How to export hdr photos from photos app

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How to export hdr photos from photos app

My iPhone 14 pro makes beautiful hdr (high dynamic range) images.

The iPhone's display has the dynamic range to display them correctly.

My MacBook Pro M1 Max's display can also show them in their dynamic range. That is to say in the Photos app. Once I export the image as JPEG or HEIC, even in Apple's own Preview app, the high dynamic range isn't shown.

Is this because the Preview can't display hdr images, or is the hdr information lost when exporting?

Is there any way to set a photo free from the Photos app and retain the original dynamic range?

Posted on May 31, 2023 1:10 PM

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Answer 1

léonie

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May 31, 2023 1:44 PM in response to marcremijn

Have you tried to export the HDR images as TIFF images, set to 16 bit?

That will result in gigantic files, but save the high dynamic range better than a JPEG or HEIC.

This turned a 15MB RAW file into a 100MB TIff.

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Feb 8, 2024 10:02 PM in response to léonie

Bit depth ≠ High Dynamic Range

A 16bit TIFF just uses a lot of colours to reproduce the same flat image as the JPG.

'Apple Photos' does not export HDR correctly.

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How to export hdr photos from photos app

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