What are .webp images?
WebP is an image format developed by Google that offers superior compression ratios as compared to other popular formats like JPEG and PNG. It uses advanced compression techniques such as predictive coding, alpha channel compression, and digital signal processing to deliver higher-quality images at smaller file sizes, thus enhancing web performance.The WebP format is good for its small size, however, when working on Photoshop, you won’t be able to open files with the .webp extension, and you will be shown this error message “could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document”.But every problem has a solution, and this one isn’t any different. With a simple workaround, you can enable your Photoshop to open, edit and even save images in .webp format. So, let’s take a look at the following easy steps to do just that.
How to open .webp images in Photoshop?
1- Download the WebPShop plugin for your particular operating system.2- Unzip the package.3- Copy the extracted file into Photoshop’s plugin folder.
- Windows user – Copy WebPShop.8bi intoC:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop\Plug-ins
- Mac user – Copy WebPShop.plugin fileinto Applications/Adobe Photoshop/Plug-ins.
4- Close and then re-open your Photoshop app.That’s it. You should now be able to open, edit, and save images as .webp in Photoshop.
