HEIC File Support

[spottedmahn 1]

What's the status of HEIC file support?  Is there a plugin for them?

 

I read this post but it didn't shine much light... there was  link to a comment:

 

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Quite possibly. They provide source code for the codec (https://nokiatech.github.io/heif/index.html) so it should be straightforward.

 

[john freiman 0]

Ditto. I use only Windows computers and tablets and now have upgraded my phones to new Galaxies with native support for HEIC/HEIF files. 

I had expected that by installing the Microsoft HEIF/HEIC codec from the Windows Store would allow for my (Windows Store ver) Paint.net would also allow me to open, edit and save HEIC files, but that wasn't the case.

Now I don't see any HEIC codec plug-in for Paint.net either -- I find this really odd.

Is there any effort to add new codecs such as HEIC to Paint.net either natively (preferred) or via a plug-in (pack) -- would it be possible for Paint.net to leverage the MS HEIF/HEIC codec support?  

[toe_head2001 1,395]

3 minutes ago, john freiman said:

would it be possible for Paint.net to leverage the MS HEIF/HEIC codec support?   

 

https://blog.getpaint.net/2019/03/18/paint-net-4-1-6-is-now-available/#comment-18416

[Rick Brewster 1,332]

I'm planning to add HEIC support in 4.1.7. It will require that you have Windows 10 v1809+ installed, as it has the HEIC codec built-in. I'm currently migrating many of the other file types from GDI+ to WIC, and once that's done it shouldn't be too difficult to add HEIC support.

 

Saving HEIC files may need to wait for Windows 10 v19H1 or whatever the next big update is.

 

And, just to be clear, Windows 7 and 8.1 will not be able to work with HEIC files in 4.1.7. They do not have the WIC codec for HEIC.