Friends send me email with attachments containing .HEIC pictures from their iPhone. How can I easily view these pictures on Ubuntu?
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askubuntu.com/q/958355/590937– mook765Dec 8, 2020 at 20:24
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@mook765 Similar question, but the answers are very terse, and deal mostly with apps, and with conversion of .heic images. My question/answer deals only with viewing .heic images... and is much easier reading :-)– heynnemaDec 8, 2020 at 21:02
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3Does this answer your question? Any app on Ubuntu to open and/or convert HEIF pictures (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format)?– 007May 19, 2021 at 11:19
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HEIC is the file format name Apple has chosen for the new HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) Standard. Using advanced and modern compression methods, it allows photos to be created in smaller file sizes while retaining a higher image quality compared to JPEG/JPG.
Every iOS update comes with a host of changes, but some are not immediately obvious. ... HEIC will be used by default on new photos on iOS 11, and it's designed to save you storage space. As it's a new container format, there will be some incompatibilities along the way, and Apple does a good job at handling most of these.
To view these .HEIC images on Ubuntu, do this...
sudo apt update
sudo apt install heif-gdk-pixbuf
sudo apt install heif-thumbnailer
sudo apt install libheif1:amd64
Then save one of the .HEIC images to your ~/Pictures folder, right-click on the image icon, select Properties, and set the default application to Open With as Image Viewer.
Now a double-click on the image icon will open the file in Image Viewer for viewing.
Image thumbnails will also be seen in Files (Nautilus) windows.
In Thunderbird you can now also view these images in the original email attachment bar.
answered Dec 8, 2020 at 19:50
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1With Kubuntu, gwenview still would not work. I had to install Image viewer.
sudo apt-get install gimagereader gpicview– oldfredDec 9, 2020 at 0:23 -
1On my system (Ubuntu 20.04),
libheif1was a dependency, and so it was unnecessary for me to install it manually. You can also combine the installation commands into a single command:sudo apt install heif-gdk-pixbuf heif-thumbnailer. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:02 -
This worked for me after I restarted my computer, I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 Feb 3 at 10:30
I found that Converseen version 0.9.9.0 was able to convert an HEIC file downloaded from iphone to jpeg easily without any modification. It worked on Debian 11 Bullseye and assume that it should work on the current Ubuntu version. You may install it from repo using sudo apt install converseen
I hope it helps.
