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May 31, 2005
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Hi Group,

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open this file would be appreciated.

Bob
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edjh
May 31, 2005
Bob wrote:
Hi Group,

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open this file would be appreciated.

Bob
What OS, platform, etc.? I would guess the jpeg was damaged in transit. Have your friend zip the file and resend it.

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neon
May 31, 2005
edjh wrote:
Bob wrote:

Hi Group,

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open this file would be appreciated.

Bob
What OS, platform, etc.? I would guess the jpeg was damaged in transit. Have your friend zip the file and resend it.
try to open the file with irfanview, then save it as a tiff.
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Tacit
May 31, 2005
In article <_nQme.5748$>, "Bob"
wrote:

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open this file would be appreciated.

The JPEG file is corrupt. Some programs, such as ACDSee, can read a corrupt JPEG up to the point where it is damaged, so part of the JPEG may display fine and part of it may be garbled. Internet Explorer may be able to do the same thing.

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Bob
May 31, 2005
Thanks to all for your replies. I was able to open it on my laptop. I’m not sure why it would open there and not on my desktop.

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In article <_nQme.5748$>, "Bob"
wrote:

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message
when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open
this file would be appreciated.

The JPEG file is corrupt. Some programs, such as ACDSee, can read a corrupt JPEG up to the point where it is damaged, so part of the JPEG may display fine and part of it may be garbled. Internet Explorer may be able to do the same thing.

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KatWoman
May 31, 2005
I have seen that before, can’t remember what program I opened it with but it wouldn’t open in PS. it wasn’t corrupted either.

"Bob" wrote in message
Hi Group,

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open this file would be appreciated.

Bob

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noone
Jun 2, 2005
In article <3f1ne.30627$>,
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I have seen that before, can’t remember what program I opened it with but it wouldn’t open in PS. it wasn’t corrupted either.

"Bob" wrote in message
Hi Group,

I’m trying to open a jpg file sent to me by a friend. I get an error message when I try to open it. "invalid JPEG marker type" Any ideas on how to open this file would be appreciated.

Bob

To the OP – glad you got it opened. PS is very picky about JPGs that are not coded 100% correctly, or are corrupted in some way. "Invalid JPG… " is a common error message. Many other image viewing programs are less critical of the JPG data and will respond differently than PS. Having a few other image programs is a good thing here. It is possible that the difference between the two computers is which program is assigned by the OS to Open JPGs. As mentioned, Irfanview is a good one, as is ThumbsPlus. Both have saved me many times with JPGs that PS chokes on.

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