Invalid JPEG marker…cannot open

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Jim Caldwell
Feb 18, 2007
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I am using Photoshop 7. It was converting Tifs to JPEGs , no problem. Now when I attempt to do this, the pic cannot be opened after saving. If windows tries to open it, it doesn’t work. When I try to open with Photoshop, I get the message "cannot be opened because of missing or invalid JPEG marker…." I tried saving as both "basic" and "optimized", but neither would work. This TIFF is a really huge file…223 mb. Is there maybe a size limit?

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Kanch
Feb 18, 2007
Check the bit depth of the original TIFF (under image–> Mode) if it’s 16, try changing to 8. Also flatten the TIFF (if multi layered) first and then save as JPEG.

KZ

"geronimo" wrote in message
I am using Photoshop 7. It was converting Tifs to JPEGs , no problem. Now when I attempt to do this, the pic cannot be opened after saving. If windows tries to open it, it doesn’t work. When I try to open with Photoshop, I get the message "cannot be opened because of missing or invalid JPEG marker…." I tried saving as both "basic" and "optimized", but neither would work. This TIFF is a really huge file…223 mb. Is there maybe a size limit?
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nomail
Feb 18, 2007
Kanch wrote:

"geronimo" wrote in message
I am using Photoshop 7. It was converting Tifs to JPEGs , no problem. Now when I attempt to do this, the pic cannot be opened after saving. If windows tries to open it, it doesn’t work. When I try to open with Photoshop, I get the message "cannot be opened because of missing or invalid JPEG marker…." I tried saving as both "basic" and "optimized", but neither would work. This TIFF is a really huge file…223 mb. Is there maybe a size limit?

Check the bit depth of the original TIFF (under image–> Mode) if it’s 16, try changing to 8. Also flatten the TIFF (if multi layered) first and then save as JPEG.

Nope, both things cannot be the cause of this problem. You cannot save a 16 bits JPEG (Photoshop doesn’t even present you with JPEG as an option if the file is 16 bits), and you cannot save a layered JPEG either.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com
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Voivod
Feb 18, 2007
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:03 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

Check the bit depth of the original TIFF (under image–> Mode) if it’s 16, try changing to 8. Also flatten the TIFF (if multi layered) first and then save as JPEG.

Pure nonsense.
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Kanch
Feb 19, 2007
If my suggestion is nonsense, what is your solution genious? I only suggested that because it worked for me once before. And I know PS doesn’t have a JPEG option under 16bit (my mistake, was too busy at work, wasn’t thinking when posted. Apologies to Gerenimo).

KZ

"Voivod" wrote in message
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:03 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

Check the bit depth of the original TIFF (under image–> Mode) if it’s 16, try changing to 8. Also flatten the TIFF (if multi layered) first and then save as JPEG.

Pure nonsense.
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Voivod
Feb 20, 2007
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:03:59 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

If my suggestion is nonsense, what is your solution genious? I only

Genius. If you’re going to try and flame someone at least spell the word right.

suggested that because it worked for me once before. And I know PS doesn’t have a JPEG option under 16bit (my mistake, was too busy at work, wasn’t thinking when posted. Apologies to Gerenimo).

Flattening an image has no effect when saving as or saving for web.

"Voivod" wrote in message
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:03 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

Check the bit depth of the original TIFF (under image–> Mode) if it’s 16, try changing to 8. Also flatten the TIFF (if multi layered) first and then save as JPEG.

Pure nonsense.
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Kanch
Feb 20, 2007
Genius. If you’re going to try and flame someone at least spell the word right.

Oh I am sorry, thought I was posting to a "Photoshop" group. Not a "English Literature" forum.

"Voivod" wrote in message
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:03:59 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

If my suggestion is nonsense, what is your solution genious? I only

Genius. If you’re going to try and flame someone at least spell the word right.

suggested that because it worked for me once before. And I know PS doesn’t have a JPEG option under 16bit (my mistake, was too busy at work, wasn’t thinking when posted. Apologies to Gerenimo).

Flattening an image has no effect when saving as or saving for web.
"Voivod" wrote in message
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:03 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

Check the bit depth of the original TIFF (under image–> Mode) if it’s 16,
try changing to 8. Also flatten the TIFF (if multi layered) first and then
save as JPEG.

Pure nonsense.
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Voivod
Feb 20, 2007
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:29:49 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

Genius. If you’re going to try and flame someone at least spell the word right.

Oh I am sorry, thought I was posting to a "Photoshop" group. Not a "English Literature" forum.

You were flaming, badly, in a Photoshop forum. I was making fun of your inability to spell the word you intended to be an insult. Your moral high ground is an illusion.
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Granny
Feb 20, 2007
On Feb 18, 4:01 am, geronimo wrote:
I am using Photoshop 7. It was converting Tifs to JPEGs , no problem. Now when I attempt to do this, the pic cannot be opened after saving. If windows tries to open it, it doesn’t work. When I try to open with Photoshop, I get the message "cannot be opened because of missing or invalid JPEG marker…." I tried saving as both "basic" and "optimized", but neither would work. This TIFF is a really huge file…223 mb. Is there maybe a size limit?

