Images are saved as .webp instead of original format (JPG, JPEG, PNG, etc.)
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I use often Ezgif, it's a online creator, editor and converter of multiple animation formats (webp<>gif<>mp4, and others)
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@Catweazle said in Display .Webp files as original format:
I use often Ezgif, it's a online creator, editor and converter of multiple animation formats (webp<>gif<>mp4, and others)
yeah ezgif is brilliant for editing and converting one file at a time, bulk conversion might be asking for a bit too much as far as online tools go
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Hi,
You could check with a Download Manager, maybe downloads the real file, then any possible conversion should have better quality.
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@expuix said in Display .Webp files as original format:
noob learning in progress: so in the case of internet explorer showing it as a gif file rather than a webp, it would mean that originaly it would be as a webp file and something was done as an extra step to process or display it as a gif format for a browser that doesnt support webp to begin with? that website itself must have extra plugins to deal with lacking browsers...
no, it simply means the site code detects which browser you're using and knowing which support webp format, it serves the file in webp format, if it isn't, serves a gif. Both files are on the site servers. Most probably you can even check the page source to see if there's an embedded javascript to handle the file being served. If I remember correctly, 9gag.com is one of those sites.
You can even try with a user agent spoofing extension to fake Edge/IE user agent on the site and see if it serves you the gif instead of webp. -
@expuix , Lunapic also admits webp files and bulk upload, also has an extension in the Chrome Store (right click edit).
It isn't a conversor specially, but one of the best online editors, capable to edit gifs like ezgif and can save the files in multiple formats, -
I found this set of tools:
http://www.rw-designer.com/animation-tools> for /f %i in ('dir /b *.webp') do @webp2gif %i Picture converted: animated-webp-supported.webp Picture converted: giphy.webp
(Hey, Windows for loops are clunky don't blame me lol)
Also:
https://convertio.co/webp-gif/
https://blog.media.io/image-converter/webp-to-gif.html -
@iAN-CooG said in Display .Webp files as original format:
@expuix said in Display .Webp files as original format:
noob learning in progress: so in the case of internet explorer showing it as a gif file rather than a webp, it would mean that originaly it would be as a webp file and something was done as an extra step to process or display it as a gif format for a browser that doesnt support webp to begin with? that website itself must have extra plugins to deal with lacking browsers...
no, it simply means the site code detects which browser you're using and knowing which support webp format, it serves the file in webp format, if it isn't, serves a gif. Both files are on the site servers. Most probably you can even check the page source to see if there's an embedded javascript to handle the file being served. If I remember correctly, 9gag.com is one of those sites.
You can even try with a user agent spoofing extension to fake Edge/IE user agent on the site and see if it serves you the gif instead of webp.the user agent spoofing looked promising, but still couldnt do it, good thinking though thats as close as ill probably get trying to disable webp support. thanks!
@Catweazle said in Display .Webp files as original format:
@expuix , Lunapic also admits webp files and bulk upload, also has an extension in the Chrome Store (right click edit).
It isn't a conversor specially, but one of the best online editors, capable to edit gifs like ezgif and can save the files in multiple formats,lunapic couldnt open any of saved webp gifs lol, ill call it quits. lunapic also seems more like a good tool for images, giving static images animations i havent seen before. but gif editing its about the same as ezgif other than it provides transparency features i wouldve used gimp for to do the long way round. thanks for that, saved a lot of time
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blog. media. io/ image-converter/webp-to-gif
im not sure about the command line by rw - designer but the software installation suggestion by one of the articles you linked might actually be it, checking it right now. thanks!
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@expuix , ????, I don't know, but I have already uploaded and edited several webp animations with Lunapic, converted mp4 into gif (up to 100 frames) and edited countless gifs (crop, resize, text (more than 1000 fonts), change colors,etc).
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Yo,
Once again i'm troubled with something that is probably on click away from a fix or i'm now officially entering the "grandpa needs help with his phone" phase. I've noticed that recently, when i drag&drop an image, it's usually a .webp. I only used to have that with pics on reddit and had to do the ol' RMB>Save. But now i'm noticing more and more instances of that happening and sometimes even RMB>Save will save it as .webp if i don't add a .jpg/ect manually to the filename.
I have tried disabling "YUV Decoding for WebP", resetting my profile and went to the lengths of restarting my PC. I've tested this with the same pictures on Chrome, Brave and Firefox. Including Vivaldi, all failed me.
Pls, help me get back my drag and drop!
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@Kepke said in Images save as .webp and i'd like it to stop (not a vivaldi exclusive issue):
will save it as .webp if i don't add a .jpg/ect manually to the filename.
