WebP to JPG or PNG

How to convert a WebP image

Add the files, choose JPG or PNG, and download the converted copies. Several images can be converted at once.

The conversion runs in your browser using the image support already built into it, so nothing is uploaded and the tool keeps working offline once the page has loaded.

Why WebP causes trouble

WebP was designed to make websites faster: it produces smaller files than JPG at similar quality, so a lot of sites now serve it. That is fine until you save one.

Then you find that Word will not insert it, an older version of Photoshop will not open it, a print shop rejects it, or a job application form only accepts JPG or PNG. Nothing is wrong with the file — the software around it simply has not caught up. Converting it to a format everything understands is the quickest way out.

Choosing between JPG and PNG

For photographs, JPG. It is the format everything accepts and it produces a much smaller file than PNG for the same picture.

For logos, icons, screenshots and diagrams, PNG. It keeps hard edges and text sharp, and it is the only one of the two that can store a transparent background. WebP is often used precisely because it supports transparency, so a logo converted to JPG will arrive with a solid background where the transparency used to be.

Animated files

Some WebP images are animations. JPG and PNG hold one frame, so animation cannot survive the conversion. If you add an animated file, you will be told, and the first frame is what you get.

Nothing is uploaded

The file is read into memory on your device, converted there, and written back to your downloads. No copy is sent anywhere.

Why will nothing open my WebP file?

WebP is a newer format that websites use because it is smaller. Browsers handle it, but plenty of desktop software, older photo editors and some upload forms still do not accept it.

Should I choose JPG or PNG?

JPG for photographs, where it gives a much smaller file. PNG for logos, screenshots and anything with a transparent background, because JPG cannot store transparency.

What happens to an animated WebP?

Animation cannot be kept in a JPG or PNG, which hold a single frame. The first frame is saved and the animation is lost, so you are told before it happens rather than after.

Does converting lose quality?

Converting to PNG does not. Converting to JPG re-encodes the image, and since most WebP files on the web are already compressed, that is a second pass — usually invisible, but worth choosing PNG if the image matters.