Any Way to Save for Web (Legacy) for WebP?

[Dirthmitore]

I still use Save for Web (Legacy). I save images for the web every day, and this tool is still better than Save a Copy.

Save for Web (Legacy) lets me specify the dimensions of the file being saved. It gives me an approximate file size prediction.

I have been using it since it was on Imageready a million years ago, and I will keep using it for as long as I can.

Is there any earthly way I can save a WebP in there? Because the file size projection and being able to specify the resolution isn't in Save a Copy and that would come in incredibly handy.

[Stephen Marsh]

Add a feature request by marking a new post as an "idea" rather than as a discussion. Ask for it to be added to Export As/Quick Export as I doubt that asking for new features on a Legacy feature will gain any traction.

[Dirthmitore]

Okay, but I was asking here because I wanted to know if there was a way that I can do this now. (Even if it requires a third-party plugin or whatever).

[Stephen Marsh]

@Dirthmitore 

Photoshop's Save for Web can’t be extended by third parties.

A separate plug-in is available as a Save As command, and it does offer a preview and file size prediction. This is one of two plug-ins that were common before Adobe added native support:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/support-webp-image-format.html

https://github.com/webmproject/WebPShop

[Dirthmitore]

I downloaded & installed the plugin (Mac), but it may not be working correctly any more. When I selected it from "Save As," it didn't have an interface for resolution or file size prediction, but rather, it just kept giving me this error message about five or six times:

This is where I installed the plugin:

[Stephen Marsh]

@Dirthmitore – It's the security of your unknown macOS version that is the issue. You could try this:

https://github.com/webmproject/WebPShop/issues/3

https://github.com/webmproject/WebPShop/issues/9

I'm running Monterey (12.7.6) it works for me.

You can vote on the feature request for preview and file size prediction here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/add-a-preview-to-save-as-webp-same-as-found...

[Nancy OShea]

Legacy Save for Web is outdated.  IMO, it should not be used anymore.

Use File > Save a Copy or SaveAs > WebP (no plug-in required).

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/support-webp-image-format.html

[Stephen Marsh]

@Nancy OShea – Except if one requires automation!  :]

[Nancy OShea]

@Nancy OShea – Except if one requires automation!  :]

By @Stephen Marsh

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Sadly yes. 😓

I use other tools to create animated WebP files.

https://ezgif.com/webp-maker

[Conrad_C]

It’s kind of a pain and makes Photoshop more difficult to learn, but each of the main export commands still offers unique, useful features the others don’t…so unfortunately, until Adobe gets around to successfully unifying the export experience,  all are still needed for one thing or another:

Save a Copy

Save for Web (Legacy)

File > Export > Export As and Layer > Export As (yes, they do different things)

The only way it’s possible to stop using Save for Web is if you never need some of the features it has that Export As and Save a Copy still have no replacement for.

[Kelley3299291220xd]

It is FAR better than the current layout. I can see everything I need in one panel. Furthermore, webp is a web format. It's was a horrible oversight not being included in the "save for WEB" panel!

[Nancy OShea]

Hardly an oversight. WebP didn't exist in 1999 when the now outdated Save for Web panel was created.

WebP was introduced by Google in 2010, but it didn't receive widespread browser support until much later. 

[rayek.elfin]

The only viable SFW alternative that I know of that supports modern web image formats is Squoosh:

https://squoosh.app

• WebP, WebP2, AVIF, QOI (!) export aside from the expected JPG, PNG, and JPG XL export formats
• precise final optimized file size reporting
• resize option with the excellent Catmull-Rom reduction resampling algorith and one for pixel art. With an option to premultiply the alpha channel. And works with the preview!
• complete control over WebP, AVIF, and other file format settings if required.
• much improved preview to compare with the original using a slider

There is no Photoshop plugin. Create a selection in Photoshop, copy merged, and paste the image in Squoosh. Or drag and drop a full quality PNG.

Ensure Squoosh is running in a Chrome compatible browser otherwise transparency will not be preserved (Firefox has issues with this).

Squoosh is a web app and runs online. It is open source, a free download and also runs locally in a webserver installed on one's system for those who prefer to run it on their local machine.

Instructions to install the app and download its source here:

https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/squoosh