HEIC format

[Leonide Principe]

Is it time to add HEIC to the workflow? I already use the AP1, but in Publisher I am in v2. Is it AP2 ready to save HEIC files, that can be imported in Publisher? I tried the AP2 2 months ago but I was not in this perspective not yet. I would like to know more about, before purchasing the license.

Thanks for helping, Leo

[David in Яuislip]

Affinity Photo & Publisher V1 can open HEIC files eg

If you need to manipulate the image in Photo for use in Publisher there are several suitable formats, I don't see the advantage of saving as HEIC, so it's a 'No' from me
sample from https://github.com/tigranbs/test-heic-images

[Leonide Principe]

Hi, the vantages that I see in HEIC is the small size and the quality of compression and no less important the non-destructive option. I have not tested all that, not yet.

I just figure out if HEIC is mature to support a workflow. For exemple, if output a pdf with HEIC, if I send HEIC's to print... I am attracted to the vantages of HEIC, but I dont know if at a given moment the workflow can be compromised.

[David in Яuislip]

That particular image is 2.85MB as a heic, 3.7MB as a 90% jpeg. There's a saving but so what ?
I don't know if pdf's can include heic images, if you generate a pdf from Affinity then the image is embedded as jfif eg
%PDF-1.7 %����7 0 obj<</Subtype/Image/Width 1440/Height 960/BitsPerComponent 8/ColorSpace/DeviceRGB/Filter/DCTDecode/Length 8 0 R>>stream����JFIF
so we're back to jpeg
Handling new image formats is a moving target, I think Serif ought to concentrate on formats that can be used in browsers so avif would get my vote
Actually, I think Serif ought to concentrate on making guide colours changeable but maybe that's just me