P: Add support for WebP

[SensationElle]

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.

[Ian Lyons]

Adobe doesn't ignore User Feedback. Nevertheless, 18 votes hardly constitutes overwhelming interest in adding support for WebP.

[Ioannis5E6D]

I think the fact that WebP is the most effecient image format for image web display together with Adobe's interest for the web, Lightroom has a dedicated section and most of its tools have web applications, makes it completely irrelevant how many people have voted in a users' forum specific topic.  

[Sanpanza]

Does AnyFile just alow for reading additional file formats but NOT exporting large Photoshop files as Webp files ?

[johnrellis]

"Does AnyFile just alow for reading additional file formats but NOT exporting large Photoshop files as Webp files ?"

Correct -- Any File is just a simple tool that lets you manage any type of file in your catalog. It doesn't provide any mechanisms for editing other image formats or exporting them.

[Sanpanza]

Update to original question from one year ago. I there still no way to batch export PSD or Tiff files as Webp files?

[Earth Oliver]

Photoshop finally added webp support last year, so let's hope that Lr/ACR catches up in a few years.

[johnrellis]

"I there still no way to batch export PSD or Tiff files as Webp files?"

Not built-in to LR. You can use a LR LR Export post-processing action with free utilities to do it, as described in these two posts:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-implement-an-option-for-webp-in-lr-exports/...

[TomHackettPhotography]

It appears that LrC does not recognize WebP files as candidates for import.  Finder > Open With Lightroom Classic does not work for WebP files.  WebP files are not automatically imported when they are added to a watched folder. 

Photoshop has no problem opening WebP files.  This is increasingly important because Midjourney saves images as WebP when they have been upscaled by Upscale (4x).