heif-convert 1.1.1

Multi-Platform command line tool written in Python to convert HEIF images

heif-convert

Multi-Platform command line tool written in Python to convert HEIF images.

📝 Table of Contents

• About
• Installation
• Usage
• Arguments
• Libraries
• Supported operating systems
• License

📕 About

heif-convert is a multi-platform tool written in Python to convert High Efficiency Image File (HEIF) images to jpg, png, webp, gif, tiff, bmp, or ico.

heif-convert is designed to make HEIF batch conversion easy.

⚙️ Installation

Python repository

The easiest way to get heif-convert is through the pypi.org repository. Install it by running the following command:

pip install heif-convert

Building from source

To install heif-convert from source, clone this repository and run pip install . as follows:

git clone https://github.com/NeverMendel/heif-convert.git
cd heif-convert
pip install .

Docker image

To pull heif-convert Docker image, run:

docker pull nevermendel/heif-convert

Usage

heif-convert can be used from the command line by invoking the heif-convert command.

Convert an HEIF image to a JPG image:

heif-convert input.heic -f jpg

Convert all HEIF images in the current folder to JPG images:

heif-convert *.heic -f jpg

Docker image

Convert an HEIF image to PNG using the Docker image:

docker run -v "$(pwd)":/usr/app/out --rm nevermendel/heif-convert input.heic -f jpg

Arguments

usage: heif-convert [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-p PATH]
                    [-f {jpg,png,webp,gif,tiff,bmp,ico}] [-q QUALITY] [-n] [-v]
                    [-vv] [-V]
                    input [input ...]

Command line tool to convert HEIF images

positional arguments:
  input                 HEIF input file(s)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        output file name
                        defaults to original file name (default: '{name}')
  -p PATH, --path PATH  output file path
                        defaults to original file path (default: '{path}')
  -f {jpg,png,webp,gif,tiff,bmp,ico}, --format {jpg,png,webp,gif,tiff,bmp,ico}
                        output format (default: jpg)
  -q QUALITY, --quality QUALITY
                        output quality, integer [0, 100] (default: 90)
  -n, --no-exif         Do not include EXIF metadata in the converted image
  -v, --verbose         enable verbose logging
  -vv, --extra-verbose  enable extra verbose logging
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit

Libraries

heif-convert uses the following libraries:

• Pillow
• pillow_heif

Supported operating systems

heif-convert works on Linux, Mac OS and Windows systems. For further information refer to the pillow_heif repository.

License

MIT License