Python bindings to libheif for working with HEIF images and an add-on for Pillow.
Features:
- Decoding of
8
,10
,12
bit HEIF and AVIF images. - Encoding of
8
,10
,12
bit HEIF and AVIF images. EXIF
,XMP
,IPTC
read & write support.- Support of multiple images in one file, e.g HEICs and AVIFs files and
PrimaryImage
attribute. - HEIF
native thumbnails
support. - Adding all this features to Pillow in one line of code as a plugin.
python3 -m pip install pillow-heif
from PIL import Image
from pillow_heif import register_heif_opener
register_heif_opener()
im = Image.open("images/input.heic") # do whatever need with a Pillow image
im = im.rotate(13)
im.save(f"rotated_image.heic", quality=90)
import cv2
import pillow_heif
cv_img = cv2.imread("images/jpeg_gif_png/RGBA_16.png", cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)
heif_file = pillow_heif.from_bytes(
mode="BGRA;16",
size=(cv_img.shape[1], cv_img.shape[0]),
data=bytes(cv_img)
)
heif_file.save("RGBA_10bit.heif", quality=-1)
import numpy as np
import cv2
import pillow_heif
heif_file = pillow_heif.open_heif("images/rgb12.heif", convert_hdr_to_8bit=False)
heif_file.convert_to("BGRA;16" if heif_file.has_alpha else "BGR;16")
np_array = np.asarray(heif_file)
cv2.imwrite("rgb16.png", np_array)
import pillow_heif
if pillow_heif.is_supported("images/rgb10.heif"):
heif_file = pillow_heif.open_heif("images/rgb10.heif", convert_hdr_to_8bit=False)
print("image mode:", heif_file.mode)
print("image data length:", len(heif_file.data))
print("image data stride:", heif_file.stride)
heif_file.convert_to("RGB;16") # convert 10 bit image to RGB 16 bit.
print("image mode:", heif_file.mode)
import numpy as np
import pillow_heif
if pillow_heif.is_supported("input.heic"):
heif_file = pillow_heif.open_heif("input.heic")
np_array = np.asarray(heif_file)
import pillow_heif
if pillow_heif.is_supported("input.heic"):
heif_file = pillow_heif.open_heif("input.heic")
pillow_heif.add_thumbnails(heif_file, [768, 512, 256]) # add three new thumbnail boxes.
heif_file.save("output_with_thumbnails.heic")
heif_file.thumbnails.clear() # clear list with thumbnails.
heif_file.save("output_without_thumbnails.heic")
from PIL import Image
import pillow_heif
pillow_heif.register_heif_opener()
im = Image.open("input.heic")
pillow_heif.add_thumbnails(im, [768, 512, 256]) # add three new thumbnail boxes.
im.save("output_with_thumbnails.heic")
im.info["thumbnails"].clear() # clear list with thumbnails.
im.save("output_without_thumbnails.heic")
import pillow_heif
if pillow_heif.is_supported("input.heic"):
heif_file = pillow_heif.open_heif("input.heic")
for img in heif_file:
img = pillow_heif.thumbnail(img)
print(img) # This will be a thumbnail or if thumbnail is not avalaible then an original.
from PIL import Image, ImageSequence
import pillow_heif
pillow_heif.register_heif_opener()
pil_img = Image.open("input.heic")
for img in ImageSequence.Iterator(pil_img):
img = pillow_heif.thumbnail(img)
print(img) # This will be a thumbnail or if thumbnail is not avalaible then an original.
Working with AVIF
files as the same as with HEIF
files. Just use separate function to register it:
import pillow_heif
pillow_heif.register_avif_opener()
Wheels table | macOS Intel |
macOS Silicon |
Windows 64bit |
musllinux* | manylinux* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPython 3.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ✅ | ✅ |
CPython 3.7 | ✅ | N/A | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
CPython 3.8 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
CPython 3.9 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
CPython 3.10 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
CPython 3.11 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
PyPy 3.7 v7.3 | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ✅ |
PyPy 3.8 v7.3 | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ✅ |
* i686, x86_64, aarch64 wheels.
For armv7l
there is a pillow_heif-x.x.x-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_armv7l.whl
wheel on pypi
for Debian11+ systems.
It supports only decoding and builds without x265
encoder.