[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53645: Convert heic to a web safe image format.

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#53645: Convert heic to a web safe image format.
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 Reporter:  spacedmonkey                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                             |   Milestone:  Future
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Component:  Media                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-design-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Joen):

 Hey, hopefully I can provide some design feedback. What UI pieces are we
 considering? It seems the gist is: "I want my images to work", and the
 questions related to that is how WordPress makes that happen. Is it:

 * A modal that appears on upload: "Want to convert this to JPG?"
 * A notice that appears after upload: "We converted this to JPG."
 * Just doing it, without asking.
 * Just doing it, provided you've not opted-out through a Settings > Media
 checkbox.
 * Only doing it if you've opted-in through as Settings > Media checkbox.
 * Converting automatically, but not doing anything at all. It just becomes
 a JPG.

 In most cases, images are already run through a parser to create thumbnail
 sizes in jpeg format. Is there anything we can do there, so if users
 insert a HEIC image and chooses "Full size", it's essentially converted to
 JPG for display at that time as well?

 Tricky questions, but perhaps one path forward is:

 * Allow HEIC uploads, but don't store them. Convert them to JPGs and store
 the JPG.
 * Show a notice upon successful upload, that it was converted to JPG
 because HIEC only works in Apple browsers.

 Let me know if that was useful.

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