For a while now I've run up against Chrome wanting to save photos as WebP files, which are worthless for using in any of my applications. But there's an app for that - a Chrome Extension that lets you choose the type of file you want to save (right click over an image and you usually see the "save photo as" choice in the drop down menu).

How to get around Chrome's new save-as-WebP image format issue
The Chrome browser now defaults to saving image files in the WebP format. Here's how you can convert images back to JPG or PNG without having to use an image editor.

Over the last year, Google has shifted the Chrome browser such that anytime you save an image file, it wants to default to the WebP format.

This was done because the WebP format makes the image files roughly 25% smaller. That reduction isn't the actual image size, but the size of the file that is saved.

That's great for websites that need to save on server space but not so great for users who want to reuse an image for, say, computer wallpaper or to share with friends and family.

That WebP format isn't exactly a standard that can be viewed by just any application.

So, what do you do? Are you going to have to install an image editor to cover the file from WebP to a useable format?

The instructions are on the page linked to. Be sure your Chrome browser version is up-to-date.