Convert HEIC Images in Linux

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Installation on Ubuntu¶

:::bash
wajig install heif-gdk-pixbuf libheif-examples

Usage¶

:::bash
heif-convert input.HEIC output.jpg

Batch Convert Using IPython / JupyterLab¶

If you have multiple HIEC images and you want to convert all of them to JPG images, then you use the following code in IPython or a JupyterLab notebook.

:::bash
for p in Path().glob("*.HEIC"):
    !heif-convert {p} {p.with_suffix(".jpg")}

References¶

• How to Open iOS HEIC Photos or Convert to JPG/PNG in Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04