HEIF to Image Converter

This is a command-line tool to convert HEIF images to other image formats such as JPEG, PNG, etc. It uses the pyheif and Pillow libraries to read and convert HEIF images. It also supports multiprocessing to speed up the conversion process.

Note This converter supports extraction of images from the heic file.

Installation

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Anant-mishra1729/heif-to-image-converter.git

• Install the dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

usage: htoi_mp.py [-h] -i IMAGE [-o OUTPUT] [-t TYPE] [-q QUALITY]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i IMAGE, --image IMAGE
                        Image to convert
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Output directory
  -t TYPE, --type TYPE  Type of image (jpg, png etc.)
  -q QUALITY, --quality QUALITY
                        Quality of image (default = 100)

Example

python htoi_mp.py -i fuji.heic -o fuji -t jpg -q 100

Multiprocessing

By default, the script uses two processes to convert images. This can be modified by changing the number of processes in the script. However, keep in mind that using too many processes may slow down the conversion process due to I/O and memory constraints.

License

MIT