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WEBP Converter

Google's image format: about a third smaller than JPEG at the same quality, with transparency and animation built in.

35 tools

Convert to WEBP

Convert to WebPTurn JPG, PNG, GIF, AVIF, BMP and HEIC images into WebP and cut a quarter to a third of their weight, without uploading anything.HTML to ImageTurn a web page URL or your own HTML into a PNG, JPG or WEBP screenshot. Choose the viewport, full-page capture and pixel density. Runs on our server; the screenshot is deleted automatically within about two hours.Video to WebPTurn a short video clip into an animated WebP, smaller than GIF, with real color and transparency, in your browser.

Convert from WEBP

WEBP to PDFTurn WEBP images into a PDF in your browser, with lossless files kept lossless and transparency handled the way you choose.Compress ImageShrink JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and GIF files in your browser: pick a level that keeps the resolution, or, for all but GIF, a target size in KB or MB.Resize ImageChange the pixel dimensions of a photo by exact size, percentage or a ready preset, without leaving your browser.Bulk ResizeBring a whole folder of photos to one size in a single pass. Up to 500 files, one ZIP at the end.Crop ImageDrag a frame over your photo or type exact pixels, then download just the part you kept. Nothing leaves your browser.Rotate ImageTurn a photo 90, 180 or 270 degrees, or straighten it by any angle down to a tenth of a degree, right in your browser.Flip ImageMirror a photo horizontally, vertically or both at once. Same size, same format, nothing uploaded anywhere.Sharpen ImageApply a real unsharp mask with amount, radius and a noise threshold, and preview the result before you download it.Circle CropCut a circle, an oval or a rounded square out of any photo and download it as a PNG with a genuinely transparent background.Image to Base64Turn an image into a Base64 data URI for CSS, HTML or JSON, or paste a Base64 string and get the image file back.Image MetadataSee the camera, the exposure, the date and the GPS location stored inside a photo. It is read in this tab, never uploaded.Images to GIFTurn one image into a static GIF or a sequence of images into an animated one, with the frame rate, order and looping under your control.Favicon GeneratorTurn one logo into the whole favicon set: every PNG size, a multi-size ICO, a manifest and the HTML tags to paste into your head.Remove Image MetadataStrip the GPS location, the camera details and the author's name out of a photo before you post it, without touching a single pixel.WebP to JPGConvert WebP images to JPG in your browser, animated files included, with a background colour of your choice behind transparent areas.WebP to PNGConvert WebP images to PNG with transparency intact, losslessly when the source was a lossless WebP, all inside your browser.Convert to AVIFRe-encode JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP and HEIC as AVIF, the smallest of the widely supported web formats, with transparency intact.BMP ConverterTurn BMP files into JPG, PNG or WebP, or save any photo back out as a BMP. Palettes, RLE compression and transparency are all handled.Transparent BackgroundPick the background colour and everything close to it turns transparent: green screens, white backdrops, scans and flat logos, in a blink.Pixelate ImageCover a number plate, an address or a screen with solid blocks, or pixelate the whole frame for a retro look, without uploading the photo anywhere.Image to Black and WhiteFive conversion formulas, a contrast control and three classic toners (sepia, cyanotype and selenium), all computed in your browser.Add Border to ImageSix border styles: solid, polaroid, drop shadow, rounded, double line and film strip. Set the thickness in pixels or as a percentage of the frame.Split ImageCut a picture into a grid, into rows or columns, or along your own cut lines. There is an Instagram carousel preset for 3, 6 or 9 slides.Image to TextRead the printed text out of a photo, screenshot or scan and download it as a .txt file, or as JSON with the position and confidence of every block.Remove BackgroundCut the subject out of any photo with AI: our server finds it in a reduced 1024 × 1024 copy, and your browser makes the cut-out from the photo itself. Download a transparent PNG, or the same cut-out on a solid colour.Meme GeneratorTurn your own picture into a classic meme: top and bottom captions in heavy white letters with a black outline, or on white boxes.YouTube Thumbnail MakerCrop any photo to an exact preset or custom size, add a title in one of five styles, and get a JPG under 2 MB, small enough for YouTube from a phone.Photo Collage MakerPut two to twenty photos on one canvas, as a grid, a mosaic, a filmstrip or placed by hand, and download the result as a single picture.TIFF ConverterTurn a multi-page TIFF into JPG, PNG, WebP or a single PDF, or save any photo back out as a TIFF with the compression scanning and printing software expects. Runs on our server; files are deleted automatically within about two hours.

Other WEBP operations

Add Text to PhotoPut a caption on any photo in your browser. Pick a size, colour, outline, shadow, colour plate or a curve, then download the result.Add WatermarkStamp a text or logo watermark on up to 100 photos at once, in one of nine positions or as a tiled pattern, with your own opacity, angle and size.Photo EditorLayers, text, shapes, a brush and colour adjustments on one canvas. Everything runs in this tab and nothing is uploaded.

What WEBP is for

WEBP was built to make web pages lighter, and it does the job: at a quality most people cannot tell from JPEG it comes out roughly 25 to 35 per cent smaller, and unlike JPEG it can carry transparency and short animations. That combination is why it replaced three formats at once on the web: JPEG for photographs, PNG for logos with transparent backgrounds, and GIF for small looping animations. If a picture is going on a website, WEBP is almost always the right answer in 2026; every browser still in use has supported it for years.

Where it still causes trouble

Outside the browser, WEBP support is patchy in exactly the places that matter to normal people: older photo printers, some picture frames, a few desktop editors, and the occasional web form that only accepts JPEG or PNG. That is the usual reason to convert away from it, and it is why the conversions in both directions live here side by side. WEBP also comes in two kinds, lossy like JPEG and lossless like PNG, and converting a lossless WEBP to JPEG throws away the quality it was keeping, so choose the target by what the picture is, not by habit.

Converting without losing anything twice

Every re-encode of a lossy image costs a little quality, and the loss accumulates: JPEG to WEBP to JPEG is worse than either step alone. The practical rule is to keep the original and convert from it each time, rather than converting a conversion. Where transparency is involved, remember that JPEG cannot store it at all. A transparent WEBP saved as JPEG comes back with a black or white background, which is why the tools here say so before you press the button rather than after.

Save a WEBP as JPG from a web page

Right-click an image on a modern site and the file that lands in Downloads is often a .webp, even when the page showed a photograph that started life as a JPEG, because the server converted it on the way out. That is fine for the browser and useless for the form, the print shop or the colleague who asked for a JPG. Drop the downloaded file into WebP to JPG, leave the quality at 90 or above, and you get an ordinary JPEG that looks the same on screen; up to a hundred files go through in one batch and come back as a ZIP. If the picture has a transparent background, WebP to PNG keeps it, where JPEG would fill it with white or the colour you choose.

Frequently asked questions

Is WEBP better than JPG?

For a web page, yes: the same picture is a quarter to a third smaller at the same quality, and WEBP can carry transparency. Outside the browser, JPG still wins on compatibility; printers, older editors and many upload forms do not read WEBP at all.

Why can't I open a WEBP file?

The program is older than the format. Every current browser opens WEBP, and so do Windows 11 Photos and recent macOS, but older photo viewers, many printers and some editors do not. Converting to JPG or PNG takes a few seconds and the picture looks identical.

Does converting WEBP to JPG lose quality?

A little, because JPEG re-encodes the pixels, but at quality 90 the difference is invisible. Lossless WEBP, the kind used for logos and screenshots, is better converted to PNG, which keeps every pixel exactly.