You may have seen a new photo file format on the rise, Google's own WebP. Here's how the format works, what it's good for, and everything else you should know.

WebP is now everywhere. We'll show you how to use WebP files efficiently and convert them effortlessly into other formats.

You can convert a WEBP file to JPG using built-in apps on a Mac or Windows PC, or a third-party service.

WebP is a newer image format developed by Google and announced in 2010. It provides lossy and lossless compression with smaller file sizes as compared to JPEG and PNG files.

The latest Acorn beta added support for Google’s WebP image format, meaning that you can now open WebP images inside the app and export them using the Web Export menu. Acorn beta also introduces ...