1.9.5 HEIC Images corrupted when edited with Preview on macOS

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MikeCTZA
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1.9.5 HEIC Images corrupted when edited with Preview on macOS

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XnView: MP 1.9.5 64-bit (Oct 12 2025) Libformat 7.228 (macOS)
OS: macOS Tahoe 26.1 (25B78)

When you use the markup/edit tool in macOS Preview (or in Photos app on iOS) to do any modifications to a HEIC image and view it in XMViewMP it is corrupted.

Effect: Image is not displayed correctly

To reproduce:
1. Transfer an image from iPhone to macOS with or without modifications
2. View the (if not modified) image in XNViewMP it will look OK likewise OK in Preview
3. If needed (or do this on iOS before sending image) make any modification eg draw a circle on image
4. The thumbnail of the image also looks different to the image when you view it.
5. I have attached screenshots to show this

Actual behaviour (bug): The image is now all messed up :bug:

Expected behaviour: Non corrupted image displayed
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w4 is the original, w1 a bit of red was added top left, w2 circle added, w3 word test added
w4 is the original, w1 a bit of red was added top left, w2 circle added, w3 word test added
w1-w4.png (377.45 KiB) Viewed 78 times
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Re: 1.9.5 HEIC Images corrupted when edited with Preview on macOS

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please send us a sample file
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Re: 1.9.5 HEIC Images corrupted when edited with Preview on macOS

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Can I share the file outside of the forums as it is too big to send via here?
I hope it is OK
I have uploaded the file w2.heic to here: https://mega.nz/file/kQMzQIST#_-mLJYzXj ... -PkkdlDy0w
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