WBC Converter

Convert Webshots collections (WBC) online for free


Drop or upload your .WBC file
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How to convert your WBC file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WBC file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert WBC to another file type

The converter easily converts your WBC collections to various formats - free and online. No Webshots Desktop or or other Compressed software needed.

  • WBC to JPG
  • WBC to PDF
  • WBC to PNG
  • WBC to GIF
  • WBC to BMP
  • WBC to TIFF
  • WBC to TIF
  • WBC to ICO
  • WBC to PSD
  • WBC to IFF
  • WBC to RGBA
  • WBC to GRO

Convert a file to WBC

To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Image Container" file type, you need software like Webshots Desktop or a similar tool.


About WBC files

The .WBC file format primarily functions as a Webshots Desktop Collection file. Developed by AG Interactive for their popular Webshots platform, this format acts as a proprietary digital container. It bundles multiple compressed raster images together with basic metadata (like image titles and categories) to serve as desktop wallpapers and screensavers. In rarer instances, .WBC files act as WibuBox control files for WIBU-SYSTEMS license management, or as binary climate data for WUFI engineering software.

The critical disadvantage of the .WBC image container is aggressive vendor lock-in. Designed largely to enforce digital rights management (DRM), it prevents users from easily accessing the underlying raw image data. Because the original Webshots Desktop software is obsolete and unsupported on modern operating systems, these files are virtually dead data. They cannot be opened natively on Windows, macOS, or standard web browsers, forcing users to find third-party extraction methods to recover their archived photos.

To rescue your locked images, you must convert and extract the .WBC container into standard formats. For universal archiving and editing, convert to JPG or PNG. For web optimization, convert the extracted photos to WEBP. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser. convert.guru bypasses the need for outdated software, analyzing the container and extracting your trapped pictures instantly.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WBC file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert WBC file to ANC, WEBP or CUR, you can use Webshots Desktop or similar software from the "Wallpaper Image Collection" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to WBC, try Webshots Desktop or another comparable tool in the "Wallpaper Image Collection" category.



The WBC Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WBC converter.