[digiKam-users] Errors in showing HEIF/HEIC images from Apple devices

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

Which digiKam version did you use ?

Which libheif did you use ? Look in Help/Components Info dialog for details.

I play with my iphone photo without problem here.

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le sam. 7 mai 2022 à 22:25, Thomas D <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> Modern Apple devices such as the iPhone 12 supports taking photos is so
> called portrait mode[1][2].
> This is a really neat effect that if used correctly can greatly improve
> the quality of some type of portraits.
>
> While digikam does indeed support HEIF/HEIC photos, it does not seem to
> support them fully. For example, the HEIC files containing photos taken in
> portrait mode will not display correctly in digikam. They look like image
> files that were truncated too early - or not fully transferred. I have an
> example below in which this can be seen. Please note the bottom gray area
> that is missing from this picture.
>
> Is this a bug in Digikam? How can I have Digikam show the image correctly?
>
> Example:
> [image: image.png]
>
> [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208118
> [2]:
> https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/take-portrait-mode-photos-iphd7d3a91a2/ios
>
>
>
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