After 2 years of no problems, (only) SOME of my tif
thumbnails and previews started coming up black or
partially black in the Olympus window (G:\DCIM\100OLYMP
using Zio card reader) and in the window/s of any folder/s
they had been moved/saved to. They are perfectly openable,
viewable, and editable in all programs---the problem is
just with the preview and thumbnails. Any folder I
save/move them to from the Olympus window also gives a
black preview and thumbnail. This is now true not only for
new tifs, but for some tifs saved/moved from the Olympus
window in the past (which used to show image in preview
and thumbnail). This is now also happening with SOME of my
tif scans (UMAX on VistaScan).
Tifs which were saved from Photoshop Elements or Presto!
PageManager do not have this problem in any window.
All the tifs with this problem seem to be unedited images
which came from the camera/card reader or the scanner.
Some but not all of the tifs which originated in the
camera or scanner have this problem.
The tifs with black thumbnails and previews which are then
opened and saved in Photoshop Elements or Presto!
PageManager to any folder regain their images for
thumbnail and preview. Those opened in and saved from
Windows Imaging and Irfanview do not.
How can I get my Olympus window (and Windows Explorer in
general) to show images for thumbnails and previews for
all tifs again?
NOTE:
All jpegs are fine.
The problem is not a function of the size of the tif file.
Some single folders viewed in thumbnail view show some of
their tifs as images, some as a small icon in the
thumbnail square, some as partially black, and some as all
black. This inconsistent tif behavior occurs in quite a
few folders.
It is important to keep in mind that it's not a global
problem---not for all tifs and not consistent even within
one folder, let alone one program.
Windows 2000Pro
Pentium lll- 866mhz
256 Mb SDRAM
20 GB
Matrox Millenium G450 32Mb Dual Head
19" Trinitron set at 1152x864
Olympus C-2500L
128MB SanDisk Memory Card
Cardreader: Zio! SmartMedia USB port
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