When is HEIC going to be viable inside Indesign files?

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June 10, 2026
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I just embedded twenty HEIC files in an INDD file and the file rapidly became extremely sluggish. The color wheel of death spun regularly for almost every 5th action step. Even simple adjustments into the file, caused the color wheel to spin. Its time to get this bug fixed from Indesign.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Hi Arnie,

It isn’t clear whether you are placing them or embedding them. Those are two different things to InDesign.

Mike Witherell

leo.r

Community Expert

Does this happen when you embed specifically HEIC files or any images? Do you have any issues if you don’t embed the images but simply link them (which is recommended)? Do you have any particular reasons to embed images instead of linking? Also, what are your InDesign and operating system versions?

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Arnie25177844ow85Author

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embed = placed images into document on hard drive. I have seen this before. Only happens with HEIC images
Newest INDD version
OS 26.5
IMAC 27 ©2021 with 32 GB ram

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