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I may have missed this one, but I am kinda surprised that there isn't an option to select a keyboard shortcut to convert node type. Any chance that could be added? maybe Shift+A since it currently doesn't do anything?
Thanks.

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Amazon and Google have billions of dollars to throw at massive servers, I don't think they are a fair example.
You're right, it isn't a silver bullet. You need to look at the whole package. You also can't overlook the obvious (webp loads faster than jpg because the files are smaller).
Maybe not for 1 person. If 100 people visit the same page at the same time, it will take an extra 5 seconds for the last guy to load. I realize that most sites don't get that much traffic, but if you can do more with less servers you can greatly increase your bottom line.
Thanks, I appreciate your support, even though (I think) we disagree, but I guess I should ask, "Does it matter to you if Affinity added WebP export?" I don't think I am overselling webp. I never said it was essential, just a better option depending on the situation.
I am not trying start an argument with the points above, just countering your comments. When I shoot in RAW and process with Affinity, I have to first export to JPG or PNG and then to WebP – two conversions instead of one, obviously affecting image quality (and, yes, I understand that webp isn't as good to start with). Sure I could convert to Adobe, but aren't most of us here because we don't want to mortgage our appendages to Adobe?
So once again, the point of this thread is to ask Affinity to consider adding WebP support, which is all I really want to do. I'm not going to argue it's the one ring of imaging, I'm not even going to argue that it's the one ring of web imaging, it's just an option some of us would like to see added to the Affinity products.

Look, lets be real about its purpose, which is found in the name: webp. We are talking about web pictures. It's not just valuable to Google, it's valuable to any web developer who desires to have fast-loading pages. They aren't meant to be the greatest image in the world. WordPress has added native support for webp, its use most-likely will go up. Yes, it is an unfamiliar format for most, yes, I can convert it on the CLI with cwepb, but it is an extra step. I can export to SVG in Affinity Photo, how many photographers use that?
When it comes to e-commerce and web traffic, fractions-of-a-second page-loading matter. A long time ago in this post I mentioned all of the newer competing formats that are trying to out-do each other. How many special formats have come and gone?
I don't think this thread was intended to be an argument over which format is the best. It was started (maybe by a web developer, @Helmar) who is looking at improving website performance and wants to save a step in conversion. Would you have this same back-and-forth between whether RAW or JPG is better? One or the other is better depending on the situation it is used.
For all of you who are anti-webp, keep in mind that there are currently 11 different export options of which I have not used half of them. I would guess that most of the commentors on this thread have not used half of them and there may be none to a handful that have used all of them.
This thread was supposed to let Affinity know that there are some of us who would like an option to export to a newer web format and ask them if they would consider, not for all of the people who don't have use for webp to tell those of us that do that we are fools, nor for those who want webp to tell those that don't that they are fools.
Which is better, a pickup truck or a sedan? Sedan gets better gas mileage, but good luck picking up a load of lumber.

Yep, option key. Thanks!

Maybe I'm a little late to the party on this one, but has anyone else suggested a watermark image that can be created, stored and easily applied/edited for picture? I tried searching the forums, but nothing came up, except the tutorial and other software.
 
Something like this:
 
Somewhere in settings: Watermarks
       -In here you could create and store your watermark (or more than one if you share).
 
Then have a button or menu selection: Add Watermark Layer
       -You can the choose which watermark you wish to apply.
 
Have simple edits for opacity, color, size (anything else someone can think of, please comment).
 
 
I realize you can make one as per the tutorial, but to do that for every image you have, isn't that a lot of unnecessary work? Thanks

Thanks!