This was previously addressed, but I still have a question: I downloaded an image from Google and I am forced to save as a .webp When I import this image to FCP, everything seems OK. Any reason that I shouldn't proceed? This community and apple.com help suggest that the format is not compatible and that conversion will be necessary. Has this changed?
iMac 27″, macOS 12.5
Thanks for that Michael. The link takes me to a page that redirects with a link to the New Scientist article on puppies. I can right-click on the puppy image and select Save Image As. This will save a JPEG to wherever I select. If I use Save Image to Downloads it's .jpg.webp. The file will work as I suspect FCP just ignores the .webp. You could also remove .webp and leave .jpg and that works too. It's just a JPEG file.
Thanks for that Michael. The link takes me to a page that redirects with a link to the New Scientist article on puppies. I can right-click on the puppy image and select Save Image As. This will save a JPEG to wherever I select. If I use Save Image to Downloads it's .jpg.webp. The file will work as I suspect FCP just ignores the .webp. You could also remove .webp and leave .jpg and that works too. It's just a JPEG file.
Thanks Tom. I downloaded this image:
and added it into a FCP project using version 10.5.4
My OS is 12.5.1
The suffix on the file is .webp
Both Chrome and Safari force me to take this format as the download.
Thanks again Tom. I'm sure you're right, FCP is ignoring the .webp
In Google Images we are using Advanced Search and limiting to .jpg only so it makes sense that the file is actually a jpg in disguise.
Could you point me to the image or another image of this type? Thanks.
And what OS and FCP versions are you using? It may be an OS or browser change.
webp images in FCP
