jordispranger/heic-to-png-converter

Convert HEIC images to PNG format using this efficient Python script. Leveraging the pillow and pillow-heif libraries, it processes multiple images concurrently for faster performance. Simply place your HEIC files in a folder, run the script, and get PNGs in a new png subfolder. Perfect for batch processing on any system with Python.

HEIC-to-PNG-Converter

Convert HEIC images to PNG format using this Python script. Leveraging the pillow and pillow-heif libraries, it processes multiple images concurrently. Simply place your HEIC files in a folder, run the script, and get PNGs in a new png subfolder. Perfect for batch processing on any system with Python.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have Python installed on your system. You can download it from python.org.

You will also need to install the required Python libraries. You can do this using pip:

pip install pillow pillow-heif

Usage

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/JordiSpranger/HEIC-to-PNG-Converter.git
cd heic-to-png-converter

2. Place your HEIC images in a folder.

3. Run the script:

python convert_heic_2_png.py

4. Enter the path to the folder containing HEIC images when prompted.

The script will convert all HEIC images in the specified folder to PNG format and save them in a subfolder named png.

Script Details

The script convert_heic_2_png.py performs the following steps:

1.	Imports necessary libraries.
2.	Creates output folder if it doesn’t exist.
3.	Iterates through all files in the input folder.
4.	Checks if the file is a HEIC image.
5.	Generates the output PNG file path.
6.	Opens the HEIC file using pillow_heif.
7.	Converts HEIC data to a PIL Image.
8.	Saves the PIL Image as a PNG file.
9.	Prints the conversion status for each file.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.