Convert WEBP to PNG
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Why half the web hands you WEBP, and what to do with it
WEBP is a format built to travel over the network, not to live in your downloads
folder. Google created it to make web pages lighter, and it works: 25–35% below
a JPG of the same apparent quality, and below a PNG on images with
transparency. That's why almost every large site serves WEBP today, and why what
you end up downloading is a .webp.
The clash comes the moment you leave the browser. You attach the image to a presentation, upload it to a form, or open it in your usual viewer, and nothing happens. The format is fine; the program in front of you simply doesn't know it.
Why PNG rather than JPG
Both conversions solve the compatibility problem, but they aren't equivalent:
- PNG keeps transparency. If the WEBP came from a logo or a cut-out icon, JPG would hand it back with a coloured background attached.
- PNG doesn't recompress lossily. Converting a lossy WEBP to JPG means compressing twice with two different codecs, and that stacks up.
- JPG is smaller. If the image is a photograph with no transparency and size is what matters, JPG is the better destination.
The short rule: logos, icons and screenshots to PNG; photographs to JPG.
What to expect from the file
Expect it to grow, often to two or three times the size. That isn't a fault in the conversion: it's the gap between a modern lossy codec and a lossless one from thirty years ago. What you gain is a file that opens everywhere, with nothing to install and nobody to explain WEBP to.
Common questions
- Why is every image I download a WEBP?
- Because sites serve WEBP deliberately: it's 25–35% smaller than an equivalent JPG and smaller than a PNG, which speeds up loading. Your browser handles it fine, but the file saved to disk carries that format out to every other program, and they don't all understand it.
- Do I get quality back by moving to PNG?
- No. If the WEBP was lossy, the PNG preserves exactly what was there, flaws included. The container changes, not the contents. What it does guarantee is that nothing more is lost from here on.
- Is transparency preserved?
- Yes. Both WEBP and PNG have an alpha channel, so a logo on a transparent background stays that way. That's the advantage of picking PNG over JPG as the destination.
- Why is the PNG considerably bigger?
- Because PNG discards nothing and WEBP does. It's the price of compatibility: the file grows in exchange for opening anywhere.
- Which programs can't open WEBP?
- Fewer every year, but still plenty in offices: Office versions before 2021, older image viewers, some document systems and a fair number of print templates. Photoshop has handled it since 2022 and Windows since Windows 10.