About JPG → WebP
Why convert JPG to WebP?
WebP gives you the same perceived photo quality as JPG with significantly smaller files, which means faster page loads and lower bandwidth bills. Every modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) renders WebP natively. If your site still serves JPG to non-Retina viewports, switching to WebP is the easiest win for Core Web Vitals.
What's the right quality setting?
WebP quality 80–85 usually matches JPG quality 90 visually, while being ~30% smaller. For hero images keep 85+. For thumbnails and decorative photos, 70–75 still looks clean and saves more bytes. The quality slider in verto previews the trade-off in real time.
Are my JPGs uploaded anywhere?
No. verto is a static page. The JPG bytes are decoded with the browser's Canvas API, re-encoded as WebP, and offered back to you as a download. Nothing leaves the tab. Closing the tab erases every file.