- Extension
- .heifs
- .vips
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- VIPS (Visual Information Processing System)
- 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.
- VIPS is a libvips file format mainly used for calculations, but it can also store images. The main advantage is that it has no size limit; it's fast and straightforward. Nonetheless, most applications can't view it, so converting it to a more popular format is the only way to work around it.
- MIME Type
- image/heif-sequence
- image/vnd.vips
