OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

TheSafetyMiner wrote:

(#81)
Renaming to convert to another file format can cause for image data to be corrupted and unusable.

TheSafetyMiner wrote:

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

Renaming to convert to another file format can cause for image data to be corrupted and unusable.

Yoshiii999 wrote:

(#83)

TheSafetyMiner wrote:

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

Renaming to convert to another file format can cause for image data to be corrupted and unusable.

That's a warning on Windows, worded poorly. The file will stay the same. It's just that, if you use that file in a program that doesn't detect file types, then it won't be able to open that file.

Also, I believe on Chromebooks, it actually converts the file.

Tris_das_Einhorn wrote:

Hasn't this already been somewhat implemented? The OP was made 2 years ago and it seems it's now possible to upload pfps and thumbnails as .webp files, though results may vary.

That aside: in my opinion, it depends on why people think it would be a good idea to support .webp images. If it's just so that Scratch is diversifying its supported file formats, I can see the logic in that, though both @Yoshiii999 and @rockerstage02 make a good point:

Yoshiii999 wrote:

rockerstage02 wrote:

i support this idea because i hate webp. why did google make a new image format and not even bother to make it compatible with their own services?

Google mainly made this format for images on websites and not for the general population to use.
It has a stellar compression ratio and it supports both lossy and lossless compression. It also supports animation.
However, it’s mainly only supported by web browsers.

On the other hand, .webp isn't exactly that useful as a file format. As others have said it's easy enough to convert a .webp file to one that is compatible with Scratch, and it's not really that difficult to check what format an image is in before downloading it for use on Scratch. I also personally am not in favour of adding support for another animated image format.

So overall, although it's a nice idea, in my opinion it's not really necessary and could lead to unforeseen problems.

creeperyeettt wrote:

where are you getting thumbnails?

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

hydrofungus wrote:

creeperyeettt wrote:

where are you getting thumbnails?

Wdym? There are no thumbnails here

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

Chromebook??? Not everyone uses chromebooks

Gamer_Logan819 wrote:

hydrofungus wrote:

creeperyeettt wrote:

where are you getting thumbnails?

Wdym? There are no thumbnails here

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

Chromebook??? Not everyone uses chromebooks

I think it works on windows too.

hydrofungus wrote:

Gamer_Logan819 wrote:

hydrofungus wrote:

creeperyeettt wrote:

where are you getting thumbnails?

Wdym? There are no thumbnails here

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

No support

Its not that hard to convert webp images to pngs if your on a chromebook just remame the file from “Balling.webp to Balling.png”

Chromebook??? Not everyone uses chromebooks

I think it works on windows too.

Not everyone uses windows

106809nes wrote:

But they already support webp??

ajskateboarder wrote:

106809nes wrote:

But they already support webp??

Nope, try uploading a webp file for yourself. It could be supported already, but the file picker menu doesn't accept those files for upload

106809nes wrote:

ajskateboarder wrote:

106809nes wrote:

But they already support webp??

Nope, try uploading a webp file for yourself. It could be supported already, but the file picker menu doesn't accept those files for upload

Eventually they will, how do you think the clear pfp trick works?

JPCraftifyScratch wrote:

support @ceebee and othas