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Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default.

deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Apple definitely chose it to be a dick.

What other image format supports HDR and modern compression algorithms? AVIF also requires a special codec. This is just codec stuff, I really don’t see it as anyone being a dick. Android can also use these modern formats, with the same requirements if you want to open them on Windows.

Kinda blows my mind people so frequently recommend using Linux here, yet taking 30 seconds to install a free codec on Windows is apparently a big deal.

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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I literally said it was easy to do.

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- deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Let’s try this again: in a world where Apple is not a dick, what modern image format do they use that isn’t subject to these same codec requirements?
  
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  - Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Get yer logic out of here
    
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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Answer the question
  
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  - scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    What other image format supports HDR and modern compression algorithms that doesn’t require a license?
    
    There, ftfy. You answer the question.
    
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    deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I dunno, JPEG XT maybe? At a loss here.
    
    Why did Android also use HEIC, did they choose this just to be a dick like Apple?
    
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barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
OpenEXR. Though it probably could use a spec upgrade, in particular add JPEG-XL to the list of compression algorithms. It’s not like OpenEXR’s choices are bad, the lossy ones are just more geared towards fidelity than space savings.

Bonus: Supports multi-channel, so not just RGBA. Not terribly useful for your run off the mill camera, very useful in production where you might want to attach the depth buffer, cryptomatte etc and I guess you could also use it for the output of light field cameras. Oh there’s also multi-view so you can store not just stereo images but also whole all-around captures and stuff. There’s practically nothing pixel-related you can’t do with it though it might require custom tooling.

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