The New Image Format – WebP
14 Feb 2013, Posted by in EvobimixWebP is a new image format that make the web faster. It was developed by Google.
Google explained that:
WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs. WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller in size compared to JPEG images at equivalent SSIM index. WebP supports lossless transparency (also known as alpha channel) with just 22% additional bytes. Transparency is also supported with lossy compression and typically provides 3x smaller file sizes compared to PNG when lossy compression is acceptable for the red/green/blue color channels.
You can also read a good article from Techcrunch here.
