P: Support for HEIC file format (Windows)

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October 31, 2017
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Support for HEIC file format was included in Lightroom CC but still is needed in Lightroom Classic. When will it be added?

[HEIC image support was added to LR 7.4 (for Mac OS 10.13 or later) and LR 7.5 (Windows 10). (We're now at LR 8.2.1.) See https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/kb/heic-files-support.html.

- John Ellis]

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ProDesignTools

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Per the New York Times, May 29th, 2018:

"Microsoft is working on HEIC support for Windows 10, and its Windows 10 April 2018 Update now prompts you to visit its app store to download codec software that will open HEIC files."

Then from Microsoft's site linked within:

"The High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) has arrived for Windows 10 and the Photos app! ... We have heard your feedback that these features and the ability to share photos easily with other platforms is important to you. This release we are delivering essential viewing support (You cannot edit HEIF images in this release)."

So with underlying operating system support now being added for editing, this means we can likely expect full Lightroom application support on follow thereafter, hopefully later this year.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

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I quit.

Moved everything to Apple Photos for organization and using Luminar for editing.

It was a really difficult decision as I've been using Lightroom pre-beta 1.0... 😞

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Mr. Dmitry

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By the way, they are the only IT company that doesn't have customer support. That fact tells everything about them. Don't expect anything from them except what you already have.

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Mr. Dmitry

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Adobe is too busy to collect our money, so they are not going to spend their time to our problems.

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Mr. Dmitry

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That's not Tweeter here, dude...