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Do read https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?84958-New-WebP-Support.

Acorn

Dear Xara...

For want of any response, how about upping the ante?

www.industrialempathy.com/posts/image-optimizations/

Acorn

There is a more direct way of adding a webP image to a design page through a Placeholder > Placeholder > Replace with graphic file > All files and pick the required image file.
The problem with this...

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Just <span class="xr_ar" style="width: 100%; height: 512px; pointer-events: none; background-image: url('index_htm_files/[image].webp'); background-position: center; background-repeat:...

I worked out the code to embed the webP in a Stretchy frame:


<div style="left:0px;top:0px;width:100%;">
<span class="xr_ar" style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 512px; pointer-events:...

For those concerned about on-line conversion, you can use free desktop applications like IrfanView, GIMP and Krita. Not Affinity suite AFAICS.

Acorn

@Xara - Which is why we deserve to see a Technical Roadmap as making changes like this involve a high commitment. Suddenly getting a working solution may incur a lot of nugatory effort.

I think we...

In the meantime...

...Secure a high quality JPG/PNG file and drop onto your design page.

Scale the image to your wanted size.
Use an on-line image to webP converter - I tried...