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January 12, 2017
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P: Camera Raw/Lightroom Classic/Lightroom Ecosystem: Support for WebP

  • 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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    SensationElle
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    August 11, 2021

    @JeffreyTranberry curious what happened to that idea/feature request you opened 5 years ago

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      SensationElle
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      August 11, 2021

      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.

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        Marcus-J-T
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        June 9, 2021

        The continued lack of official WEBP support in Lightroom is unacceptable

        WEBP is highly efficient, delivering smaller filesizes for better quality than JPEG, all modern browsers support WEBP (including Safari) and as a result it's rapidly becoming the standard format for images on the web, replacing both JPEG and PNG.

        Open source code for encoding and decoding of WEBP is easily found at https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/download

        So there's no excuse really...

        Adobe please give us the native tools we need to create content for the modern web!

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          FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
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          April 27, 2021

          @martijn_saly_5922019 DNG is also open-source, but none of the major camera companies uses DNG. Do you use DNG? None of the major camera companies uses WebP either.

          Better != successful.

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          FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
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          April 27, 2021

          @allen_stewart DNG is also 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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          FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
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          April 27, 2021

          *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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          April 20, 2021

          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.

            20pictures
            20pictures
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            July 4, 2023
            Building on the suggestion by @johnrellis and the work by @MisterMagoo with the Goolge WebpTools...

            If anyone is interested in using ImageMagick, you will find there is a wealth of processing options that are not available in the precompiled Google WebP Tools. As I already have it installed to use LR/Mogrify export plugin, it seemed a preferable choice.
             

            Installation is a similar process:
            • Lightroom Exports Post-Processing panel is used to Open in Other Application, your path should be similar to:
                      C:\webP\convertWebP.bat

            • The convertWebP.bat looks like this for production:
            • The convertWebP.bat looks like this for troubleshooting:
            Please note, as previously mentioned ...by the time the webP is created, the original export file has been written to the LightRoom Catalog. Deleting it with the .bat command will leave a 'lost file' in your system. You are much better off exporting to a webP folder, then removing 'original' export files from there.

            This does NOT apply to the Google WebP Tools method. A bit of a trade-off for the increased conversion control.
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            FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
            Inspiring
            March 9, 2021

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

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            Thany2
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            July 20, 2020
            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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              July 20, 2020
              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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