WebP is a modern image format that offers better compression while maintaining high image quality. By using WebP, websites can reduce image file sizes significantly, improving page load speed and overall performance.
Installing cwebp
To convert PNG images to WebP, we need to install cwebp, a tool that compresses images into the WebP format. It supports input formats like PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WebP, and raw Y’CbCr samples, but does not support animated PNG or WebP files.
Install cwebp using Homebrew
Run the following command in the Terminal to install cwebp:
brew install webp
Converting PNG to WebP
Once installed, navigate to the folder containing your image file and run the following command to convert a PNG image to WebP:
cwebp input.png -o output.webp
For more details and additional options, check the official cwebp documentation.