High Efficiency Image File Format
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High Efficiency Image File Format is a container format developed
by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). The format has several
variants and supports individual or sequences of images.
Name | High Efficiency Image File Format |
|---|---|
| Short name | HEIF |
| Developed by | MPEG |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pros | |
| Cons | Limited support yet Patent-encumbered |
| Features | |
| Vector graphics | No |
| Raster image | Yes |
| Lossless | Yes Lossless and lossy |
| Animation support | Yes |
| Transparency support | Yes |
| Layers support | No |
| HDR | Yes |
| Maximum bit depth | 8-bit (HEIC) up to 16-bit (HEIX) |
| CMYK support (for print) | No |
| Maximum number of channels | |
| Commonly used for | Apple iPhone photos |
| Browser support (without plugin) | |
| Google Chrome | - AVIF |
| Microsoft Edge | No |
| Safari | No |
| Firefox | No |
| Opera | No |
| Additional | |
| File extensions | .heif .heifs |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
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