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Jiyoung
April 5, 2021

WebP support for animated prototyping and export

  • April 5, 2021
  • 89 replies
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Would be awesome to support a Webp file when exporting images like Sketch. (without using any plug-ins)

sketch_webp

89 replies

May 1, 2024

goto image format for the web. Definitely implement. Don’t screw plugin creators, implement one of their features with compensation.

May 2, 2024

Come on Figma. It is 2024 and still is webp not available.

It has much better compression than jpg/png and it is well supported by all modern browsers.

hainena
New Member
May 6, 2024

Continuing the discussion from Animated WebP support in Prototypes:

Is there any reason this was closed? I would LOVE this. Animated gifs are the only other way I currently know to have animations with transparency in a prototype. Lottie can’t play in prototypes, and .webm is the only format I know of that will do transparency, and I haven’t found a smooth/easy way to make a .webm from After effects or any other tool

Michael_Yagudaev
May 20, 2024

H265 in MP4 supports alpha channels (i.e. transparency). VP9 and AV1 do as well same with .mov. It’s been a while since I tried it, so give it a shot and let us know if it works 😊.

Dave_M
May 31, 2024

Yes, since WebP has quickly become the choice for lightweight images, it only makes sense to include this as one of the options.

ahainen
Active Member
July 5, 2024

Is there any update on this, or is the entire Figma staff now just working on AI?

David_Galliford
Active Member
July 23, 2024

What’s the update on this? It’s open source, so it can’t be a licensing issue with Google.

ahainen
Active Member
July 25, 2024

@Figma_Moderation is there any update on this?

Ernest_Liu
August 21, 2024

Would love to see an update on this.

David_Galliford
Active Member
September 8, 2024

Figma, what gives? I understand there are other features, but the idea that export to the leading image format, webP, hasn’t been baked into Figma is ludicrous.