### 5.25. Bild als HEIF/HEIC exportieren

#### 5.25.1. Übersicht

HEIF steht für High Efficiency Image File Format (deutsch »Hocheffizientes Bild-Dateiformat«) und ist auch unter HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Container, deutsch »Hocheffizienter Bildbehälter«) bekannt.

Twice as much information can be stored in a HEIF image as in a JPEG image of the same size, resulting in a better quality. As of November 2025, the only browser that supports HEIF natively is Safari.

More information in Wikipedia.

Abbildung 15.73. The HEIF/HEIC Export dialog

#### 5.25.2. Eigenschaften

Verlustfrei

  When checked, the image will be exported with lossless compression. This will create a higher quality image at the cost of a larger file size.

Qualität

  If Lossless is not checked, this value determines the quality of the image compression. 100 provides the best quality image and lowest compression, while 0 provides the highest compression and worst quality image.

Pixelformat

  Defines what pixel format the exported image should use for color sub-sampling. There are three options:

  YUV420

    Suitable for photographs with lossy compression. This format is most compatible with other software that uses HEIF and AVIF.

  YUV444

    When used with a high Quality setting, this format exports a visually lossless image.

  RGB

    Useful when exporting images with true lossless quality.

    RGB is not available when exporting as HEJ2.

Bittiefe

  Determines if the pixel data should be stored using 8 bits, 10 bits, or 12 bits per color channel.

Encoder speed

  The tradeoff between speed and compression. Slow will provide a smaller filesize but takes longer to encode.

Farbprofil speichern

  If checked, the color profile is embedded in the exported image.

Exif-Daten speichern

  If checked, the Exif metadata is embedded in the exported image.

XMP-Daten speichern

  If checked, the XMP metadata is embedded in the exported image.

5.24. Export Image as Header |  | 5.26. Export Image as HEJ2

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