WebP standard keeps conquering more and more software. What about Blender 2.8?
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What software for example? I only know Google Chrome as a software that can decode it.
I used the format many years ago for game texture compressions with rgba channels in a custom game engine. The compressions were outstanding but the software support and use were very limited in my experience. So i had to create my own tools to decode atlasses to webp as well.
PhotoLine loads and exports Webp, and the webexport displays a real-time preview of the quality settings (100% being lossless). PL has supported it for years and years now.
I mainly use the format with Godot Engine instead of jpg and sometimes png.
Microsoft added a full WebP support to Edge earlier this months. Mozilla announced a full WebP support for upcoming versions of their browser.
A patch for blender has been submitted on Oct 31 2015 but is still waiting for a review: https://developer.blender.org/D1598
Firefox has been supporting this file type since version 65: https://www.fxsitecompat.dev/en-CA/docs/2018/webp-image-support-has-been-added/
Other web browsers and graphics softwares now support it as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP#Support
I am waiting for this file format to be supported soon in Blender and I hope that it will become more popular.
Its specifications are really enticing. It’s compression rate is amazing, whilst keeping a great image quality.
I think that it would even deserve to become a standard. 
WEBP Info:
PNG to WebP - Comparing Compression Sizes:
WebP encoding tool GUI:
WebP file format plug-in for Photoshop (krita can open them natively):
I think WebP is great for lossless compression where it readily beats PNG in both compression ratio and decompression speed. For lossy compression though, the upcoming Jpeg XL looks to be the best candidate by far, also it might be that Jpeg XL lossless will end up beating WebP lossless.
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Patch has landed. And now everything is fine? Just checking since just today i needed it.
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