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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
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    May 5, 2020
    Yes there is, Affinity Photo and half a dozen other software...


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      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?
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          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.
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              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?
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                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 😞
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                  FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
                  Inspiring
                  November 27, 2019


                  Please add HEIC export to Lightroom (Classic CC)
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                    bbpan
                    Participating Frequently
                    October 19, 2018
                    I was able to backup a Live Photo to Google Photos and restore the photo back to my iPhone just like the original.  I want Adobe to take my money, but I'm going to Google this time.
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                    bbpan
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                    September 4, 2018


                    3 years already and there's still no sight of supporting Live Photos in Lightroom CC.  Is it really that difficult to be able to back up a Live Photo and be able to export it as Live Photo back to the Camera Roll?

                    I heard Google Photos was able to do that already.

                    Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: Lightroom: Support for importing Live Photos (iOS 9, iPhone 6s).
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