Photoshop V22.1 - HEIC Support

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December 8, 2020
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HEIF/HEIC

Modern camera devices provide the capability to capture HEIF/.heic photos.

macOS - Photoshop supports HEIF/.heic files running on macOS High Sierra v10.13 or later.
Windows - To successfully view and edit HEIF/.heic files into Photoshop, download and install both of the HEIF and HEVC CODECs directly from Microsoft.

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that´s from the info to the PS 22.1 update.

the HEVC codec on the microsoft store is 99 cent.

that´s the one windows user need to install?

adobe was not able to provide proper HEVC/HEIC support on its own?

you do know that many people don´t have and want a MS store account?

i have the HEIC extention installed (it is free and installs without a MS store account) but photoshop won´t open HEIC files. there is no SAVE option in the SAVE AS dialog.

so i guessed it is because i don´t have the HEVC extention installed?

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egeorge96

Participant

I totally agree. "Supporting" a file format to me says that you should be able to open, edit, and save in that "supported" format. Come on Adobe, move your butts. And I'll probably get someone to reply saying "why would you ever want to save in that format anyway?" It doesn't matter why I want to do it, if you say it's supported, then support it!

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

Hi @egeorge96,

If you have a feature request for Photoshop (like to be able to write HEIC/.heif files in addition reading & editing them), then you can submit a product idea here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/idea-photoshop

It helps to be specific about what you are asking and why, with examples... The feature request will be logged in the system for Adobe developers and then voted on by other users for potential implementation in a future release.

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Lightboxx

Inspiring

Open/read support in Photoshop on Windows was added in December 2020 (PS version 22.1).

Open/read support was already native on Mac.

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, you are asking specifically for the ability to write or save in the HEIC/.heif format as well... That seems to be the implication, anyway. Hence the suggestion to make that specific request of the PS deveopers now, if that's important to you.

BTW, the Photoshop feedback forum was merged into the Community forums here last year. So there are separate ticket types now for discussions (like this one), bug reports, and ideas / new feature requests.

as i wrote that was asked a decade (or maybe 8 years) ago (including write support).
that´s what FULL SUPPORT of HEIF/HEIC means. not only opening files. 🙂

requesting it again makes not much sense i guess.

yes on the apple side the support is maybe there (including write support?) ... even more puzzling that windows user did not get the same kind of support.

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

Photoshop added HEIC support on Windows this morning (version 22.1), relying on the operating system's codecs for this format:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/file-formats.html#HEIFHEIC

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

"View and work with HEIF/.heic files in Photoshop on Windows by downloading and installing HEIF and HEVC codecs from the Microsoft Store."

There is one account for all things Microsoft. So your Windows 10 login works in the Microsoft Store as well.

The first codec is free and the second costs 99¢.

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josea24536303

Participant

Hi guys,

Have any of you managed to open HEIF files coming from the Iphone 12?
I downloaded and installed both windows plugins, and surely I'm able to open some files that I found in Internet but not the photos I'm taking.
Here's an example the one in the left will have no problem to open unlikely the one in the right.
As far as I can see the only diferences between these two files is the capital letters.