{"id":560,"date":"2021-08-10T09:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T09:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coolmedialife.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:43:22","slug":"converter-what-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolmedialife.com\/index.php\/heic-image-viewer\/converter-what-you-want\/","title":{"rendered":"HEIC +Converter Pro Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HEIC +Converter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:6.53%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/detail\/9MV2PLMHDGSS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/coolmedialife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo-150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-809\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:43.48%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/detail\/9MV2PLMHDGSS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"78\" src=\"http:\/\/coolmedialife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/store.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604\" style=\"width:213px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n\/* ==========================================================================\n   HEIC +Converter \u2014 User Guide for coolmedialife.com\n   Theme: Occasio. Everything is scoped to #hc-guide, and colors\/fonts are\n   taken from the theme's own CSS variables where they exist, so the guide\n   inherits the site's typography, navy headings and steel-blue links.\n   Prefix: hc-\n   ========================================================================== *\/\n\n#hc-guide {\n  \/* Theme tokens first, hard fallbacks second. *\/\n  --hc-ink: var(--text-color, rgba(0, 0, 0, .9));\n  --hc-ink2: var(--medium-text-color, rgba(0, 0, 0, .7));\n  --hc-ink3: var(--light-text-color, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5));\n  --hc-line: var(--light-border-color, rgba(0, 0, 0, .1));\n  --hc-line2: var(--medium-border-color, rgba(0, 0, 0, .22));\n  --hc-accent: var(--link-color, #5d7b94);\n  --hc-accent-hover: var(--link-hover-color, #2a4861);\n  --hc-accent-soft: #eff4f7;\n  --hc-title: var(--title-color, #2a4861);\n  --hc-head-bg: var(--light-gray-color, #ededef);\n  --hc-ok: var(--accent-color, #60945d);\n  --hc-ok-soft: #f0f6ef;\n  --hc-warn: #8a5300;\n  --hc-warn-soft: #fdf6e7;\n\n  \/* Product colors: the app's own accent, plus one mark per format family. *\/\n  --hc-brand: #e74c3c;\n  --hc-brand-soft: #fdeeeb;\n  --hc-fmt-jpeg: #c0392b;\n  --hc-fmt-png: #217346;\n  --hc-fmt-archive: #4a6b8a;\n  --hc-fmt-other: #5a5a5a;\n\n  --hc-mono: \"Cascadia Mono\", Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace;\n\n  color: var(--hc-ink);\n  max-width: 100%;\n  text-align: left;\n}\n\n#hc-guide *,\n#hc-guide *::before,\n#hc-guide *::after {\n  box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n\/* ---------- Text ---------- *\/\n\n#hc-guide p {\n  margin: 0 0 1em;\n}\n\n#hc-guide h2 {\n  margin: 2.2em 0 .65em;\n  padding: 0 0 .35em;\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n  line-height: 1.35;\n  letter-spacing: -.01em;\n  color: var(--hc-title);\n  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--hc-line);\n}\n\n#hc-guide h3 {\n  margin: 1.7em 0 .45em;\n  font-size: 1.15rem;\n  line-height: 1.45;\n  letter-spacing: 0;\n  color: var(--hc-title);\n}\n\n#hc-guide h2[id] {\n  \/* No sticky header on this theme; small offset 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text-decoration: underline;\n}\n\n\/* ---------- Feature cards ---------- *\/\n\n#hc-guide .hc-grid {\n  display: grid;\n  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));\n  gap: 12px;\n  margin: 1.3em 0 1.5em;\n}\n\n#hc-guide .hc-card {\n  padding: 14px 16px;\n  background: #fff;\n  border: 1px solid var(--hc-line);\n  border-radius: 6px;\n}\n\n#hc-guide .hc-card-head {\n  display: flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  gap: 9px;\n  margin-bottom: 4px;\n}\n\n#hc-guide .hc-card-mark {\n  display: inline-flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  justify-content: center;\n  width: 22px;\n  height: 22px;\n  flex: 0 0 auto;\n  color: #fff;\n  font-size: 10px;\n  font-weight: 700;\n  border-radius: 5px;\n}\n\n#hc-guide .hc-mark-jpeg { background: var(--hc-fmt-jpeg); }\n#hc-guide .hc-mark-png { background: var(--hc-fmt-png); }\n#hc-guide .hc-mark-archive { background: var(--hc-fmt-archive); }\n#hc-guide .hc-mark-other { background: var(--hc-fmt-other); }\n\n#hc-guide .hc-card h4 {\n  margin: 0;\n  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HEIC +Converter turns them into files every app can open: eight output formats, a whole folder in one drop, and a built-in viewer that reads HEIC without converting it first.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"hc-meta\">64-bit Windows &middot; Windows 10 and Windows 11 &middot; Updated November 2026<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"hc-chips\">\n    <span class=\"hc-chip hc-jpeg\"><b>J<\/b> JPEG &middot; default<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hc-chip hc-png\"><b>P<\/b> PNG &middot; lossless<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hc-chip hc-archive\"><b>T<\/b> TIFF &middot; archive<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hc-chip hc-tool\"><b>8<\/b> output formats<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hc-chip hc-tool\"><b>&#10003;<\/b> EXIF kept<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"hc-why\">Why you need HEIC +Converter<\/h2>\n\n  <p>You take a hundred photos on your phone, plug it into a Windows PC &mdash; and half the thumbnails are blank. No preview, no dimensions, no photo app will open them. The photos are fine; Windows simply has no decoder for HEIC.