---
name: "vwebp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "webp"
version: "1.5.0-0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vwebp"
---

# vwebp(1)

decompress a WebP file and display it in a window

## NAME

vwebp - decompress a WebP file and display it in a window

## SYNOPSIS

**vwebp** \[*options*\] *input\_file.webp*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **vwebp** command.

**vwebp** decompresses a WebP file and displays it in a window using OpenGL.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Print usage summary.

- **-version**

  Print version number and exit.

- **-noicc**

  Don't use the ICC profile if present.

- **-nofancy**

  Don't use the fancy YUV420 upscaler.

- **-nofilter**

  Disable in-loop filtering.

- **-dither** *strength*

  Specify a dithering **strength** between 0 and 100. Dithering is a post-processing effect applied to chroma components in lossy compression. It helps by smoothing gradients and avoiding banding artifacts. Default: 50.

- **-noalphadither**

  By default, quantized transparency planes are dithered during decompression, to smooth the gradients. This flag will prevent this dithering.

- **-usebgcolor**

  Fill transparent areas with the bitstream's own background color instead of checkerboard only. Default is white for non-animated images.

- **-mt**

  Use multi-threading for decoding, if possible.

- **-info**

  Display image information on top of the decoded image.

- **--** *string*

  Explicitly specify the input file. This option is useful if the input file starts with an '-' for instance. This option must appear **last**. Any other options afterward will be ignored. If the input file is "-", the data will be read from *stdin* instead of a file.

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  ## KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

- **'c'**

  Toggle use of color profile.

- **'b'**

  Toggle display of background color.

- **'i'**

  Overlay file information.

- **'d'**

  Disable blending and disposal process, for debugging purposes.

- **'q' / 'Q' / ESC**

  Quit.

## EXIT STATUS

If there were no problems during execution, **vwebp** exits with the value of the C constant **EXIT\_SUCCESS**. This is usually zero.

If an error occurs, **vwebp** exits with the value of the C constant **EXIT\_FAILURE**. This is usually one.

## EXAMPLES

vwebp picture.webp\
 vwebp picture.webp -mt -dither 0\
 vwebp -- ---picture.webp

## AUTHORS

**vwebp** is a part of libwebp and was written by the WebP team.\
 The latest source tree is available at https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp

This manual page was written for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

## REPORTING BUGS

Please report all bugs to the issue tracker: https://issues.webmproject.org\
 Patches welcome! See this page to get started: https://www.webmproject.org/code/contribute/submitting-patches/

## SEE ALSO

[**dwebp**(1)](/dwebp/1.md)\
 Please refer to https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ for additional information.