Monday, 31 July 2017

HEIF : iPhone 8 to come with HEIF file format support.

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iPhone 8 is going to be more attractive and innovative. Its sheeples are so excited about its launch and new features. But recently news has confirmed that iPhone 8 to come with HEIF format support. HEIF will replace the old JPEG format.

What is HEIF.
The High Efficiency Image file Format .HEIF is more advance and modern compression method to store image files. The technology is developed by MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group). HEIF is a container for images and audio.

What makes HEIF better.
Photos captured by iPhone and iPads will take less internal storage.

It offers similar photos storage but in half storage.

With HEIF images can't be compromised with colour quality as it supports 16-bit deep colour images and its a great relief for iPhone users and you will never see those ugly banding sunset photos.

It is also good for editing. You can rotate and crop images without shaving it again and again.

HEIF images can be shared to non- iPhone users.
If you are worried about its use on social media and non-HEIF support devices. Here is how iPhone managed this.
iOS 11 will convert HEIF images to JPEG when you share HEIF images with non- iPhone user, or for social media use.

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