<\/p>\n\n  <p>Your iPhone has written HEIC by default since iOS 11 for a good reason: the same visual quality at roughly half the size of a JPEG. That is exactly why nothing else opens it. <strong>HEIC +Converter is the missing link<\/strong> &mdash; add the photos, pick a format, press one button, and out comes a file every app can open. Your originals are never touched.<\/p>\n\n  <h3>One photo, eight ways out<\/h3>\n  <p>One setting applies to the whole batch: <code>.jpeg<\/code> or <code>.jpg<\/code> for sharing, <code>.png<\/code> and <code>.tiff<\/code> for lossless archival, and <code>.bmp<\/code>, <code>.gif<\/code>, <code>.svg<\/code>, <code>.xpm<\/code> for the legacy tool that insists.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"hc-grid\">\n    <div class=\"hc-card\">\n      <div class=\"hc-card-head\">\n        <span class=\"hc-card-mark hc-mark-jpeg\">&#8646;<\/span>\n        <h4>Convert<\/h4>\n      <\/div>\n      <p>HEIC in, eight formats out. No codec pack to install first.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-card\">\n      <div class=\"hc-card-head\">\n        <span class=\"hc-card-mark hc-mark-png\">&#9776;<\/span>\n        <h4>Queue<\/h4>\n      <\/div>\n      <p>Every photo becomes a row with size, capture time and status.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-card\">\n      <div class=\"hc-card-head\">\n        <span class=\"hc-card-mark hc-mark-archive\">&#9678;<\/span>\n        <h4>View<\/h4>\n      <\/div>\n      <p>A viewer that decodes HEIC directly &mdash; zoom, pan, rotate, copy.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-card\">\n      <div class=\"hc-card-head\">\n        <span class=\"hc-card-mark hc-mark-other\">i<\/span>\n        <h4>Inspect<\/h4>\n      <\/div>\n      <p>Read every EXIF \/ GPS tag, then keep or drop it in the copy.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h3>Compared with other converters<\/h3>\n  <p>One photo, once? Anything will do. The difference shows the second time you have a whole folder to get through.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"hc-table\">\n    <table>\n      <thead>\n        <tr><th>&nbsp;<\/th><th>Many free HEIC converters<\/th><th>HEIC +Converter<\/th><\/tr>\n      <\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n        <tr><td>Output formats<\/td><td>One, sometimes two<\/td><td>Eight, switchable for the whole batch<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td>A folder of photos<\/td><td>One file per trip through the dialog<\/td><td>The whole folder in a single drop<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td>Your photos<\/td><td>Uploaded to a website<\/td><td>Never leave your PC<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td>Looking at a photo<\/td><td>Convert first, look afterwards<\/td><td>Built-in viewer that reads HEIC directly<\/td><\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"hc-window\">The window at a glance<\/h2>\n\n  <p>Everything happens in a single window, split into three horizontal bands: the red drop zone on top, the file list in the middle, and the settings strip with the <em>Convert<\/em> button at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"hc-wire\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Diagram of the HEIC +Converter window: a red drop zone reading 'Drag and drop files here' with a 'Need help? Read the guide' link; a file list with the columns File name, Size, Create time, Status and Operation, and two rows \u2014 one converted, one in progress; a settings strip with Output Folder, Format, Open folder after convert, Save EXIF info, Show EXIF, Quality and a Reset button; and the wide red Convert button on the right.\">\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-bar\">\n      <span>HEIC +Converter<\/span>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-btns\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>&#8211;<\/span><span>&#9633;<\/span><span>&#10005;<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-hero\">\n      <div class=\"hc-wire-drop\">Drag and drop files here<span>Need help? Read the guide<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-head\">\n      <span><i class=\"hc-box hc-box-on\"><\/i>File name<\/span>\n      <span>Size<\/span>\n      <span>Create time<\/span>\n      <span>Status<\/span>\n      <span>Operation<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-row\">\n      <span><i class=\"hc-box hc-box-on\"><\/i>IMG_0421.heic<\/span>\n      <span>2.4 MB<\/span>\n      <span>2026-10-02 09:14<\/span>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-ok\">Conversion succeed!