https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/01/10/how-to-convert-heif-to-jpeg-preview-mac/

roughbarked said:

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/01/10/how-to-convert-heif-to-jpeg-preview-mac/

Sorry, I can’t even get image format conversion working for normal formats, have never heard of heic. Let’s see what irfanview accepts.

Irfanview can read it, but not write it. Plugin is required. I don’t know which plugin so I suggest you download all plugins at once.
https://www.irfanview.com/main_formats.htm

So read it with irfanview and write to jpeg?

mollwollfumble said:

roughbarked said:

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/01/10/how-to-convert-heif-to-jpeg-preview-mac/

Sorry, I can’t even get image format conversion working for normal formats, have never heard of heic. Let’s see what irfanview accepts.

Irfanview can read it, but not write it. Plugin is required. I don’t know which plugin so I suggest you download all plugins at once.
https://www.irfanview.com/main_formats.htm

So read it with irfanview and write to jpeg?

Sounds like a real pain. I’ll stick to Tiff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF), also known as High Efficiency Image Coding (HEIC), is a file format for individual images and image sequences. It was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and is defined by MPEG-H Part 12 (ISO/IEC 23008-12). The MPEG group claims that twice as much information can be stored in a HEIF image as in a JPEG image of the same size, resulting in a better quality image. HEIF also supports animation, and is capable of storing more information than an animated GIF at a small fraction of the size.

The HEIF specification also defines the means of storing High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC)-encoded intra images and HEVC-encoded image sequences in which inter prediction is applied in a constrained manner.

HEIF files are compatible with the ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF, ISO/IEC 14496-12) and can also include other media streams, such as timed text and audio.

HEIF image files are stored with filename extensions .heif or .heic.

Why this matters?
Well, if you use an iPhone that is updated to iOS 11, then your images will automatically be stored as HEIF and if you import them to your computer they will be stored as HEIC. There will be difficulties using these images because not every application is capable of using them.

roughbarked said:

Why this matters?
Well, if you use an iPhone that is updated to iOS 11, then your images will automatically be stored as HEIF and if you import them to your computer they will be stored as HEIC. There will be difficulties using these images because not every application is capable of using them.

Depends on the computer.

Apple computer it’s probably a standard, so that’d be easy.
Windows computer use Irfanview with plugins.
Linux computer, Linux has been superb for image format conversion since the earliest days, you can batch convert it.
Android computer good luck buddy.

mollwollfumble said:

roughbarked said:

Why this matters?
Well, if you use an iPhone that is updated to iOS 11, then your images will automatically be stored as HEIF and if you import them to your computer they will be stored as HEIC. There will be difficulties using these images because not every application is capable of using them.

Depends on the computer.

Apple computer it’s probably a standard, so that’d be easy.
Windows computer use Irfanview with plugins.
Linux computer, Linux has been superb for image format conversion since the earliest days, you can batch convert it.
Android computer good luck buddy.

You can also do batch conversion with Irfanview.