libwebp

libwebp 1.6.0, published by Google LLC, is a reference codec distribution that supplies the core encoder and decoder applications for Google’s WebP image format. The suite comprises cwebp, which compresses PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WebP or raw Y′CbCr samples into smaller WebP files, and dwebp, which reverses the process by decompressing static WebP images to PNG, PAM, PPM or PGM output; animated PNG and WebP inputs are explicitly excluded. Complementing these core tools, gif2webp converts legacy GIF animations into animated WebP, img2webp assembles sequences of PNG, JPEG, TIFF or WebP frames into animated WebP files, and vwebp provides an OpenGL-based viewer for instant visual verification. Low-level inspection and manipulation are handled by webpinfo, which prints chunk-level structure and bitstream headers while validating file integrity, and webpmux, which can composite or break apart animated WebP images, inject or strip XMP/EXIF metadata, and manage ICC profiles. All utilities accept an optional response file for batch-friendly scripting, tokenizing long argument lists from a single text file. The package is maintained in three concurrent release tracks, ensuring compatibility across tool-chains and build environments. libwebp falls under the Graphics and Image Conversion category and is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources (e.g. winget), always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.

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