WebP Converter

This tool loads your image into an HTMLImageElement, draws it onto a <canvas> at its native dimensions, then calls canvas.toDataURL(type, 0.9) to re-encode it. Choosing 'Convert to WebP' requests image/webp; the other option requests image/png. Because it goes through the canvas, the output is a fresh re-encode, not a remux: the conversion is always lossy when targeting WebP (quality is fixed at 0.9), and all metadata such as EXIF, ICC color profiles, and orientation tags are dropped. The PNG path is lossless but the 0.9 quality argument is simply ignored, as PNG has no quality knob. WebP itself is an image format from Google that supports both lossy and lossless compression plus alpha transparency, usually producing smaller files than JPG or PNG at similar visual quality. One important caveat: WebP encoding here depends entirely on your browser's canvas support. Chrome, Edge, and Firefox encode WebP from canvas; older Safari versions silently fall back to PNG even though the file keeps a .webp name. For batch jobs, lossless WebP, or precise quality and metadata control, use a dedicated encoder like cwebp or Squoosh instead.