When I have any problem like your TIFF, not opening as a JPEG after saving from another format in Photoshop or any other conversion program, I open the TIFF in "Irfanview" ( free at http://www.irfanview.com along with the free Plugins/Addons) then save it in JPEG within "Irfanview" that has seemed to solve the problem for me.. I do not know your answer about the large file size though.. If you flatten the TIFF first and save under a new name that might reduce the file size to open in another program to try the save as JPEG feature in the new program
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Dave
Feb 20, 2007
On 20 Feb 2007 13:59:49 -0800, "Granny"
wrote:

On Feb 18, 4:01 am, geronimo wrote:
I am using Photoshop 7. It was converting Tifs to JPEGs , no problem. Now when I attempt to do this, the pic cannot be opened after saving. If windows tries to open it, it doesn’t work. When I try to open with Photoshop, I get the message "cannot be opened because of missing or invalid JPEG marker…." I tried saving as both "basic" and "optimized", but neither would work. This TIFF is a really huge file…223 mb. Is there maybe a size limit?

When I have any problem like your TIFF, not opening as a JPEG after saving from another format in Photoshop or any other conversion program, I open the TIFF in "Irfanview" ( free at http://www.irfanview.com along with the free Plugins/Addons) then save it in JPEG within "Irfanview" that has seemed to solve the problem for me.. I do not know your answer about the large file size though.. If you flatten the TIFF first and save under a new name that might reduce the file size to open in another program to try the save as JPEG feature in the new program

with reference to the subject, it has happened more than once to me, that a JPG simply do not want to open. By now, I immediately know what happened – I edited it in Lab mode and saved it as such. So easy to rectify in this cases, simply change the mode back to RGB.

Your problem therewith seem to be completely different, but I felt like mentioning it.

Dave
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Kanch
Feb 21, 2007
You were flaming, badly, in a Photoshop forum. I was making fun of your inability to spell the word you intended to be an insult. Your moral high ground is an illusion.

On the contrary I the way I see it you are the one who is under an illusion. You try to give an impression as if you are a know all of photoshop and therefore
comments everyone else make are "nonsense". The funny thing is you still haven’t come up
with a solution to the original problem.

"Voivod" wrote in message
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:29:49 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

Genius. If you’re going to try and flame someone at least spell the word right.

Oh I am sorry, thought I was posting to a "Photoshop" group. Not a "English
Literature" forum.

You were flaming, badly, in a Photoshop forum. I was making fun of your inability to spell the word you intended to be an insult. Your moral high ground is an illusion.

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Voivod
Feb 21, 2007
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:02:56 +1000, "Kanch"
scribbled:

You were flaming, badly, in a Photoshop forum. I was making fun of your inability to spell the word you intended to be an insult. Your moral high ground is an illusion.

On the contrary I the way I see it you are the one who is under an illusion. You try to give an impression as if you are a know all of photoshop and therefore

If you’ve gotten that impression then you’re more delusional than you’re trying to make me out to be.

comments everyone else make are "nonsense". The funny thing is you still haven’t come up with a solution to the original problem.

Flattening an image is nonsense and unnecessary, 16 bit JPEGs are nonsense, therefore the comments I responded to, nonsense. I call ’em as I see ’em. I’m no mechanic but if someone’s solution to an engine knock is to rotate the tires…
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nomail
Feb 21, 2007
Dave wrote:

with reference to the subject, it has happened more than once to me, that a JPG simply do not want to open. By now, I immediately know what happened – I edited it in Lab mode and saved it as such. So easy to rectify in this cases, simply change the mode back to RGB.

That’s strange. If your image is in Lab mode, you don’t even get the option to save in JPEG in Photoshop, so how on earth did you manage to do that?…


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com
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Dave
Feb 21, 2007
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:24:39 +0100, (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

Dave wrote:

with reference to the subject, it has happened more than once to me, that a JPG simply do not want to open. By now, I immediately know what happened – I edited it in Lab mode and saved it as such. So easy to rectify in this cases, simply change the mode back to RGB.

That’s strange. If your image is in Lab mode, you don’t even get the option to save in JPEG in Photoshop, so how on earth did you manage to do that?…

it’s not strange, its bllsht. You are right of course, I am talking about TIF and not JPG. Thanks for your diplomatic correction – Hi… (!) since when are you such a diplomat? (joking)
I use the default of – Open with ‘Windows Picture and Fax Viewer’ and if I forgot to change the mode back to RGB, (and if PS is closed of course) the TIF can not be viewed. That is when I know it is still in Lab mode. (Shucks – listen to me explaining!!!:-)

Must stop writing ‘clever stuff’ in ng’s while busy with something else.

Dave

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