File4Edit

JPG to WebP converter

Convert JPG photos to WebP for free in your browser, with no upload. At a similar visual quality a WebP is usually smaller than the JPEG it came from, so pages load faster, and every current browser displays it.

Pick a target format. Quality applies to the lossy formats; the others are exact.

Lighter photos, and what is lost

JPG to WebP is a web performance job: the same photo in fewer bytes, so pages load faster. At a similar visual quality a WebP is usually noticeably smaller than a JPEG, and every current browser displays it.

Because both formats are lossy, the photo is decoded and compressed a second time, so start from the best JPEG you have rather than one that has already been resaved many times. The quality slider starts at 0.82; compare the preview with the original before you settle lower. Camera data does not come along: the WebP carries no EXIF, so the GPS location, the date and the camera model are gone, and a phone photo is turned upright first. Safari and browsers on iPhone and iPad cannot write WebP themselves, so File4Edit uses its own WebP encoder there.

JPG to WebP converter at a glance

Input
JPG and JPEG photos, one or a batch
Output
WebP at the quality you set, one per photo; several download as a ZIP
What it does
  • Quality from 0.05 to 1.00, starting at 0.82
  • Size saved on your own photo, measured before you download
  • Phone photos turned upright, with EXIF and GPS data left out
  • WebP in every current browser, with File4Edit's own encoder in Safari
  • Batch conversion with one ZIP download
Who it is for
Site owners, bloggers and developers who want lighter photos without redesigning a page.
Limits
  • Lossy to lossy: each re-encode loses a little detail, so convert from your best original.
  • WebP cannot be wider or taller than 16,383 pixels; resize larger photos first.
  • EXIF data, including the GPS location, is not copied into the WebP.
Privacy
The photos are re-encoded in your browser and never uploaded.

How to convert JPG to WebP

  1. Drop the photos Add the JPGs you want to publish. Start from camera or export originals where you can, because a WebP made from a heavily compressed JPEG inherits its flaws.
  2. Tune the quality WebP starts at 0.82. Lower it a step at a time and watch the preview; stop when skin, sky or fine texture starts to soften, then go back one step.
  3. Check the saving The strip above the preview shows the WebP's size and how far below the JPEG it came in, measured on your own photo rather than estimated.
  4. Apply and download Press Apply, then Download to get the WebP files, zipped together when there are several.

JPG to WebP converter: common questions

How much smaller is WebP than JPG?

It depends on the photo, so this page measures it: the strip above the preview shows the percentage saved on your own image before you download. To compare several formats on one picture, use Compare image formats.

Does converting JPG to WebP lose quality?

A little, because the photo is compressed a second time. At 0.82 and above the difference is hard to see on most photos, and the preview lets you judge before downloading.

Is the EXIF data kept?

No. The WebP is written from the pixels alone, so camera details, dates and the GPS location are not copied, and the place a photo was taken is not published with it.

Should I keep the original JPG?

Keep it if you might edit the photo again, since converting the WebP back would add another round of loss. For showing the photo in current browsers, the WebP alone is enough.