When you'd do this
You've saved an image from a website and it arrived as .webp — and the app, upload form or print service you need it for only takes JPG. Older editors, some online forms and some email clients still don't open WebP.
What to expect
The JPG has the WebP's width and height (unless you Resize), at 80% quality by default. It's usually bigger than the WebP — WebP packs photos more tightly than JPG — but it opens everywhere. Transparent areas are filled with white, and an animated WebP gives its first frame.
Recommended settings
Keep the default 80% for images you'll share or upload. Go to 90% or more if you'll edit or print the JPG: the WebP was compressed once already, and every lossy save loses a little more. If the WebP has transparent edges, set Background to the colour of the page or slide it will sit on.
Where it opens
Everything — every phone, computer, browser, photo app, editor, office suite, email client and upload form opens a JPG.
Good to know
- JPG has no transparency: see-through areas become the Background colour (white unless you pick another).
- An animated WebP becomes a still JPG of its first frame; convert it to GIF to keep it moving.
- Both formats are lossy, so the image is compressed a second time; a high Quality keeps that second loss out of sight.
- Images over 50 megapixels — 16.8 megapixels on an iPhone or iPad — are scaled down to fit, and the row says so.
How to do it
- Choose your WebP files, or drop or paste them on the page — as many as you like.
- Each is set to JPG. Change one on its own row if you like, and set Quality, Background and Resize in Settings.
- Convert all, then download each JPG, or all of them in one .zip.
Questions
- Does converting WebP to JPG lose quality?
- A little: both are lossy, so the image is compressed again. At 80% it's hard to see; use 90% or more for images you'll edit or print.
- Why is the JPG bigger than the WebP?
- WebP compresses photos more efficiently than JPG, so a JPG of the same look usually takes more space. That's the price of a file that opens everywhere.
- What happens to a transparent WebP?
- JPG can't be transparent, so see-through areas are filled with the Background colour in Settings — white by default, or black, or any colour you choose.
- Are my images uploaded?
- No. They're converted in your browser, on your device, and never leave it.