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> HEIF Imaging > Support for new file format (.heic) to save still images. What is the advantage of .heic images?

• rolltiide 7y ago
  compatibility with iOS file sharing
  • Siecje 7y ago
    So Android couldn't open a .heic file from an iOS user?
    • jdofaz 7y ago
      I think 9 added read support
    • mcraiha 7y ago
      Media library from Android didn't support it. Naturally apps could have used any existing third party library to support that feature.
• cptskippy 7y ago
  > The MPEG group claims that twice as much information can be stored in a HEIF image as in a JPEG image of the same size, resulting in a better quality image. HEIF also supports animation, and is capable of storing more information than an animated GIF at a small fraction of the size. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_F...
• ASalazarMX 7y ago
  A modern, patent-encumbered standard brought to you by The MPEG Group™ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...
  • out_of_protocol 7y ago
    They chose it over patent-free AV1-based AVIF :( https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/ https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/ P.S. AVIF-related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16803250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16803250
• GeekyBear 7y ago
  It's an image compressed with the same compression scheme that h.265 video uses. It also supports animated gif style short video loops.