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July 4, 2013
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P: Please Provide Support for the WebP Image format

  • July 4, 2013
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Dear Photoshop Team (as well as the Illustrator and Edge Tools Team):

The format improves upon .jpeg and .png use cases today while at the same time providing 2x-3x smaller file sizes at the same, comparable quality settings.

According to the image specificaitons, "WebP supports lossless transparency (also known as alpha channel) with just 22% additional bytes. Transparency is also supported with lossy compression and typically provides 3x smaller file sizes compared to PNG when lossy compression is acceptable for the red/green/blue color channels" (https://developers.google.com/speed/w...).

Being able to used on the latest Android devices an the latest versions of Chrome and Opera (I know they both use Blink, and thus it isn't a surprise that both support it already), according to caniuse.com, it is sort of reasonable to consider I think.

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    ZGuidry
    ZGuidry
    Participating Frequently
    February 18, 2021

    JPEG 2000 isn't well supported by web browsers as it is only supported by Safari. WebP is finally gaining support by all of the major players. JPEG 2000 is also over 20 years old. JPEG XR is the next evolution of that technology, but is also not yet supported by most web browsers. WebP makes much more sense at this time.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 18, 2021

    Use JPEG 2000 that supports transparency. It is a next generation format. It comes out of the box for Photoshop. 

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    dylman3000
    Known Participant
    February 12, 2021

    Any chance of getting native support Adobe, rather than having to use third party tools?

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 10, 2021

    Please consider to add a native support to webp image format

    thanks 

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 6, 2021

    Please add support for WEBP.  Photoshop is not complete without it.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 5, 2021

    Please support WEBP natively. It's been around long enough now and wide spread enough you should provide support. 

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 18, 2021

    *BUMP* Can we have this feature yet, please? Will an Adobe representative tell us what the hold-up is? Licensing? Pride? C'mon.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 30, 2020

    The WebP file format is becoming increasingly common in the web sector. It’s therefore essential that Photoshop 2021 supports this file format natively.

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    mike_burgess
    Participant
    November 16, 2020

    ^^BUMP^^ This has been an open issue for 7 years now, I don't see why it's a problem.

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    mike_burgess
    Participant
    November 16, 2020

    *daniel_sadinoff I agree. I'm frustrated that I can't even edit the images. We pay for a product, we aren't trying to hack our way around it as a solution from the company providing the product.

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