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iPhone 11 Pro High Efficiency vs Most Compatible
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High Efficiency will be smaller file sizes, and better quality as it supports up to 16 bit image color vs jpg's 8 bit so you'll be able to capture the full spectrum of color from the iPhone camera. Also better support for live photos, editing etc.
In theory. But even the iPhone 11 Pro Max only does HEIC in 8-bit color. Take a High Efficiency photo, transfer it to Mac, open in Preview, show inspector, view the exif data. It's 8 bit! Whaaaa?
That is awesome, I want colors to look great in my photos so I think I will stick with High Efficiency. Maybe I need to shoot the same subject and see the difference in color with both options.
Image quality
HEIF has a higher depth than JPEG. As HEIF uses a 16-bit deep color, while the JPEG is only 8-bit which is smaller by at least two-fold. To be clear, devices that support HEIF format can capture more colors provided by the 10-bit color output present in cameras. What's more, the editing function of HEIF format is more powerful than that of JPEG. On iOS 11, iOS 12 or later, you are able to rotate and crop a HEIF image without resaving or altering the image. Such edits will be undoable in the near future. While JPEG cannot support non-destructive editing feature, which is a disadvantage compared with HEIF."
https://www.aiseesoft.com/resource/heif-vs-jpeg.html
HEIF has a higher depth than JPEG. As HEIF uses a 16-bit deep color, while the JPEG is only 8-bit which is smaller by at least two-fold. To be clear, devices that support HEIF format can capture more colors provided by the 10-bit color output present in cameras. What's more, the editing function of HEIF format is more powerful than that of JPEG. On iOS 11, iOS 12 or later, you are able to rotate and crop a HEIF image without resaving or altering the image. Such edits will be undoable in the near future. While JPEG cannot support non-destructive editing feature, which is a disadvantage compared with HEIF."
https://www.aiseesoft.com/resource/heif-vs-jpeg.html
iMessage will compress images it sends based on their size and network connection. There's no guarantee that what you send will look the same on the receiving iPhone. It doesn't have anything to do with jpegs or HEIF. Photos shared via text message are just snapshots to everyone else anyway. Jpegs are fine. You have to look very carefully side by side to tell the difference between a HEIF image & a maximum resolution jpeg.