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HEIC (Image)
| File extension | .heic |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | HEIC is a file format used for storing both individual images and sequences of images. It came to prominence as the default photo storage format on Apple iPhone devices from iOS 11 onwards (replacing JPG) and macOS High Sierra. Developed by the MPEG group, HEIC files are generally 50% the size of JPEG files, but with higher visual quality. They also allow users to store metadata and image edits alongside the photo, and more than one photo in a file (useful for "Live" photos). |
| Actions | HEIC to PDF - Convert file now View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | A .heic file is a container, indicating that the stored media is a type of High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) file, as defined by the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) specification. Like JPG files, the HEIF specs detail that image data is stored using discrete cosine transform (DCT), which results in lossy compression. However, becuase HEIF supports a larger variety of block sizes for DCT (from 4x4 to 32x32), the resulting compression is more efficient, leading to smaller files sizes. HEIF also supports animations, thumbnails, image edits, sequences, metadata and extra image data such as alpha plane or a depth map. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Photoshop Mac OS Preview app Microsoft Photos app |
| Developed by | Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) |
| MIME type | image/heic |
| Useful links | Primer on HEIF and HEIC files Using HEIF and HEVC media on Apple devices Windows support for HEIF HEIC Converter |
PDF (Document)
| File extension | |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | PDF is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing documents in a manner that is separate from the original operating system, application or hardware from where it was originally created. A PDF file can be any length, contain any number of fonts and images and is designed to enable the creation and transfer of printer-ready output. |
| Actions | PDF Converter View other document file formats |
| Technical Details | Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2D document (and, with the advent of Acrobat 3D, embedded 3D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images and 2D vector graphics that compose the document. They do not encode information that is specific to the application software, hardware, or operating system used to create or view the document. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Viewer Ghostscript Ghostview Xpdf gPDF |
| Developed by | Adobe Systems |
| MIME type | application/pdf |
| Useful links | Adobe Reader (to view) Adobe Acrobat (to edit) PDF Converter |
Convert HEIC file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert HEIC files to a variety of other formats
- heic to bmp (Windows bitmap)
- heic to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- heic to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- heic to pcx (Paintbrush Bitmap Image)
- heic to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- heic to png (Portable Network Graphic)
- heic to tiff (Tagged image file format)
- heic to wbmp (Wireless Bitmap File Format)
- heic to webp (Lossily compressed image file)
