
You believe wrongly, or certainly do if you think 10-bit and 8-bit HIFs are like RAWs. I'm very interested in this format, because I believe it eliminates the need to shoot Raw, which will potentially save a lot of storage space. If I can find a Sony HEIF file, I will try it. GIMP can open HEIC files from the iPhone, though not with support for effects. I just asked in DPreview's A7iv comments section whether this Sony camera (or others) can produce the same HEIF/HEIC effects as an iPhone - 3D, panning, or short motion. Sony has a free converter that you can download.Īre these the same as HEIF files? Are they suffixed HIF? Seems so: HIF viewer codec which they shoehorn into their program.īut still can't view them natively in Windows, or PS. With Sony Imaging Desktop I can view them, having downloaded and installed their.

I thought it may be because they were 10-bit. HIF files either natively through Photos app, or Photoshop. I've downloaded the HEIF Image Extension pack from the MS Store, purchased the HEVC Video Extensions from MS Store.
