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Since some phones nowadays comes with Heif format in camera settings just want to share some comparison why others prefer to activate heif format than jpeg.


Noticeable differences between the two:


HEIF ( High-Efficiency Image Format)
-a modern photo file type that’s inspired by JPEGs but designed to do more with less space.
  • similar in quality to a JPEG but takes up less space.
  • sometimes referred to as HEIC, or High-Efficiency Image Codec. Apple uses HEIC to store the HEIF photo as well as additional data like sounds or motion when recording a live photo.

-It’s the “high-efficiency” in the name that’s the key differentiator in this newer photo format.
-takes up roughly half the space of a JPEG without reducing the quality of the actual image. While the image uses smarter, more modern compression algorithms, it’s only small on space, keeping just as many megapixels and details intact. I
- your photos will take up less space on your camera roll, your hard drive, and your cloud storage.

In some cases, a HEIF file may actually have better image quality than a JPEG. That’s because these new files support You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. 16-bit refers to how many different colors the image can store. While You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. between the trillions of colors available in 16-bit, more colors create more flexibility when editing the photo. An 8-bit photo could be over-edited to the point where the colors appear to have bands in them — a phenomenon photographers call, you guessed it, banding — while a 16-bit photo has more wiggle room. (Not every camera can capture 16 bit, and the HEIF will only capture the maximum bit depth that the camera allows.)

IT also You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., like You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Transparencies are popular with logos and graphics, particularly in web design, where the background of the web page will still show through.

JPEG i
-the file type that needs no introduction. If you’ve taken a photo with a digital camera or shared a photo on Facebook, you’ve used a JPEG.


-As familiar as JPEG is, you may not quite know the history and limitations. JPEGs have been around since the early 1990s. Things have changed since then — including how we handle image data — which is why HEIF files are able to be so much smaller.

-JPEG images are lossy (not to be confused with lousy), which means that once they are compressed, you can’t make changes
- You can’t go back and un-crop a JPEG photo.
-Each time you open the photo and make changes, the JPEG will also lose some of its original quality. For that reason, among professional photographers, JPEG is often the final file type, not the original. (For that, pros tend to shoot RAW photos.)JPEGs are typically in 8-bit color, which is plenty of colors for viewing, but may not be enough colors to make significant edits without degrading the image quality.



To sum it up HEIF files are smaller than JPEGs, yet don’t sacrifice any image quality and, in some cases, can even offer slightly better quality.If all of your devices and apps support HEIC, then choosing that format will save you some hard drive space and even offer more flexible editing. As cameras continue to ramp up the megapixels, storing images becomes difficult — HEIC can help ease some of that burden
.Since JPEG is still a universal file format and you want a file that you can email to a dozen people without any problems opening that file from any of the recipients,just better use JPEG.


source:digitaltrends
 

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