P: HEIC Support

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
August 15, 2017
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Photoshop does not support HEIC images that are created using the new iOS?? I'm sure Apple didn't keep it a secret. Sounds like another pissing match between Adobe and Apple. Grow up and act like adults and support HEIC.

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pnwfox

Participating Frequently

Can't believe we still need this, but thanks!

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

I have the latest version of photoshop cc and it does not support HEIC.

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

Adobe could care less....they bought Cool Edit years ago (AKA Adobe Audition), quadrupled the price, have not offered any new features except visual and basic patch work, and they still charge a high premium that is 100% profit as I do not think they have any R&D to grow and innovate. Sad monopoly that should be broken up. we pay for C-suite and expect innovation...all we get if a basic refresh with no real R&D or innovation to stay cutting egde. They just laugh all the way to the bank at us!

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Isaac_Baker_nc

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I can't believe that two years after your comment it is still not available on PC.

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Isaac_Baker_nc

Participant

It is still not available on PC! This was 3 years ago. Very stupid.

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

Yep, no real support as yet. I have to add another step to drag into a converter.. pffft

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Anonymous

Still no proper HEIC photo support in the windows version of photoshop 21.2.

Why not?

Even photoshop elements 2020 has support for opening native HEIC files on a windows 10 machine, although it to has a flaw since it doesn't import a Depth Map channel if one is in the file.

Earth Oliver

Legend

what you're seeing with the differences in color relates to the color profile and color management of the viewing app, not the format. The only advantage of heic is the file size.

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Starlight Lady

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Hard to believe HEIC format still hasn't caught on. It's great. Look at the color difference between the JPG (converted from HEIC at 100% quality - on left) and the HEIC (right). Look at the pinks. They're so much brighter. And the HEIC file sizes are about a third the size of a JPG. But the HEIC files crash File Explorer pretty frequently and Photoshop can't open them at all. One thing I noticed is that when I opened the HEIC & JPG side-by-side in ImageGlass photo viewer, they looked exactly the same, but if I opened them in PictureFlect Photo Viewer, I could tell a huge difference. So I assume ImageGlass is converting them to JPG. That would explain why some people don't notice any difference between the two. Here's a screenshot of the two formats in PictureFlect.