I want to take advantage of HEIF's benefits on Windows. I feel I've done quite a bit of searching and I find a lot about opening HEIF files on Windows and converting from HEIF to JPG. I can't find anything about converting a popular lossless type (BMP, PNG, GIF) to a HEIF.
Is there a library (or available application) that can convert from a popular lossless type to HEIF on Windows?
Windows Imaging Component (WIC) API comes with Microsoft HEIF Encoder in latest Windows 10. That is, you can use the API for image encoding.
### Microsoft HEIF Encoder
* Class Identifier: CLSID_WICHeifEncoder
* Signing Status: WICComponentSigned
* Author: Microsoft
* Vendor Identifier: {F0E749CA-EDEF-4589-A73A-EE0E626A2A2B}
* Version: 1.0.0.0
* Spec Version: 1.0.0.0
* Friendly Name: Microsoft HEIF Encoder
* IWICBitmapCodecInfo:
* Container Format: GUID_ContainerFormatHeif
* Pixel Formats: GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGR
* Color Management Version: 1.0.0.0
* MIME Types: image/heic,image/heif
* File Extensions: .heic,.heif
* IWICBitmapEncoderInfo
You might need to install HEIF Image Extensions from Store to enable format support.
