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JR Boulay
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July 7, 2017

Bob Howes: On Tumbl and Instagram you will find many people and photographers that shares photos made with their iPhone/Samsung/Sony

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Bob Howes
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June 21, 2017

I wonder.

I detect that Apple no longer has quite the clout to set a new standard and make people convert.  There are an awful lot of .jpg gear and photos out there and they'll be around for a LONG time.  I'd wager that  HEIF converter will come out within days of any Apple release.

Me?  I shoot stills in Camera RAW with a jpeg preview.  I do have an iPhone now but am seriously considering  Samsung next time.  I have nothing but trouble with the lightning connector and, with new models trying to use it for audio as well, I don't have much confidence.

JR Boulay
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June 24, 2017

I do have an iPhone now but am seriously considering  Samsung next time

The only thing you will regret is that you did not do it sooner.

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Szalam
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July 5, 2017

Trevor, My wife had the original iPhone.  The very original one when it first came out.  I just recently upgraded her a year or so ago when they quit supporting it on the carriers network (AT&T).  I bought an iPhone 5 off ebay for under $100.  No way I'm spending big bucks on a phone. I don't have an iPhone myself.  I'm using the freebie android phone AT&T gave me when I put another $100 on our go phone account.  We spend $100 each per year.  We use our phones so little that my wifes account balance is over $400 now as they keep rolling the unused dollars forward each year.  10 cents a minute and 20 cents per text.  We spend less then $8 a month on those terms.  But we don't use data.  I realize it may be convenient for some but I rarely find myself wishing I had access to the internet when I'm out and about.  Maybe I'm just old fashioned.


I use my iPhone and the data associated with it all the time! I use it to check the weather, I use it to check the news, I use it to keep up with the motion graphics community through the MDA Slack, I use it to communicate with friends via Snapchat, I use it to share images on Instagram, I use it as my GPS to guide me anytime I go to an unfamiliar location, I use it to find quality restaurants in new cities, I use it to book reservations at restaurants (and hotels sometimes), I use it for music (or NPR) all the time, I interface with my home security system with it, I use it to take GREAT pictures and video, and probably a dozen other useful things on a daily basis. It has really benefited my life.

Heck, I also use it to grab creative assets with the Adobe Capture app too! (I'm in the middle of making a tutorial about this.)

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    June 16, 2017

    Isn't Nokia in a patent dispute with Apple over parts of this?

    As I understand it, Nokia has made an open-source JavaScript library that can be implemented on any website today. Meaning you don't have to wait for the browsers to support the file format or rely on 3rd party plugins to use it.  However major browsers will likely get on board once it gains wide enough acceptance.

    Below a nice comparison of HEIF, animated GIF and JPEG

    HEIF Comparison - High Efficiency Image File Format

    More discussion on this at W3C and more recently in Hacker News.

    Responsive Images breakout session TPAC 2016 -- 21 Sep 2016

    HEIF – High Efficiency Image File Format | Hacker News

    Nancy

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    davescm
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    June 16, 2017

    Hi

    Thanks for sharing this.

    The format looks good but I would think adoption may take a long time.

    It is clearly a format for sharing, I would not use a lossless format for master. But no matter how good the new format, at the moment you can put a jpeg out there, confident that almost anyone will be able to view it. I would be reluctant to put out images in a format that only a % of viewers might see. So a bit of a chicken and egg situation .

    It will be interesting to see how it develops.

    Dave

    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
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    June 16, 2017

    Replace... never... too many existing programs and web sites use JPEG

    Add to... no idea... support for Apple's MOV format is not universal, especially since Apple removed Quicktime for Windows support

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