is it a formatting step that an image goes through when uploaded? I’m tired of converting image after image back into jpg, so if there’s like a step I can take to avoid it being a webp, it would help to know

    • JackbyDev
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      499 months ago

      A lot of apps don’t support webp yet. Facebook Messenger is a good example. If I want to share a meme that was webp it says “GIF” in the gallery and says it can’t upload images in that format.

      • boletus
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        229 months ago

        So sad that the poor management at Meta can’t find the money to add webp support to one of the most used chatting apps in the world 🥺

        • xigoi
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          89 months ago

          They still haven’t managed to find a way they could make $$$ out of supporting WebP.

      • @[email protected]
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        49 months ago

        I’ve literally only run into 1 program that couldn’t handle webp and that was a FOMOD creation tool for Bethesda game modding, and even then it worked but just tossed an unknown extension error

        Though if you’re using Facebook messenger that’s probably the issue right there lol

          • @[email protected]
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            69 months ago

            I haven’t used a static wallpaper in so long I’d completely forgotten Windows normally handles that lol

              • @[email protected]
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                59 months ago

                Wallpaper Engine, I have like 15 animated wallpapers that it cycles through and had totally forgotten about it cuz it’s been like 4 years since I set it up

                Works great

    • @[email protected]
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      Just a few weeks ago, they found a big security flaw in webp and webm. Which affected nearly all programs using it, because they all use the same library.

      Webp and webm are simply not mature enough for professional use.

        • VindictiveJudge
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          39 months ago

          I don’t see a reason to convert to jpg even for photos. Its advantages are related to the way compression artifacts looked more natural than the compression artifacts of contemporary formats. Why save as a format that’s prone to obvious compression artifacts at all anymore?

          • brianorca
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            59 months ago

            Depends if you are aiming for best quality for a given file size, or if you don’t care how big the file is.

          • @[email protected]
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            9 months ago

            Jpg has some advantages with photos, because it takes advantage of pixel fuzzing which isn’t visually noticeable in photos and can contribute greatly to higher compression.
            It’s objectively terrible for everything else, though (because of the pixel fuzzing).

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        Webp and webm are simply not mature enough for professional use.

        They are too old already, lol