Windows doesn’t natively support HEIC image format, and its Photos app.īeginning with the release of iOS 11 in 2017, Apple changed the iPhone and iPad’s default photo file format.Apple has enabled their devices to automatically convert HEIC files to JPG when you transfer them to another device.HEIC is compatible with all Apple devices.It may be the case that I’ll want HEIF/HEIC files in the future, but, until Kubuntu plays nicer with HEIC/HEIF files, these batch conversion techniques will be helpful to convert photos. JPG files were between 5 and 8 times bigger than the HEIC files. HEIF/HEIC is definitely a better compression algorithm. When you’ve made all the remaining modifications (e.g., file renaming, location, etc.), run it and digiKam will convert all the photos to your target format. Then, select the format to which you want to convert them. Not surprisingly, digiKam can convert the photos. I threw a few HEIC/HEIF files into my photos folder and opened up digiKam. digiKamĪfter I figured out the Konsole command above, I realized that digiKam is basically a Swiss Army knife utility when it comes to photos and has a built-in batch processing features. Apple’s camera software appears to be able to detect specific elements of photos and is then using various algorithms to modify the photo with enhancements for specific elements of the photo, like teeth, glasses, and portraits. But there are also occasionally maps for depth, glasses, hair, skin, and teeth, among other items. ![]() Glancing through the layers that are extracted is pretty interesting. The batch conversion command extracts those additional layers. Interestingly, it looks as though the HEIC file format includes multiple layers of photos in some photos. After the semicolon, it tells the computer to use the heif-convert function to convert all of the files with the HEIC extension to JPG format and copy the name. The first part tells the computer to loop through the folder looking for every file with the HEIC file extension. Here’s the command that worked for me: for i in *.HEIC do heif-convert "$i" "$.jpg" done Then, navigate to the folder of HEIC/HEIF files in your Konsole. First, install the libheif-examples package: sudo apt-get install libheif-examples ![]() I came up with two options Command Line/KonsoleĬombining my batch command for converting AVI (and other video files) with this StackExchange thread, I came up with a batch command for converting a folder of HEIC/HEIF photos. I could individually open all of the photos (all 700+) in GIMP and look for the ones that include my son, or do the same in DigiKam (which makes it faster), but I was wondering if there is an easy way to convert or, even better, batch convert all of the images so I can skim through them in Gwenview or see them quickly using the OS and Dolphin. While there are a number of programs on Linux that can open HEIC photos (e.g., GIMP, digiKam, etc.), Kubuntu 21.04 doesn’t seem to work all that well with the photos and, as of November 14th, 2022, Gwenview doesn’t open HEIC photos. The new default file format for photos on the iPhone is HEIC/HEIF, not JPG. But I quickly realized that I was having issues seeing them on Kubuntu (22.04 LTS). Since I want the photos of him, I downloaded all of them so I could skim through them and find the ones of my son. The teachers who went with him took hundreds of photos… on their iPhones.
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