P: Ability to export files in the HEIC/HEIF formats

https://iosexample.com/a-plugin-to-allow-lightroom-to-export-heic-files/

As to asking Adobe when they will provide this natively: Those who know don’t talk. Those who talk don't know.

We are now more than 4 years since this request was made.  HEIC export from Lightroom Classic is critically needed to support efficient workflow and stay within the Adobe framework. When ADOBE can we expect this feature?

Please add this feature. This is a very basic feature that is the future of photography files. Adobe is falling very far behind the curve and will surely lose business and market leader reputation as a result. Loyal customers should not be forced to wait for years for very basic features to show up in professional software.  

Several years after Apple launches HEIC capture(from iPhone7) and Android manufactures came up with this, cases show HEIC provides much efficient compression compared to JPEG with no worse outlook.

The 10bit color gradient support enables an intermediate container between 8bit JPEG and higher bit depth RAW and TIFF, which is helpful for semi-permanent storage e.g. film scan, Camera Raw export. It had been increasingly supported on multi-platforms across the professional desktop to daily mobile devices, just like the current dominant JPEG.

There's less rationale don't offer users an option to export in the Adobe Camera Raw module. For now, if I want to store a HEIC archive, I have to export 16bit TIFF then convert it to 10bit HEIC with third-party apps. e.g. XNconverter, macOS Automator. However, it adds a further step in my workflow and some tools do 8bit instead of 10bit HEIC.

Currently, both intel offers hardware encode/decode h265 and open-source HEIC modules on market, I personally consider HEIC as an update to JPEG instead of a 'compact RAW' format for capturing only. Thus, I really looking forward to seeing full HEIC input/output compatibility in ACR, LrC, and Ps.

My work around for lack of Adobe support was to create a process for batch converting.

Here is a link to a youtube video I did on it.

TTP Convert JPG to HEIC

https://youtu.be/Mjo2L6hD8kc

Respectfully,

Kay Fisher

HEIC is the future, JPG is the past.  Please enter the new age and start allowing export as HEIC files.

Update:  Lightroom is able to handle SOME heir files but not ones from Canon.

...and with each lost function I get closer to other editing options!

I'd love to have Lightroom support for exporting in HEIF, this means beter quality and less required storage space.

While Lightroom (regular and Classic) can read and import HEIF images, they cannot export in the format. HEIF has many advantages over JPEG, support for more colors/bit depth and more optimized sizes. It would really be nice to export edited 12 or 14-bit RAW images into a 10-bit format (HEIF) while still maintaining manageable file sizes. 8-bit JPEG is not as efficient nowadays for all instances. While TIF can handle higher bit depths, its large size makes it unmanageable. In anyone can achieve this, Adobe should be able too.