P: Support for HEIC file format (Windows)

Does anyone at Adobe yet have an update to this issue? How is it possible that the default image format of the most used camera in the world is not supported by Adobe's flagship photo cataloging application? 

One example of how this is useful - when I shoot in "Portrait" mode, the blur effect often has problems. Apple's photos app (and potentially others) can turn the depth effect off and salvage the photo. In time, there might even be more interesting things we can do in post.

Sounds smart, but mostly as opened in Photoshop, where we could import a depth layer and use it for later postprocessing I guess.

While we're at it - let's get specific about how HEIC should be supported. The current CC implementation preemptively converts files to jpeg (an unnecessary, lossy conversion) and loses any portrait mode depth maps in the process. That's completely counter to the idea of a non-destructive editing workflow.

I'd like to see HEIC treated like other formats - always use the native file or some lossless conversion of it as the foundation and apply processing on top of that.

> The original promise of moving to the cloud model was so they could add features as they are ready

New features are added as soon as they're ready. We don't have to wait 18-24 months anymore. Now releases run about every 2 months. This new feature just isn't ready yet.

Don't worry that LRCC is taking resources away from Classic. It's a separate team - just like adding new features to Photoshop doesn't take away from Lightroom's development.

It's a small thing, but this encapsulates for me why Adobe's cloud subscription model is such a disappointment. The original promise of moving to the cloud model was so they could add features as they are ready, instead of having to wait for a big "version" release to launch them. Yet that hasn't happened at all ... and in fact the pace of innovation has clearly slowed down massively over the last few years. 

Now, you may argue that the new LR CC is precisely what I'm describing - an auto-updated version that is continually tweaked, just like a web browser - but the fact is that it's not suitable for most of us who have a ton of images in local storage. So effectively Adobe is telling their serious/long-time users to take a hike, all the while putting engineering resources into a copycat of Apple Photos and Google Photos, which nobody will use because if they want that, they are already using Apple Photos or Google Photos.

Sigh. At least can we get HEIC/HEIF support? It already exists in Adobe code, for goodness sake. Ridiculous.

   

I suspect a lot of us are watching the next few "Classic" releases very closely. It's quickly going to become clear whether Adobe has effectively abandoned that app.

Er, no, they just hit some bugs that couldn't be fixed in time for release deadlines. It doesn't mean it won't come, but this is brand new tech.

It is just another way Adobe is trying to push us toward the cloud crap. The fact that HEIC support has been added in the LR CC but not in Classic is a clear indication. 

You are not right. The standard Camera can eliminate movement problems with THE SAME settings. Just check it. I think Apple uses artificial intelligence and hidden API for that.