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

I also cannot import HIF from the SonyA1. Any advice on how to do this would be greatly appreciated. 

i actually found 1 way only to import it to LR,

you will need an iPad or an iPhone,

fisrt import all the HIF photos to the iPad or iPhone, then open the photos, Then you press share button in Photos App, then you choose LR, (maximum 50 photos per import), 

then it will give a message says "successfully imported"

then press lunch LR, 

and you will see it there, 

after that make an album for the photos in LR and add them, 

then let LR sync it to adobe account, 

after that open it in you desktop or mac at LR, give time to sync,

and you got your images as HIF in LR,

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or you can simply convert it 🙂 

i use snap converter in Mac OS system, available in App Store  

Lightroom and photoshop can both import Sony raw files, the same as they can import Canon raw files.

In theory they can import HEIC files (or at least Photoshop can, and Bridge), but that is a different thing entirely from raw.  HEIC is a container  for various file types, and the HEIC files  my phone makes are equivalent  to jpegs.

But neither can import HIF.  You need to  be clear what  these different files are. 

As far as I can work out, HIF files are high dynamic range files and contain information from several shots at different exposures.  I  didn't know Sony also make HIF files, but Canon certainly do.  My Canon only makes HIF files when I have HDR selected.  I think many people don't  realise where their HIF files are coming from, or why.  This is the cause of much of this confusion.

*Rainer Feldt I stand corrected! You are right, I can see .hif files from my A1 card in the Finder, but LRC says "No Photos Found". I guess you can't believe everything you read in camera reviews? Thanks for pointing that out before I started using it for work!

*carlos_cardona Can you please explain how I can import a Sony .hif file into Lightroom Classic? According to your post, this should work. But neither Lightroom Classic or Lightroom nor Photoshop (all up to date) recognize the HEIF files from a Sony A1.

You know I’m right. End of line. 

Saying so is not proof. I don't bash the cameras, just the corporation. Listen to any podcast, like Photo Geek Weekly. End of line.

It is build on tiff and tiff specifications. CRW, CR2 and CR3 are legally protected property, but they are described in a way that everyone can use it and they are allowed to. Find another thread for your Canon bashing. I have tons of Canon gear and I am very satisfied with it. Their RAW format is the most wide spread in the world. Love your Sony. 

I'd like to see your proof that Sony's ARW format is not a "real RAW format". All software producers shouldn't have to "hack" anything (great cameras, but greedy and monopolistic disqualifies).

Yes! I know this. The Canon RAW is real raw format. It is a complete dump of what comes out of the sensor. Sony makes a tiff format ARW file, and that is not a real raw file and has never been. The CRW, CR2 and CR3 are widely described although Canon legally has the right to the file format. All software producers can "hack" the Canon format and do it.