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How to get around Chrome's save-as-WebP image format issue
The Chrome browser now defaults to saving image files in the WebP format. Here's how you can convert images back to JPG or PNG without using an image editor.
The tech giant made this transition because the WebP format makes image files roughly 25% smaller. That's all it takes to get around a problem that has been frustrating users since Google opted to change the default behavior in its web browser. Even though WebP is a valid image file format, it's simply not as widely accepted as JPG or PNG -- and this simple extension avoids the issue.
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