HEIF pictures
In Ubuntu 20.04: you have to install the package heif-gdk-pixbuf
(no PPA needed):
In a terminal: sudo apt install heif-gdk-pixbuf
This will install libheif1 and libde265-0 along.
As of May 2020, programs that support HEIF via libheif1 include:
GNOME Image Viewer (Eye of GNOME - eog) is updated in Ubuntu 19.10 and later.
GPicView version 0.2.5-3
GIMP 2.10.2+
Krita version 4.2
gImageReader (in Ubuntu 20.04)
heif-thumbnailer - a thumbnailer for HEIF images that can be used by Nautilus and Nemo.
libheif-examples – provides command-line utilities: heif-convert and heif-enc.
Online Tools
Online Tools
- Google Photos and Dropbox both reportedly support HEIF.
- There are other online converters (e.g. HEICtoJPEG), but check their privacy policies before use.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Imagemagick, as of 7.0.7-22, can be compiled with the
--with-libheif
flag. tifig
is described as "a fast HEIF image converter aimed at thumbnailing". However, it must currently be compiled from source.- Nokia HEIF Info and Source Code. However, Apple's implementation differs somewhat.