How to Open .WebP Files in Photoshop WebP is a new image file format developed by Google. The main feature of this format is that it gives you a smaller file size compared to the conventional formats like JPG, PNG, and GIF. The WebP format is good for its small size, however, when working on Photoshop, you won’t be able to open files with .webp extension and you will be shown this error message shall you attempt. But every problem has a solution and this one isn’t any different. With a simple workaround you can enable your Photoshop to open, edit and even save images in .webp format. So, let’s take a look at the following easy steps to do just that. How to open .webp images in Photoshop (1) Download the WebPShop plugin for your particular operating system. (2) Unzip the package. (3) Copy the extracted file into Photoshop’s plugin folder. (4) Quit or close and then re-open your Photoshop app. Where is Photoshop’s Plugin folder? Windows user – Copy WebPShop.8bi (in bin\WebPSho...