P: Please Provide Support for the WebP Image format

Thank you, 100% agree!

Replying to my own post to note that adding preview/file size to the webp save dialogue is a live request if people browsing here want to upvote it https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/add-a-preview-to-save-as-webp-same-as-found-in-jpeg/idi-p/14124794#M19145

Greatly appreciate webp support has being added to Photoshop!

Given the format's advantage is optimised compression - it would be a super helpful addition to also include 'preview' and estimated file size in the saving dialogue for .webp (like jpg has) as that allows designers to find the optimal balance between compression rate and filesize.

Thank you, Adobe! Appreciate this!

Great idea, @Stephen Marsh . Can you post this as a new idea in its own thread so I can vote for it?

Jane

Now that native WebP support has been added, it would be nice if Photoshop's default scripts supported WebP when saving files – such as:

* File > Scripts > Image Processor (add PNG as well), or just license or commission an updated Image Processor Pro

* File > Export > Artboards to Files

* File > Export > Layers to Files

I'm probably missing others, but you get the idea.

EDIT: Batch saving scripts for WebP here –

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/export-many-files-at-once-in-webp-format-photoshop/m-p/13604411

@cannon303 said:
"It should be part of the Export dialogue as an option along with jpeg, gif and png."

Be sure to post your feedback to the link for the beta that Jeffrey just gave us:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-discussions/announcing-full-support-for-webp-in-photoshop-beta/td-p/12577932

Jane

@cannon303 –

That's exactly what's happened. Native WebP support was added to Photoshop 23.2: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new/2022-1.html#support-for-webp

Full support for WebP

 

We are excited to announce that Photoshop now has full support for the WebP file format! WebP files can now be opened, created, edited, and saved in Photoshop without the need for a plug-in or preference setting.

Fantastic! Works fine, thank you, @J453. Note to use “save as” and not “export” for the WebP (*.WEBP) extension.

Allowing an open source plugin to work with Photoshop is not really the "support" I'm looking for. Can Adobe not actually hard code the functionality into Photoshop as standard or do copyright laws prevent them from doing so?