Tdesktop: .webp which is send as a photo has transparent background

Created on 12 Mar 2019 · 5Comments · Source: telegramdesktop/tdesktop

Steps to reproduce

Download this webp picture
Drag&drop to tdesktop window
Choose Send as a photo

Expected behaviour

Picture shouldn't has transparent background after sending

Actual behaviour

Picture has a transparent background like when you sending webp as file, but it's behaviors like a photo.
video
After restart picture looks as it should be.

Configuration

Windows 10 1809

Version of Telegram Desktop:1.5.15

Default dark theme with custom background

enhancement stale

Source

Dubzer

Most helpful comment

I think this is part of a bigger overarching problem, which should be discussed as such.

Webp is an image format. Period.
Just treating webp always as a sticker is just a really bad design decision.

Please treat webp in the same way as PNG or JPG pictures and perhaps change the way stickers are identified.

Lumiukko on 23 Apr 2019

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All 5 comments

I think this is part of a bigger overarching problem, which should be discussed as such.

Webp is an image format. Period.
Just treating webp always as a sticker is just a really bad design decision.

Please treat webp in the same way as PNG or JPG pictures and perhaps change the way stickers are identified.

Lumiukko on 23 Apr 2019

👍6

@john-preston can you please option to send webp as a plain photo or document?

soredake on 20 Nov 2019

any progress on this?

soredake on 30 Mar 2020

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PLEASE add webp support. I've almost stopped using jpg now that almost all the apps I use support webp.

afgks on 11 Jul 2020

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