missing pictures in My Pictures

[Guest]

Hello,
I have suddenly found that several of my pictures stored in folders in My
Pictures have gone missing. The details are still there such as the size and
details and
the fact that they are Tiffs but they will not display. The strange thing is
that they will open fine in Photoshop but not otherwise. This is very
frustrating. Hoping someone can can help.
Thanks.
John

 

[Ron Recer]

Hello,
I have suddenly found that several of my pictures stored in folders in My
Pictures have gone missing. The details are still there such as the size
and
details and
the fact that they are Tiffs but they will not display. The strange thing
is
that they will open fine in Photoshop but not otherwise. This is very
frustrating. Hoping someone can can help.
Thanks.
John

Have you tried saving them under a new file name once you them loaded in
Photoshop?

Ron

 

[Gord Dibben]

Ron

jrsjs posted the following message in windowsxp.general news group where he also
had posted the same question.

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Sorted, silly me. It seems simply to be that the pictures in question were
16 bit black and white and the Windows programs Microsoft Office Picture
Manager and Windows Picture and Fax viewer won't read 16 bit black and white.
Microsoft Office Document Imaging will, and of course so will Photoshop.
I have tried duplicating the offending pictures to 8 bit and
the 8 bit ones open fine and I am no longer accused that they are missing.
You live and learn.
Thanks for your patience.
John

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Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

Ron

jrsjs posted the following message in windowsxp.general news group where he also
had posted the same question.

*******************************************
Sorted, silly me. It seems simply to be that the pictures in question were
16 bit black and white and the Windows programs Microsoft Office Picture
Manager and Windows Picture and Fax viewer won't read 16 bit black and white.
Microsoft Office Document Imaging will, and of course so will Photoshop.
I have tried duplicating the offending pictures to 8 bit and
the 8 bit ones open fine and I am no longer accused that they are missing.
You live and learn.
Thanks for your patience.
John

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Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP




Hi Ron and Gord,

Sorry about the confusion and thanks for your replies.
Unfortunately although I thought I had solved the problem it still exists.
My "solution" only worked on one picture. The other still remain the same.
It is strange in that it only seems to apply to 16 bit Tiffs and only to
these pictures which are scanned Agfa Scala black and white slide film. I
have the originals so could rescan them but there seems no point since I know
they are still in the computer and work in Photoshop. I even tried
downloading them from the library where I exhibit them but the downloaded
files wouldn't work in anything other than Photoshop either.

Ron,
I have tried renaming them in Photoshop and in My Pictures but it doesn't
seem to make any difference unfortunately.

Hmm, it is a mystery.
John