Luckily, there's a quick and simple solution that allows you to open and save WebP images in Photoshop! How to Enable WebP in Photoshop with Google's WebPShop Plugin. The peeps at Google have created a nice and simple plugin for Photoshop, called WebPShop, which allows you to enable the WebP format. Here's what you need to do.
Opening .WebP files within older versions of Adobe Photoshop is not native. Meaning you will need a way to instruct Adobe Photoshop on handling such an image file. This article will show you a quick and easy way of doing so. Note that this should work for the following versions of Adobe Photoshop: 7.0, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6.
- Hey everyone, I've got the first draft of a new WebP Photoshop plug-in for you to try. I guess I'll say this is the first beta. It should work in any version of Photoshop in recent memory (including the new version just released today!). Here are download links for Mac and Windows.
- Install WebP QuickLook Plugin on Mac OSX. June 23, 2017 Amber. You can now use WebP QuickLook Plugin. Similar Software for Mac.
- The WebP image compression format was developed by Google, Inc. And designed to help reduce the file size of images greater than that of traditional.jpg compression. Opening WebP in Photoshop # We will need a plugin to be able to open.WebP files from within Adobe Photoshop.
- Quick Look Plugin for WebP Files What is this? Quick Look is a part of Mac OS X. It provides you a quick way to look at your content without open it in an application. In Finder, choose a file or folder and push the space button, then QuickLook mechanism quickly show the preview of the content. And also it is responsible for the thumbnail creation.
What is WebP Image Format? #
WebP is yet another lossy or lossless image file format, producing a low file size and high quality. The WebP image compression format was developed by Google, Inc. and designed to help reduce the file size of images greater than that of traditional .jpg compression.
Opening WebP in Photoshop #
We will need a plugin to be able to open .WebP files from within Adobe Photoshop. Brendan Bolles of fnordware has come to many of our rescue by creating such a plugin.
Once downloaded, unzip the files and access the folder for your particular operating system. Don't know what version of Windows you are operating? You can find out by pressing the Windows Key + Pause/Break on your keyboard. The 'System type' will show you what bit operating system you are using.
From within the proper bit folder, copy the WebP.8bi file and paste it into the appropriate directory.
- For 64bit copy to directory: C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)Plug-ins
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You will need to restart Adobe Photoshop for the plugin to be loaded, which is done upon initiation. Now you can open WebP files in Photoshop.
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I hope this article has helped you open WebP images in Photoshop. I welcome your thoughts, questions or suggestions regarding this article.
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