Ive hit a bit of a snag and could really use some help. I've got a bunch of photos in HEIC format, and I'm struggling to view heic files on Windows 10 (and potentially Windows 11) setup. It seems like my current setup just isn't cutting it for these types of files. I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for a best HEIC viewer that's compatible with Windows 10 or 11? I'm looking for something straightforward and user-friendly since I'm not exactly a tech wizard. Any advice or suggestions would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance!
After a bit of research and trying out a few different applications, I found a couple of solutions that worked well for me. First, I discovered that Microsoft actually offers a HEIC file extension support in the Microsoft Store, which, once installed, it seems doesn't allow me to view HEIC files directly in the Windows Photos app, I don't why.
I also tried out a third-party app called TunesBro HEIC converter. It not only let me view HEIC files seamlessly but also offered the option to convert them to JPG if needed. This was super handy for sharing photos with friends who couldn't view HEIC files or for uploading to websites that only accept JPG.
Google Photos is a popular photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It allows users to upload, share, and manage their photos and videos from any device. It supports a wide range of photo and video formats, including the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIC). HEIC is a format used by Apple's iOS devices for storing high-quality images in smaller file sizes compared to traditional formats like JPEG. However, HEIC is not as widely supported on non-Apple platforms, which can create challenges when sharing or viewing these files.
Once uploaded, Google Photos automatically converts HEIC files to a compatible format for easy viewing across all devices. Simply click or tap on an image to view it. You can also use Google Photos' editing tools to enhance your images.
Encouraged by that success, I also decided to give TunesBro HEIC Converter a shot, especially since I often need to convert photos for sharing with friends and family or for use on websites. The ability to easily convert HEIC files to JPG has been a game changer for me. It's incredibly user-friendly and the batch conversion feature has saved me so much time.
@DemoCr785 I have installed the hevc and heic additions as Microsoft suggests. However, the photos created by modern cameras and phones support wider dynamic range than 8 bits, and these image are not supported yet bu this plugin it seems.
I am thinking of a very simple version of rhino, where users only can Pan, rotate, zoom, measure, turn layers/objects on/off, these kind of things, so basicly only the commands where you cannot change the model.
This is also a nice time-saver for me. I can avoid generating a dozen different screen captures or renderings, and then organizing them into a presentation. I just send out a one page 3D PDF for progress review whenever needed.
I agree totally, it is way to difficult for most clients.
@mcNeel: I think it is good for your business to have some kind of viewer, this is a great way for customers to start working with Rhino on a low level base.
Grabcad Workbench is pretty cool as well. You get 2 projects for free, with some other limitations. This you have to invite other to join the projects. The nice thing about workbench is you can see the assembly structure and do exploded views right on the fly, along with some rudimentary markups and measuring.
They are not without issues though.The PDF preview is never as good as the Rhino viewport, shiny materials etc are never displayed correctly. There is no dimensioning tools. Layer structure is also not very intuitively presented.
Simlab has a free viewer for ios & android which uses their own .ZIM format. While you need to have the Simlab software to create the ZIM file, this has some advantage over using OBJ. Because ZIM is binary, the files are much smaller.
That is interesting!
Keep us updated here.
I think it would be great to have a complied version for us to test if you want feedback.
Like myself many here will have no clue how to compile it ourselves.
I have installed Splunk on a Linux box and is listening for incoming on 9997. Our linux boxes send its syslog to it and work fine.
The Windows boxes however do not send any event viewer logs. I installed SplunkForwarder on it and followed the prompts where I entered the Receiver server and port 9997. Also restarted the splunk service just in case.
What additional configurations are to be done to ensure Event Viewer logs/AD monitoring start to populate my Splunk sitting on the Linux box.
I'm able to telnet to 9997 from Windows to Linux so it is not an access issue.
Hey, I am wondoring How Can I send Log files from linux to windows? I downloaded splunk in windows and forwarder in linux. I can telnet 9997 from linux to windows but I don't know how to send a files. can anybody help me with it?
All of this started after the latest Windows 11 update on two laptops - one completely new and a week apart. Everything I try gets me closer to full functioning in the Firestorm browser. After my old laptop updated windows - this all started. I connected a new laptop I had and about a week later it updated windows and this started happening on it.
At first, I couldn't log onto SL at all through either viewer. Firestorm would boot me out immediately, SL viewer would load me at my home setting, but boot me a few seconds later. Sometimes I would get a BugSplat error, but never an error or other message from SL. I do have an open ticket with SL for their viewer - that is ongoing.
- Adding suggested exclusions for Firestorm - this helped a lot and I think is what got me back to logging in at my home with my original avi. Note - before this step I could log with Firestorm in text mode, but none of the other modes.
-Reinstall of Firestorm - I could log onto my home setting with my original avi. I could not TP - meaning I can do a TP but the regions booted me off (crash - still no SL error message, sometimes a bugsplat message). I could not log my alts in. Also weird is I recently changed my password (at some point thinking that might help). The new password works with my original avi, but not my alts. The old passwords gets SL to load, but I crash with them.
- Clean install of Firestorm - I can now log in with at least one alt (still have to use old password) and my original avi (new password). I still cannot successfully leave my home (original avi and alt). Most places I go either crash immediately, I'm there for a few seconds and then crash, or I get a notification that a simulator has changed, then I crash.
- After crashing a bunch I can no longer login with my original avi to my home. Clearing my DNS cache solved this problem for a bit, but eventually that stopped working and I needed to do another clean install of Firestorm.
I don't really think this is an answer to your question, but I believe your problem is due to how the Firestorm viewer calls on the OS to detect your hardware. Might be better to go to Firestorm's site and request help there. That's what I plan to do because I'm having the same issue.
I don't run SL on my notebook with Win11 but I have had TONS of problems with updates and issues with all sorts of programs. My "fix" each time (fingers cross this keeps working) is to run Glary Utilities. Most of my issues appear to have been in the registry --- each time (and we are talking about 8 in less than a year). I suspect other utilities clean ups will do the same.
It is not stricte Affinity topic but kinda related. I'm using Fast Stone Image Viewer in my "workflow" and I'm addicted by simplicity of this software and full-screen preview which is very importand thing for me. BUT this soft does not support viewing of Affinity formats (any vector formats btw) and since Designer is my number one weapon I'm looking for something with ability to display at least THUMBNAILS of graphic files (like Windows file explorer do).
OK - i know I'm maybe demanding so it is not even neccesary to opening files by viewer but i want to see thumbnails to have ensurance the folder with Affinity files is not empty when I'm browsing files with image viewer.
Thanks for reply. Yes, I'm using Explorer sometimes but generally I prefer Total Commander as a file manager and Faststone Image Viewer as photo/image browser. TC is able to show thumbnails but FIV is very, very convenient if I need to browse images (and does not show Affinity files at all).
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