Patrick/Chris, So any idea of what the root issue was? Every camera produced JPEG these days has an EXIF header. It would seem that the camera is in need of a firmware upgrade if it is writing bodgy EXIF (or less likely that GIMP has encountered an EXIF field not properly handled)
Martin On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM, elliott-brennan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've already written directly to Chris, who sent me a copy of one of the > photos he's having problems with. Thought other people might like to know of > one solution. > > Strip out the EXIF (1) data in the photo and all is well. > > Imagemagick will do this for you: > > mogrify -strip <name of file> > > Or for every photo in the directory, use: > > mogrify -strip *.jpg (or whatever the extension is). > > Regards, > > Patrick > > (1) Wikipedia: EXIF > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXIF > > >> [SLUG] opening a photo in GIMP >> Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:12:10 +1000 >> >> I have copied a set of photos from my digital camera for re-processing >> in GIMP. GIMP says it can't open them. "Plug-in could not open >> image" >> They are all JPG files 0372 x 2305 pixels (2.93 MB) >> Can any one advise how to resolve this problem (or a better forum)? >> >> PS I have no trouble viewing them on screen. However I need to reduce >> their size for us in ID cards and and posting to the web. >> > > > -- > Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Regards, Martin Martin Visser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
