significant SEO. For that reason alone webp will be a success so Lightroom needs to adapt to this a little faster than it is. I've had to create some script to check the browser and upload both JPG and WepP to account for the browsers that don't cover it (Safari would you believe!!!): Here's the gallery... https://charlessturge.com/corporate-photographer-london let me know if you'd like the html script and I'll post it.