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Supports: WEBP
WebP is Google's modern image format (introduced 2010). It's smaller than JPEG and PNG at the same visual quality, supports both lossy and lossless modes, and handles transparency plus animation. The catch: many image editors, design tools, CMS platforms, photo printers, and document programs still don't accept WebP, even in 2026. JPEG is the universal photo format — every device, app, and service made in the past 30 years opens a.jpg /.jpeg file. JPEG and JPG are identical formats; this page is the same as WebP to JPG.
| Property | WebP | JPEG |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy (VP8) or lossless (predictive coding) | Lossy only (DCT, quantization) |
| Typical size for photos | ~65-75% of JPEG at the same visual quality | 1× baseline |
| Transparency | Yes (8-bit alpha channel) | No — alpha flattens to a background color |
| Animation | Yes (animated WebP) | No |
| Color depth | 8-bit per channel (24-bit RGB / 32-bit RGBA) | 8-bit per channel (24-bit RGB) |
| EXIF / GPS / ICC profile | Yes | Yes |
| Browser support | All modern browsers, Safari since 14 (2020) | Universal |
| Editor / CMS / print support | Limited — many tools and services skip it | Universal |
| Best for | Web delivery, hero images, transparency | Universal photo distribution, print, email, archival |
| Preset | Approximate Quality % | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Highest | 95-100 | Master archival, minimal generation loss from lossless WebP |
| Very High | 90-94 | Print, photography portfolios, photo books |
| High (default) | 80-88 | General web photos, blog images, social uploads |
| Medium | 70-78 | E-commerce thumbnails, listing tiles |
| Low | 55-65 | Email attachments where size matters more than fidelity |
| Lowest | 30-50 | Placeholder / blur-up images only |
Some loss is unavoidable because JPEG is always lossy — there is no lossless JPEG mode. If the source is a lossy WebP, the existing artifacts (blocking, smoothing) are decoded and then re-encoded with JPEG quantization on top. Setting JPEG quality to 90-95 keeps the second pass nearly invisible. If the source is a lossless WebP, push quality to 95-100 to preserve as much detail as possible during the one-way encode.
JPEG has no alpha channel, so transparent pixels are flattened to a solid background color (white by default). If you need to keep transparency for logos, icons, or product cutouts, use WebP to PNG instead — PNG preserves the alpha channel exactly.
85-90% is the sweet spot for photos — visually indistinguishable from the original at normal viewing sizes, with sensible file sizes. For print and photo books push to 95+. For thumbnails and listings, 70-75% is plenty. Avoid going below 60% on faces and skin tones — that's where JPEG blocking artifacts become obvious.
Usually yes for photos — typically 25-40% larger at matching visual quality, since WebP's compression is more efficient. A 200 KB WebP photo often becomes a 280-320 KB JPEG. The trade is worth it when the destination doesn't accept WebP. If file size is critical, set a target size in KB / MB and let auto-scale find a quality / resolution combo that hits the budget.
Yes by default. JPEG carries EXIF, XMP, and ICC profiles in standard APP markers, and the conversion preserves them. If you want to strip metadata for privacy before sharing (camera serial, GPS coordinates, dates), use the Remove Metadata option, or run Compress JPG afterwards to clean and shrink in one pass.
Animated WebPs convert to a single still JPEG — the first frame by default. JPEG has no animation support. If you need to keep motion, look at WebP to GIF or keep the source WebP for browsers.
Modern sites optimize for speed by serving WebP because it's smaller. Browsers respect this and download the.webp version rather than the original JPEG / PNG that the site stores. Right-click "save image as" gets the WebP. Converting to JPEG after saving recovers a universally-usable format that opens in every editor, viewer, and document app.
Yes — drop in entire folders, exported asset libraries, or a year of saved web images. Each file converts in parallel on our servers and downloads individually or as a single ZIP. Settings can apply uniformly to the batch or be overridden per file.
Yes — see JPEG to WebP for the reverse direction. Useful when you need to put images back on a modern website where WebP delivers smaller files and faster page loads.