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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Christop65

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Incorrect not the HIF files from Sony a1 or Canon R5.

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Christop65

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Incorrect not the HIF files

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DemolitionMan14

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@Rikk Flohr: Photography What do you mean? Same status Adobe has not fixed the issue allowing import of Canon *.HIF files.

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Péter Kollányi

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Willy ROMY

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What do you mean ?

Willy ROMY

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.HIF still not supported by the end of 2021... Shame.

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DemolitionMan14

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@Rick Spaulding - it appears with this overly hyped release of Lightroom, Adobe failed to include support for Canon's HIF (HEIF variant) format. Canon's 4 most popular cameras support the format yet the worlds most popular editing programs (PS and LR) can't handle them. Further more, other manufacturers like Sony'a HEIF files aren't supported either. When is Adobe going to catch up to the camera technology? It's been 16 months since the R5 and R6 have been released. Also, it would be nice to be able to export edited photos to some form of HEIF. Are we ever going to see support to import HEIF other then Apple's version and have the ability to export to HEIF?

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tobiaschu

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A workaround is to use DPP4 to batch convert the HIF files to jpg. The conversion is a little slow going, but at least you don't have to do it one by one in the camera. Hopefully Adobe gets with the program sooner than later.