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Jeff
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« on: November 10, 2019, 08:18:48 AM »

Hello all

Just started to come across WebP extension.

Seems to create problems, I can find only one prog on my comp. - Affinity - other than web browsers to open them.

Has the format any merit or is it just another compatability problem.

I know it is supposed to give smaller file sizes but would be interested in a same image comparison.

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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2019, 10:46:42 AM »

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Just started to come across WebP extension.

Seems to create problems, I can find only one prog on my comp. - Affinity - other than web browsers to open them.

Has the format any merit or is it just another compatibility problem.

I know it is supposed to give smaller file sizes but would be interested in a same image comparison.

Jeff

OK, and Hi Jeff
At first, knowing you, it was an image (WEBP) of a spider urinating.
But I was curious. So I looked for 5 minutes and see that it is a Google creation.
I looked at some samples and great hullabaloo over this format seems to be the allegation that is saves space by making a smaller save with less loss. So I took a peek and noticed that the side by side comparison, jpg to  jfif is smaller by byte size but a hunk of image is cropped off. To me that accounts for the smaller byte size. See Snaps. Right side 20% is missing?
The next thing I tried was to open it; very dicey to find a program that will open it.
Qimage, no!
So I renamed the .fif to .jpg, and guess what? Qimage sees it and for all intents and porpoises treats it same as a JPG. 
 So I wonder what Mike sees.
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2019, 03:44:08 PM »

At first, knowing you, it was an image (WEBP) of a spider urinating.

An interesting thought,  never seen that thank goodness, we have thousands of them.

Done a bit more digging, and find that a web site authoring I and my friend use - WIX - converts our images to this Google inspired format, well google bought it about 2010.

I am aways interested when others fiddle and resize images.

Still trying to get two versions of same image to compare.

I will continue to explore

Jeff

   
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