P: Support additional flavors (non iOS) of HEIC, HIF, HEVC for Import

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January 7, 2020
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Adobe get with the program. I tried importing *.HIF files today from my EOS R5 and Lightroom Classic doesn't even show them in the import window. They can't be imported. I can import iPhone *.HEIF files but not from the EOS R5. Adobe's lack of support for import and export of *.HEIF files is pathetic

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Frank Stjerne

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Do anyone know if import of .hif (HEIF) files into Lighroom and Lightroom Classic from Canon R5/R6 cameras is supported or not supported (yet)? I cant't get it working in Lightroom from my Canon R6.

Akash Sharma

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Hi there,

The HEIC image format are supported on latest versions of Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop on both macOS and Windows.

If you're on macOS, ensure that HEIC support is enabled in Adobe Camera Raw:

In the Camera Raw Preferences dialog box, ensure that the JPEG/HEIC field is set to either Automatically open JPEGs and HEICs with settings or Automatically open all supported JPEGs and HEICs. To access Camera Raw Preferences, click the Open Preferences Dialog button

For more details please refer this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/kb/heic-files-support.html#heic-image-files

Thanks,

Akash

Frank Stjerne

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Hi Akash

Thank you for answering, but my question was not about the support of the format. My question was about support for importing .hif files from Canon R5/R6 cameras through USD or cardreader. My Lr and LRC is not not seeing the files on my card. Lr and LrC see the .jpg files but NOT the .hif files although the are there. Lots of them actually. I have to convert them to .jpg if I want to import them.

I have no problem importing and editing the HEIC files from my iPhone 11 Pro in Lr and LrC.

Frank