- Extension
- .heifs
- .kra
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- Native format of the Krita painting program, developed by the Krita Foundation.
- Description
- Based on HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding), the HEIF format is an image file container with one or multiple images and is the default image format for Apple Live Photos. It replaced the JPEG format as it's smaller in size and has lossless compression ensuring high-quality photos.
- Image file saved by the Krita painting program. A Krita file is a zip archive holding the full layer stack: each layer's pixel data as compressed tiles, its name, position, opacity, blending mode and visibility, plus a merged preview of the whole image.
- MIME Type
- image/heif-sequence
- application/x-krita
