[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

This is the one you want.

Use windows store on your PC.

You don't want to convert the file, you want your apps to be able to parse it with the proper codec.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/heif-image-extensions/9pmmsr1cgpwg?

Along with this

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hevc-video-extensions/9nmzlz57r3t7?

The top link is installed on my system, and if I run it, it opens up every image in my images folder. Photoshop still refuses to open the HEIC format. The bottom link is for video and they want me to spend 99 cents. I don't mind the buck, but I don't want to give them a link to my credit card or email address or create another username and password.

No doubt the Linux community figured it out long ago, but I am not using Gimp, I use Photoshop. It is much like saying use Wordperfect to open a document and Word can't be used.

It is just annoying that Apple invents a new file format and Adobe and Microsoft can't figure it out. I imagine it is 100% the "not invented here syndrome" or a licensing issue and Apple want a fee for using it. Screw it, when Photoshop 22.2 or later will open it I will accept it. Until then it is like a MR. Sid file format (yea that is a real file format) I will not pay to play that game.