<\/span>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-ops\">view &nbsp;remove<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-row\">\n      <span><i class=\"hc-box hc-box-on\"><\/i>IMG_0422.heic<\/span>\n      <span>3.1 MB<\/span>\n      <span>2026-10-02 09:15<\/span>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-busy\">Converting<\/span>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-ops\">view &nbsp;remove<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-row\">\n      <span><i class=\"hc-box\"><\/i>IMG_0423.heic<\/span>\n      <span>1.8 MB<\/span>\n      <span>2026-10-02 09:16<\/span>\n      <span>Wait<\/span>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-ops\">view &nbsp;remove<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hc-wire-foot\">\n      <div class=\"hc-wire-fields\">\n        <span>Output Folder: <b>C:\\Users\\you\\Pictures<\/b> &nbsp;[&hellip;] &nbsp;Open Output Folder<\/span>\n        <span>Format: <b>.jpeg<\/b> &nbsp;<i class=\"hc-box hc-box-on\"><\/i> Open folder after convert<\/span>\n        <span><i class=\"hc-box hc-box-on\"><\/i> Save EXIF info &nbsp;[Show EXIF] &nbsp;Quality &#9646;&#9646;&#9646; 90% [Reset]<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hc-wire-cta\">Convert<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"hc-caption\">The three bands never move: drop on top, review in the middle, set the output at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n  <h3>The drop zone<\/h3>\n  <p>The red band holds one dashed rectangle. Drop <code>.heic<\/code> or <code>.heif<\/code> files inside that rectangle and they are added to the list. Dropping a folder does not work here &mdash; use <em>Add Folder<\/em> instead. Files anywhere else in the window are ignored.<\/p>\n\n  <h3>The file list<\/h3>\n  <ul>\n    <li><strong>File name<\/strong> &mdash; with a checkbox. Ticked rows are the ones that get converted.<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Size<\/strong> and <strong>Create time<\/strong> &mdash; straight from the source file, so you can tell two similar shots apart.<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Status<\/strong> &mdash; <em>Wait<\/em>, <em>Converting<\/em>, <em>Conversion succeed!<\/em> or <em>Conversion failured!<\/em><\/li>\n    <li><strong>Operation<\/strong> &mdash; <em>view<\/em> opens the photo, <em>remove<\/em> drops the row from the list.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <h3>The settings strip<\/h3>\n  <p>Three lines: where the output goes, which format it takes, and how much metadata and quality to keep. The <em>Convert<\/em> button on the right runs the ticked rows. Each control is described in <a href=\"..\/part-6-settings-formats\/#hc-settings\">Settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n      <a class=\"hc-cta\" href=\"..\/part-2-add-photos\/\">\n        <span class=\"hc-cta-kicker\">Next &middot; part 2 of 7<\/span>\n        <span class=\"hc-cta-title\">Install &amp; add photos<\/span>\n        <span class=\"hc-cta-note\">Install from the Microsoft Store, then drop a whole folder on the red zone &mdash; duplicates are skipped for you.<\/span>\n        <span class=\"hc-cta-arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rsaquo;<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <nav class=\"hc-pager\" aria-label=\"Guide pages\">\n        <span class=\"hc-pager-link is-disabled\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&lsaquo;<\/span>\n        <span class=\"hc-pager-num is-current\" aria-current=\"page\">1<\/span>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-num\" href=\"..\/part-2-add-photos\/\">2<\/a>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-num\" href=\"..\/part-3-convert\/\">3<\/a>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-num\" href=\"..\/part-4-viewer\/\">4<\/a>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-num\" href=\"..\/part-5-exif\/\">5<\/a>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-num\" href=\"..\/part-6-settings-formats\/\">6<\/a>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-num\" href=\"..\/part-7-troubleshooting-faq\/\">7<\/a>\n        <a class=\"hc-pager-link\" href=\"..\/part-2-add-photos\/\" aria-label=\"Next page\">&rsaquo;<\/a>\n      <\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <aside class=\"hc-rail\">\n      <p class=\"hc-rail-title\">User guide<\/p>\n      <ol class=\"hc-rail-list\">\n        <li><a href=\"..\/converter-what-you-want\/\" class=\"is-current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">1<\/span>Why &amp; overview<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"..\/part-2-add-photos\/\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">2<\/span>Install &amp; add photos<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"..\/part-3-convert\/\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">3<\/span>Converting photos<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"..\/part-4-viewer\/\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">4<\/span>Viewing photos<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"..\/part-5-exif\/\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">5<\/span>EXIF info<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"..\/part-6-settings-formats\/\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">6<\/span>Settings &amp; reference<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"..\/part-7-troubleshooting-faq\/\"><span class=\"hc-rail-num\">7<\/span>Troubleshooting &amp; FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ol>\n    <\/aside>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEIC +Converter Half the size of a JPEG, and completely invisible to Windows &mdash; that is what HEIC does to a phone full of photos. 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