WebP 101
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What is WebP?How to view WebP? How can you convert a WebP image to an image in other formats? Is there any free WebP converter you can use? Techinical FAQs about WebP
What is an optimal quality value for WebP?How can you upload a WebP image on websites? What is the maximum resolution and color depth for WebP? What should you remember when converting an image to a WebP image? |
Technology for WebPWebP is a derivative of the development of WebM, the royalty-free video format.And the image compression algorithm of WebP is based on VP8, the video compression format contained by WebM. Because VP8 is a lossy compression algorithm, however, a new algorithm was needed to develop a new image format replacing PNG of lossless compression. To meet this need, Google software engineer Jyrki Alakuijala developed a new and improved lossless compression format (which is 25-30% more effective than PNG) using a variety of advanced technologies and applied it to WebP. Thanks to the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) container, WebP is a single format but can apply several technologies to the multiple frames of an image individually. WebP also supports animation as GIF does. And therefore the WebP format is receiving wide attention as a next-generation image format replacing GIF, JPG, and PNG. |