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Osho:
Hi,

Does MC25 support or plan to support HEIC? I saw an old thread regarding this in MC24 forum, but nothing else shows up in the search.

Thanks,
Osho

Hendrik:
Yes we plan to support HEIC. Not quite sure when we'll get around to it.

Osho:
I look forward to it.

Is it possible to at least manage the HEIC files (e.g. move them to different folders based on the dates when pictures were taken?). Our family has moved to latest iPhones and we have been using HEIC more and more often. It is all getting collected in one folder (with tons of files). I wish I could at least organize it in Year/month folders.

Thanks,
Osho

Museum:
I have asked for HEIC support more than a year ago. So hopefully MC25 will deliver… I think the problem will be 10 bit support with standard graphic driver. Zoner Photo Studio was claiming HEIC support but they told me only 8 bit with Intel/Windows 10. And the situation shouldn't change soon… You need a professional Nvidia (Quadro) or AMD (Radeon) to get 10 bit with Photoshop. Krita (free Software for Animation) is working with Intel to solve this problem. Till now I didn't find a Viewer which show pictures with 10 bit (like HDR 10). Panasonic is claiming 10 bit suport (HLG Photo) with their new S1R - but no information how to save those files with a program to show it on a (Panasonic) TV. You have to run a HDMI-cable between the camera and the TV. I can't find reports how it works.
The user "antcodd46" in a recent discussion at reddit gives a detailed description about the problem:
"NVIDIA supports a 10-bit desktop for DirectX applications using the new Windows Advanced Color when the HDR/WCG toggle is on. This causes Windows to render in a 16-bit floating point scRGB linear gamma format, where legacy applications are mapped from sRGB into the HDR space. The GPU is then supposed to do a transformation from linear gamma to the st.2084/PQ gamma function used by HDR if the monitor is in HDR mode. Unfortunately no creative apps like Photoshop (other than a Krita alpha) support this Windows Advanced Color API and do indeed still require a Quadro as they tend to use an old OpenGL 10-bit mode. AMD consumer cards cards also do not support windowed OpenGL 10-bit."

Regards Stefan

Osho:
Since iOS 11, iPhones have switched to HEIC format by default. I am sure there are tons of folks out there who are using both iPhones and MC. Even if '10-bit support' (details of which I quite don't understand or care to know) isn't there - just show us these pictures (even if it is not the best quality possible) and let us organize it with metadata (date etc.).

Osho

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