Thumbnails for webP images

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How can I add support for webP images? This seems like a pretty standard image format. Not sure why this isn't standard in Bridge. Pretty annoying that I can't see these previews in Bridge or on Windows. . . that is one of the core functions of Bridge, visually  browsing images PDF etc in a variety of formats. 

[Lumigraphics]

Works fine on the Mac, all the way back to Bridge 2022.

[Stephen Marsh]

Support for saving in WebP in Photoshop was only added in version 2022, despite the format existing for years.

Things take time I guess!

[Only1BruceC]

Personally,
If I were Adobe, I'd be embarrassed to ask customers to pay as much as we pay every month and not support a "semi" modern image format. Perhaps by the time webp4 comes out they will support thumbnails for the original webp format?

[inno5E9B]

Shocking, positively shocking. A format introduced over 10 years ago and used all over the internet does not have a thumbnail or preview in the latest Bridge 2024.

There was not even an apology from Adobe.

[Lumigraphics]

WebP is already obsolete and never got mass uptake. I expect it to fade out as formats like HEIC and AVIF are phased in. And it works here even in Bridge 2022.

[inno5E9B]

Tried Bridge 12.0.4 (2022) and 13.0.7 (2023) - they all open webp but don't give a thumbnail view on Windows 11. What's a big deal to make a thumbnail or preview anyway?

[Lumigraphics]

Did you create a thumbnail when you saved these? And Bridge doesn't "open" files. Its a viewer. What do you see in the content window? Does Windows Explorer give you a thumbnail?

[inno5E9B]

> Did you create a thumbnail when you saved these?

- Why should I be bothered with that? When you dump raw files from your camera, do you create manually thumbnails for them?

> And Bridge doesn't "open" files. Its a viewer.

- Thank you. It's an eye opener.

> What do you see in the content window?

Folders and thumbnails for JPEGs, PSD files and PS logo on webp files

> Does Windows Explorer give you a thumbnail?

Of course not, why would I be bothered with Bridge then