Convert JPG to WebP

I have just recently learned about the WebP image format and its benefits over older formats. I decided to give it a whirl on this site after some testing locally.

The conversion was done with defaults, no additional flags.

Commands used are as follows:

cwebp file.jpg -o file.webp

gif2webp file.gif -o file.webp

(to my surprise, it kept it as an animated image!)

As you can see, outside of the animated GIF, there is a pretty large size difference.

557K load.gif 547K load.webp

303K noctua_fans.jpg 122K noctua_fans.webp

267K rosewill_case_fan_wall.jpg 113K rosewill_case_fan_wall.webp

255K rosewill_case_front.jpg 101K rosewill_case_front.webp

307K supermicro_bios_cpu_info.jpg 156K supermicro_bios_cpu_info.webp

348K supermicro_motherboard.jpg 161K supermicro_motherboard.webp