That will not convert the file to jpg format, you're only saving a webp with a wrong extension
You need some image conversion tool like IrfanView to properly convert image formats.The "problem" is that some site sees that you're using a Chrome-compatible browser capable of handling webp images, so they serve you a webp instead of a jpg image type to save some bandwidth.
I have no idea if it's even possible to force the browser to download a jpg, other than trying to use a User Agent spoofing extension to make that site you're trying to save jpgs from, to think you're using another browser not capable of webp handling, like old IE.
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@Kepke said in Images save as .webp and i'd like it to stop (not a vivaldi exclusive issue):
I've noticed that recently, when i drag&drop an image
Yeah, me too. Can't do much about it seems.
I specifically Cancel the operation to use them until I lean more about the format specifications. Then perhaps we can decide that this .webp file is safe... or that this format is not.
Gotta do more reading....it is a block-based transformation scheme with eight bits of color depth... From Wikipedia
Aparently invented by the team at Grumble, it seems a pretty (add expletive here) poor image model. To be used faster download time due to the limited size of the file. They can large images but at only eight bit colour, you will lose something in translation. Also officially:
WebP is not included in the Google Merchant Feed specification for images
More reading to go and more experts to consult.
[EDIT] I consulted a developer friend. He says it is a relatively poor quality image format create by the above to help speed up page downloads. He also has some theories about the metadata held in the image.
Now that I see it in this post I vaguely remember Opera < 13 supporting it(?).
Still endeavouring to find out more.WEbm is the video version.
{moreEDITing] Even the W3C had trouble with this draft in 2019, apparently almost 20 years after it was introduced.
[yetAnotherEDIT] The best go-around for this may be to use Vivaldi's "Image Properties" feature from the Rt-Click Menu.
Just hover over the image, Rt-Click, select Image Properties and the image and it properties will be displayed with the correct file extension.
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@Kepke I no longer see the issue so perhaps a Windows update fixed it? I am using Win 10 64-bit 19041.746
To see your Windows version Press the Windows key, Settings, About.
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@Gwen-Dragon I checked and it is still .jpg.
@greybeard said in Images save as .webp and i'd like it to stop (not a vivaldi exclusive issue):
Aparently invented by the team at Grumble
So... Grumble is my enemy!
@Pesala said in Images save as .webp and i'd like it to stop (not a vivaldi exclusive issue):
@Kepke I no longer see the issue so perhaps a Windows update fixed it? I am using Win 10 64-bit 19041.746
To see your Windows version Press the Windows key, Settings, About.
Hm, i haven't updated in a while, so the "change" happend on the same build i'm using right now. I'll try a win update after finishing some work.
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WebP is a different format from JPEG. When Opera still had Turbo (a compressing proxy they offered to save bandwidth on slow or metered connections) one thing it did was convert all JPEG images to WebP as it tends to offer better compression. So ... are you using some sort of compressing proxy?
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Nothing like that. I use the newest Vivaldi Verison with Privacy Badger, uBlock, DoNotTrack, some YT and Twitch Extensions, AdGuard Desktop and NordVPN. I've already tried dissabling everything and doing a fresh profile. No dif.
I got a temporary solution now. Just gonna drag and drop pics in to my JDownloader2 and when i feel like it, just DL all at once.
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Of course if you're using Google image search the previews will all be WebP. If you click to see the original image it'll be whatever format it was. And check if the ones you renamed are really now JPEG or still really WebP.
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@iAN-CooG Quite Right but there is another problem...
No matter what you convert it to you cannot make a better image. If your source is a Webp image, it is at best poor quality. As the say:"You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear."
So if you need or want to provide High Quality images stick with the jp*g or png formats.
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@greybeard said in Windows: Images save as .webp and i'd like it to stop (not a vivaldi exclusive issue):
High Quality images stick with the jp*g
If we want to split the hair in 4, High Quality and JPG clash by definition as it's still a lossy compression
There are many cases where converting a badly compressed jpg to webp made it smoother by slightly removing JPG artefacts.
Sure, once any losslessly compressed image gets converted to any lossy compressed format, there is no turning back to "high quality" but only worsening it even more.
I was only pointing out that changing extension to a webp, it's still a webp, but now with wrong extension. You have to convert to jpg to have an actual jpg. -
WebP is a useful format for displaying large photos on the web. I use them on my website, but offer a low resolution JPG image as the default. Users can click to view the high resolution WebP version.
- Original 4,500 x 9,105 pixel PNG = 53.1 Mbytes
- JPG version (50% quality/compression) = 1.96 Mbytes
- WebP version (50% quality = 1.3 Mbytes)
JPG Detail (Lossless Screenshot)
WebP Detail (Lossless Screenshot)