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HEIC (HIF) files and PS

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April 8, 2023
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Hi,

After more than a year Photoshop still doesn't support Sony HEIC files. how come?

It's a great format if you need to shoot more images than RAW will fit on the memorycard.

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

Well I try to edit the files in PS so they are read, I don't now any app that saves back in the RAW/HIF format... One saves in PSD or JPG most common but there are other formats to save as as well.

I have no idea about Sonys API at all.

By @CekariYH

AFAIK, HEIC/HIF isn't a raw file format – it's rendered. However, as HEIC is a wrapper/container format I suppose it could contain either raw or rendered data. This is certainly the case for DNG, where it is synonymous with raw data but can also contain rendered data.

I didn't really expect you to know the answer to the API or licensing question, it was a question designed to get you thinking about your question. :]

Anyway, I don't know or understand why Adobe don't have the feature built-in as both a native read/write format, they should IMHO.

Edit: Add you vote at the following links –

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-heic-support/idi-p/12248752

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/export-to-heic-from-photoshop/idi-p/12368864

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Interestingly Affinity Photo 2 has no problem opening up hif files in Macintosh OS. Can't understand why Photoshop still cannot since thsi format holds an interesting future. Converting to jpeg is really a non-starter, losing benefits of the new format.

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Shad33215357tauy

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I have attempted to update the camera raw codecs in Photoshop and am having the same issue. If you have Lightroom you can import them there and then export them as JPEG or what ever format you prefer. Best of luck!

Stephen Marsh

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Hi,

After more than a year Photoshop still doesn't support Sony HEIC files. how come?

By @CekariYH

Just throwing out some thoughts, I'm not an Adobe employee and I am not privy to know why...

Define support. Is this read, or write or both read/write?

Does Sony offer an API for other developers?

If so, is the API free, does it have a one-off licensing cost or ongoing licensing costs?

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CekariYHAuthor

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Well I try to edit the files in PS so they are read, I don't now any app that saves back in the RAW/HIF format... One saves in PSD or JPG most common but there are other formats to save as as well.

I have no idea about Sonys API at all.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Hi @CekariYH the issue at hand though is that you can't open the files in PS correct?

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Hi @CekariYH have you downloaded the codecs for HEIC?

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/ps-heic-codec.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/kb/heic-files-support.html

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CekariYHAuthor

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Thanks, but those are for Windows, I'm on a Mac with MacOS which suport HIEC BTW.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Did you set your Camera Raw settings per the second link?
Note:

To open JPEG or .heic images into Camera Raw: In the Camera Raw Preferences dialog box, go to File Handling > JPEG, HEIC, and TIFF Handling and set either the following in the JPEG/HEIC field:

Automatically open JPEGs and HEICs with settings: Open only JPEGs and HEIC images with raw processing in the metadata into Camera Raw
Automatically open all supported JPEGs and HEICs: Opens all JPEGs and HEIC images into Camera Raw

To access Camera Raw Preferences, click the Open Preferences Dialog button in the Camera Raw dialog box.

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