Hi Severin, The cause is, as Ronni says, more than likely corrupt metadata - since it seems to effect lots of these files it could be due to a problem with the original image processing/saving that created the jpgs.
With regard to opening the files some programs seem to be a lot more fussy about tolerating these problems - in your case Photoshop CS3 is being fussy (thanks Adobe!) whereas iPhoto, Preview and Graphic converter are OK with it. I have always found that Graphic Converter will often manage to open all sorts of problem files - eg with downloaded images that have only partially downloaded most programs complain about corrupt file or just fail to open but Graphic converter tends to open them and just show the 20%, 50% or whatever of the image that has downloaded - very useful if you are in a tearing hurry and a large download has failed at 90%+. If Graphic Converter can open it then, as you have found, doing a "save as" from Graphic converter will generally clean up the file enough for general consumption. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 18/9/09 3:38 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: > > Well, Daniel, you have come up with something useful here. > Opening a nogood image in Graphic Converter then saving as either > a .jpg or .psd comes up with a file that Photoshop CS3 is completely > now happy with. > Shows mea way forward but it would be nice to know what the cause > really is! > Thanks to Daniel and Ronni on this > Severin > > On 18/09/2009, at 2:51 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> Could br corrupt resource information that only PShop uses. If you >> open into say GConvertor and "save as" back out as a "new" image, >> then reopen into PShop does it still crash? >> >> (note to Steve Jobs. Could we please have a speech to text >> application for iPhone then I can answer my emails while driving by >> just my talking the reply instead of typing. Would work with SMS as >> well). :) >> /start flame thread........now :) hehe >> (and no I didn't type it while driving) :) hehe >> >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For Everything Macintosh** >> >> On 18/09/2009, at 2:28 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yes, it still crashes >>> Severin >>> >>> On 18/09/2009, at 2:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Severin, >>>> >>>> Have you tried not assigning the working profile to these images? >>>> >>>> On 18/09/2009, at 2:12 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ronni, yes it only some of them and iPhoto, Preview and Graphic >>>>> Converter are happy with them all. I can detect no differences, >>>>> a real mystery. >>>>> Something to puzzle over on this inhospitable windy and wet >>>>> afternoon. >>>>> Severin >>>>> >>>>> On 18/09/2009, at 1:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 17/09/2009, at 5:07 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am handling a large collection of photos of the Albany Summer >>>>>>> School from 2003 to the present, not my collection, someone >>>>>>> else's. >>>>>>> They are innocent looking JPEGS and all import happily into >>>>>>> iPhoto and usually do not have an embedded profile. When >>>>>>> trying to open them in Photoshop CS3, some, but not all, cause >>>>>>> Photoshop to crash when told to assign the working profile. >>>>>>> These same problem files open perfectly in Graphic Converter >>>>>>> (and in Preview) and from Graphic Converter they copy and paste >>>>>>> with no problem into Photoshop. I can see nothing at all >>>>>>> unusual about these particular problem files. >>>>>>> I am wondering if CS3 has been left behind by my Leopard 10.5.8 >>>>>>> but suspect it is something much more radical. >>>>>>> Help welcomed. I am talking about 1000 photos. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Severin, >>>>>> >>>>>> I was waiting & hoping someone else would have a shot at solving >>>>>> this for you :-( >>>>>> >>>>>> It's not ALL the jpegs that are causing Photoshop CS3 to crash? >>>>>> If it is not ALL the jpegs, it has to be something specific to >>>>>> those images? >>>>>> >>>>>> There was a known issue with Photoshop CS3 crashing which was >>>>>> due to updating Version Cue CS3 3.1.0, but your problem is only >>>>>> happening on "certain" jpegs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Solutions to the Version Cue CS3 3.1.0 update can be found at >>>>>> the below links: >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://doctorgeek.blogspot.com/2007/10/solution-for-photoshop-cs3-crash- >>>>>> freeze.html >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402521.html> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo >>>>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB >>>>>> OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/ >>>>>> guidelines.shtml> >>>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________________________ >>>>> Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP >>>>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. >>>>> Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>>>> email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au >>>>> ________________________________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
