Convert WebP to PNG
Get a WebP image into a format every editor accepts. Why the PNG will be larger, and why converting cannot undo lossy compression.
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WebP is Google's image format, introduced in 2010 and now supported by every current browser. It has an unusual split personality: it can encode lossy (like JPEG), lossless (like PNG), or animated (like GIF), all under one file extension. That flexibility is useful on the web and confusing everywhere else.
The most common reason to convert
You saved an image from a website, and now some piece of desktop software will not open it. Browser support for WebP is excellent, but support in image editors, office suites, older operating systems, and upload forms lags well behind. PNG is understood by essentially everything written in the last twenty-five years.
Expect a bigger file
PNG is always lossless, so it has to store every pixel exactly. A lossy WebP that was 80 KB can easily become a 600 KB PNG. You are not gaining any quality by doing this — you are paying storage for compatibility.
Converting does not restore lost detail
This is the misconception worth clearing up. If the source WebP was encoded lossily, the discarded detail is gone permanently. Converting to a lossless format preserves the compression artifacts perfectly rather than removing them. A PNG made from a lossy WebP is a pixel-exact copy of a degraded image, not a repaired one.
The practical consequence: if you plan to edit the image heavily, convert once to PNG and do all your work there, so you are not stacking further lossy generations on top.
Animated WebP is a special case
PNG holds a single frame. Converting an animated WebP gives you one still — typically the first frame — and silently drops the animation. If you need to keep the motion, target GIF instead, accepting GIF's 256-colour palette, or keep the WebP as-is.
Transparency survives
Both formats support an alpha channel, so transparent backgrounds carry over cleanly in either direction. This is one of the few cases where the conversion is genuinely faithful.
When to skip PNG
If the destination is a website, converting WebP to PNG is usually a step backwards — you are trading a modern efficient format for a heavier legacy one and slowing your pages down. Convert for editing and for stubborn software, not for publishing.