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ebigmac
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October 31, 2017
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P: Support for HEIC file format (Windows)

  • 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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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    April 23, 2018
    I understand from email exchanges with a Lightroom Community Specialist that there are issues with licensing some of the HEIF/HEVC code from Apple that are complicating the situation.

    Can anyone confirm this with more details?
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    Mr. Dmitry
    Known Participant
    April 23, 2018
    Of course, it doesn't work.
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    DanCarotenuto
    Participating Frequently
    April 23, 2018
    I find it weird the team didn't give such a requested feature release more buzz.. can anyone confirm this?
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    nat_a_cyborg
    Participant
    April 22, 2018
    I have the same release on my Mac and it does not support my .HEIC files. Are you sure it's working for you?
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    ebigmacAuthor
    Participant
    April 22, 2018
    IT WORKS!!!! I tried today (Apr 22nd) importing photos into Lightroom Classic and was surprised that the few HEIC photos that were in the folder came in with the JPG photos!!!  I then used Develop and made some changes and then went back to Library and EXPORTED (as JPG). The result is that I now have a JPG photo with the Lightroom Classic Develop changes.

    THANK YOU ADOBE FOR ADDING HEIC SUPPORT TO LIGHTROOM CLASSIC (release 7.3 Camera Raw 10.3) 
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    msp_guy
    Participating Frequently
    April 20, 2018
    305 days. Happy Friday everyone!
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    msp_guy
    Participating Frequently
    April 17, 2018
    Thx. I will try that. For some reason I think exporting out of photos strips away some other metadata. But I will double check.
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    Mr. Dmitry
    Known Participant
    April 16, 2018
    Use "Export Originals" to export with geotags. Apple's issue.
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    msp_guy
    Participating Frequently
    April 16, 2018
    Sadly I have given up for now and have flipped my iphone back to jpg mode until this gets fixed. However now I have ~6 months worth of iphone photos that I need for geo-tagging locations but which LR cannot load.
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    Mr. Dmitry
    Known Participant
    April 16, 2018
    They even can't fix "Adobe/dynamiclinkmediaserver" auto-created junk subfolder on Documents folder for years. Don't expect any quality from Adobe after that.
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