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History of
WebP
Last update
Oct. 3
rd
2021 4:06:49 PM
Creation date
Apr. 11
th
2011 11:49:06 PM
_wb_
on Oct. 3
rd
2021 4:06:49 PM
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Year
2010 (lossy) 2011 (lossless/alpha/animation)
Vector graphics
no
Raster image
yes
_wb_
on Oct. 3
rd
2021 10:53:07 AM
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Lossless
yes Lossless and lossy
Animation support
yes
HDR
no
Transparency support
yes
Commonly used for
Images on the web
Cons
Limited to 8-bit. Lossy forces 4:2:0 tv-range YCbCr.
Maximum bit depth
8-bit
CMYK support (for print)
no
Maximum number of channels
4 (RGBA)
Alexis
on Nov. 24
th
2020 4:31:30 PM
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Firefox
yes
Safari
- Partial support
Alexis
on Sep. 21
st
2020 9:42:55 PM
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Microsoft Edge
yes
Seralive
on Apr. 11
th
2011 11:49:06 PM
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Mode
70
Name
WebP
Viewer
public
Editor
public
Category
pratical
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP
Lossless
no
Short name
WebP
Animation support
no
Developed by
Google
Google Chrome
yes
Internet Explorer
no
Firefox
no
Opera
yes
Safari
no
File extensions
.webp
Description
WebP is an image file format developed by Google, and supposed to be a new open standard for lossily compressed true color graphics. It's a direct competitor to JPEG.
Pros
Small file size (Smaller than JPEG with comparable image quality)
Transparency support
no
Cons
Lossy compression
Layers support
no
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