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August 18, 2018
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P: Ability to export files in the HEIC/HEIF formats

  • August 18, 2018
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Now that HEIC is starting to get some reasonable adoption after iOS 11, it’s great that Lightroom Classic CC can import those files. But it would be even better if it could export them too. For various reasons, I end up exporting from Lightroom to Apple Photos.app, and it seems like a no-brainer for me to use HEIC if Lightroom supported them. (Why not save the extra disk space?)

I know I can export to TIFF or some other lossless format and then use a third-party utility to convert them to HEIC, but that’s too much of a pain. Having native support in the Export workflow would be ideal.

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    takit31223266
    Participant
    May 5, 2020
    Except that stuff like this forces loyal customers like you and I to look at other software... 
    And to my surprise, there's some pretty darned good photo editing software out there!
      FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
      Inspiring
      May 5, 2020
      A slightly sinister explanation for why Adobe wouldn't implement HEIC export is that they would have to pay licensing fees - which may mean less money for rich shareholders intended on milking customers (some of whom like me use Lightroom strictly privately)?
        takit31223266
        Participant
        May 5, 2020
        Yes there is, Affinity Photo and half a dozen other software...


          FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
          Inspiring
          April 20, 2020


          Need HEIF/HEIC export options.  I need this for my workflow, and it's something that needs to happen anyway.  Please Adobe get with the times.
            Jerry Syder
            Jerry Syder
            Inspiring
            March 10, 2020
            Is there other software that supports exporting HEIC?
              FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
              Inspiring
              March 10, 2020
              When will this happen? In this century? Wikipedia: "The technical development of the specification took about one and a half years and was finalized in the middle of 2015." Well Adobe takes our money (every month) but delivers almost nothing (no HEIC export, no lens profiles for new Nikon glass even though the built-in profiles are of low quality etc etc)
                Taki_T
                Taki_T
                Participating Frequently
                January 9, 2020
                Please add heif / heic exporting to PS/LR/CR.
                  FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
                  Inspiring
                  November 28, 2019
                  Still no sign of HEIC export. In fact, i had hoped that the "big" (cough) yearly update would bring this functionality ... but unfortunately, more or less very minor (not very useful) "updates" were delivered... why are we paying monthly fees?
                    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
                    Inspiring
                    November 27, 2019


                    It's sad that Photoshop or Lightroom doesn't support exporting to new efficient file formats as like as AVIF and HEIF 😞
                      FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
                      Inspiring
                      November 27, 2019


                      Please add HEIC export to Lightroom (Classic CC)
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