Try changing your pdf file to jpeg.To do this you will need to duplicate the file and save as jpeg(which is under your file name).You may also want to check what colour mode it is in.Go to IMAGE>MODE>RGB COLOUR.
I have had success mainly with changing the file type.You will not be able to print a pdf file with Hewlitt Packard printers for instance until they are made into jpeg format.Good luck
Uh…Rickky doesn’t seem to mention anything about a PDF.
rickky, if it was burned to CD and nothing opens it successfully, it could just be corrupt.
Thanx, I’ve already copied and renamed it: .jpg .gif. It was first that I did immediately after getting the problem. It didn’t help.
1. It’s a psd file
2. If you can’t open it, you can’t save it as something else
3. Duping the file and changing extension doesn’t change the file type.
Already suggested in another forum that OP try the Irfanview, and it’s been my experience that if Iview won’t open it, it’s probably corrupted. It is common for preview to be intact even though rest of image is corrupted.
I’m guessing that Album is giving a generic error message that is probably not accurate, but don’t know that for sure, of course.
Rickky, how large is the pic?
I’ll give it a shot with PS 7 and Corel PP if you like…
Email if under 5 MB or I have FTP for large files.
Mac
Missed that little factoid.
I have FTP if OP is on broadband.
M
So you wanna tell that you coud try if I upload it?
Sure…
Use my upload link on homepage at:
doogle DOT com
Send me an email once you put it there so can tell you my findings (if any; email link there also).
Mac
Ok, thanxalot! Have begun to upload, ‘ll take app. 35 minutes. Reasons why I’m still tryin’ are: 1) thumbnail is ok)) and 2) it’s very important to me(((
By the way, you’ve got OUTSTANDING site address! ))) Imagine how it’s influencing the number of hits))))
Thanks…keep hoping Google will buy me out 🙂
Mac
Whose name was historically first – your’s or theirs?
They registered about 10 days previous to mine.
Of course, no one had heard of Google then.
Or doogle 🙂
Got the file..playing with it now..
60068384 bytes
Mac
Photoshop 7: "file not compatible with this version of Photoshop". Same message in Elements 2.
As you say, opens, only black in IrfanView,which reports: 3846 x 2370 Pixels, 24 bit. Number of unique colors: 1.
Corel PhotoPaint 9: bombs the progam (illegal operation).
With Illy 10, using File/Open recognizes has layers:
option: convert layers to objects: "not enough memory to place file" (I have 512, plenty of HD space)
option: flatten to single layer: same
Using File/Place into existing file, same errors either way.
Sooo…
Just dunno…
Seems to be a "valid" file. No EOF errors …. of course, Iview will open EOF files…
I’ve removed psicon.dll, so I don’t see thumbnails…
I just don’t know what could have happened to the thing. And I don’t think that an earlier version of Photoshop would help.
I suppose a hex guru might possibly be able to see something in the header info that could fix it, but would have to be someone pretty sharp, methinks (and certainly not moi).
Anyone else have any ideas?
Mac
All the same things happen…Nevermind, thank you very much for trying!
Well, was just curious…
I’ve had Corel Photopaint work a few times when other things wouldn’t. But never had a file crash it before!
M
One more story: when I copied it from CD to HDD at 1st time (app. half-year ago), CDR was very hard to read and browse. Now it’s impossible at all, even to copy.
rickky (and/or Mac)
have you tried to open the file in ImageReady?
Rickky,
are you reading the CDR on the same system it was created on? If not, perhaps you need a UDF reader driver < http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6944 ,00.asp > installed on your system to allow for proper reading of your homemade CD’s?
I’ve got no Image Ready, sorry! Whaen I install an UDF lead driver, Windows says that I don’t need to, ’cause it can already read UDF.
rickky (and/or Mac)
have you tried to open the file in ImageReady?
Forgot to try that.
DID get EOF error in ImageReady 7 ("…end of file was reached unexpectedly")
Oddly, none of the other programs gave EOF. Photoshop generally does if that is indeed the corruption.
Mac
Is it possible to repair the file somehow?
Is it possible to repair the file somehow?
That’s why I mentioned hex editor in previous post.
Don’t know if there is an affordable "digital doctor" for this kind of stuff anywhere or not, you might Google for one. Or maybe more productive to see if there is service that can recover orig file from CD.
IrfanView reads EOF error files fine. It will show whole file up to where the error is. Sometimes it might be 90% or more of the file intact, then black after the error.
Since it shows the image as ALL black, the EOF must be early on.
Only reason I didn’t think it was EOF right off was that Photoshop7 gives EOF specific error usually, not the message we actually get. But the rest would seem to indicate that’s really what it is.
Mac
chris has said in the past it’s near impossible to fix with a hex editor. and if he can’t do it, knowing the full file format and all, I doubt anyone else will have much luck. YMMV of course.
It sounds like it’s a corrupted file.
The chances of recovering it as-is are pretty slim.
I hope you’ve got a backup somewhere…..
