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September 22, 2022
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Generate Image Assets -> Webp

  • September 22, 2022
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Photoshop now has webp image support, which is great, but it does not work when generating image assets using the File->Generate->Image Assets workflow. Presently, it just gives an error with 'Unsupported extension: webp".

 

Considering Adobe is advertising 'full support' for webp in photoshop, this seems like an oversight.

 

Please roll the webp functionality into the generate image assets workflow.

 

Why is it valuable to me:

WebP files are particularly useful for web development. The generate image assets workflow is also very web-dev friendly. I would be using this combo constantly if it were possible. Instead I have to slowly export-as my way around multiple documents. The current situation feels like stepping back in time.

 

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    Sam22616526i6hc
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    March 26, 2024

    hello Paul, I'm also using Photoshop 2024 on an M1 Macbook. Did you copy the generator.js file to this directory  /Users/<UserName>/ (or some folder inside the Adobe photoshop??)

    This doesn't seem to work for me. After restart, I'm still seeing the error.txt saying unsupported extension. 

    paulsoultis
    paulsoultis
    Participating Frequently
    September 27, 2023

    Amazing thanks mate, just tested and this is working perfectly. I was also able to add percentage value to optimise the WebP compression amount.

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      kv43606971
      Known Participant
      September 27, 2023

      * Create a new txt file, copy this in there, save and close it:
      module.exports = {
      "generator-assets": {
      "webp-enabled":true,
      "webp-lossless":false,
      }}

      * rename your .txt file to generator.js
      * save your generator.js file at this location and restart PS:

      Windows     C:\Users\<UserName>
      Mac            /Users/<UserName>/
        paulsoultis
        paulsoultis
        Participating Frequently
        September 27, 2023

        Thanks for the heads up, I'm using Mac and M1 and Generator config panel is noted to not be supported. Is there other ways to enable it?

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          kv43606971
          Known Participant
          September 25, 2023

          Using PS 2024 on Windows it works for me now. Just needed to enable it within the Configuration Options.
          https://github.com/adobe-photoshop/generator-assets/wiki/Configuration-Options#sample-configuration

            paulsoultis
            paulsoultis
            Participating Frequently
            August 31, 2023

            Hi all, any update on this request for webp support using generate?


              Dhal_Naka
              Dhal_Naka
              Inspiring
              November 16, 2022

              If you make a small change in this file

              C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Required\Plug-ins\Generator\game_assets.generate\lib\parsermanager.js

               

              you can make it work.

              Change 
              "webp": !!this._config["webp-enabled"]

               

              to

              "webp": this._config.hasOwnProperty("webp-enabled") ? !!this._config["webp-enabled"] : true,


              BUT if you move to Photoshop 2023 that's different now... And I have no idea how to solve the problem this time, so I'm going to open a new post asking that :S

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