Tips for Working with HEIC Images, Including How to Convert them to JPG

About HEIC

First, HEIC is Apple’s proprietary version of the HEIF or High-Efficiency Image File format. The file format is intended to be better for saving images. The HEIC file format offers better compression while preserving image quality.

That may sound terrific, but HEIC is not compatible with certain apps or devices. Even worse, you might not be able to open a HEIC photo after moving it from your phone to your computer. So we’re going to show you how to stop taking pictures in HEIC format altogether and how to convert a HEIC to a JPG if you do shoot in HEIC.

Which is better: HEIC or JPG?

It’s a good thing overall whenever you can compress an image size without losing image quality. That means that HEIC is better than JPG. However, you still have the issue of which apps and devices do or don’t support HEIC. As of this writing, it is not a broadly accepted format, although that’s changing.