• Description
• Installation
• Usage
• Notes
• Todo

Description

When downloading an image from WhatsApp and opening it in Photoshop, you may encounter an error like this:

Photoshop may have trouble opening WhatsApp images directly, possibly due to how these images are saved. It seems they're often compressed and stored in a format that's best suited for viewing on mobile devices and sharing over messaging apps.

This software fixes it.

Installation

Windows:

Installer (The installer will add Wazzapp to the context menu)

Portable

Usage

Context menu

Right click inside/on a folder, or select multiple files.

Console

Wazzapp im1.jpg [im2.jpeg ...]
or
Wazzapp directory

Notes

• The only difference between the executables is that one displays the messages via messagebox, while the other does so via the console.
• The only affected files are JPEG/JPG images, other files/directories will be skipped.
• The identification of the JPEG format and conversion relies on the stb library. If you're facing false negatives with WhatsApp images, feel free to open an issue, and I'll look into changing it.

Todo

[ ] Create a macOS version.