#working with WebP image formats in Linux

#about
#webp was developed by Google back in 2010
#it's an open format
#supports lossless and lossy compression
#derivative of the VP8 video format, it is a sister project to the WebM multimedia container format


#chrome currently supports webp (Google, duh)
#firefox does not, but plans on it.


#Display of imagemagick will display them
display photo.webp

#so will gthumb

gthumb photo.webp

#at this time GIMP out of the box doesn't
#but there are plugins for it.

####Converting webp to jpg/png
#install webp package

sudo apt install webp

#once the package is installed Imagemagick can now convert the files

convert photo.webp photo.png
#and back
convert photo.png photo_1.webp

#or you can use the webp program
#decoded to png

dwebp photo.webp -o photo.jpg

#You can also view them with vwebp

vwebp photo.webp

#more options with man

man dwebp