What did you do?
Load the image linked below, convert it to WebP.
What did you expect to happen?
Same file size as with Pillow 7.1.2 (± 5%)
What actually happened?
File size increased by almost 50%, compared to Pillow 7.1.2.
| File |
Size |
| Source (jpg) |
214 779 |
| Pillow 7.1.2 (webp) |
108 450 |
| Pillow 7.2.0 (webp) |
159 964 |
What are your OS, Python and Pillow versions?
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04
- Python: 3.8.2
- Pillow: 7.2.0
from PIL import Image
source = Image.open('source.jpg')
source.save('dest.webp', quality=80)

What did you do?
Load the image linked below, convert it to WebP.
What did you expect to happen?
Same file size as with
Pillow 7.1.2(± 5%)What actually happened?
File size increased by almost 50%, compared to
Pillow 7.1.2.What are your OS, Python and Pillow versions?