Why convert WebP to JPG?
While WebP is widely supported in modern browsers, many desktop applications, email clients, messaging apps, and older software still don't support WebP files. If you've downloaded an image from the web and it's saved as a .webp file, you may find it can't be opened in Photoshop, attached in certain email clients, printed at a photo lab, or viewed in older Windows Photo Viewer. Converting WebP to JPG gives you a universally compatible file that works in every application on every device without needing any additional software or plugins.
Will the quality be affected?
Converting WebP to JPG at a high quality setting (90% or above) produces visually identical results for most images. Since both formats support lossy compression, a very small amount of quality is lost in the conversion — but at high quality settings this is imperceptible in real-world use. Use the quality slider in FreeImageConverter to control the output quality. Setting it to 92–95% is a good balance between file size and visual quality for most purposes.