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[Guest]

I have scanned a number of transparencies into My Documents using the BMP
format. When I open the folders containing them in My Documents, the
thumbnails all show the images they represent. However, I have copied these
folders to a DVD and find that only a few of the thumbnails show images. I
can open the other images using Adobe or Microsoft Picture It, but the
thumbnails remain blank. Any clue as to my problem?

 

[John Inzer]

I have scanned a number of transparencies into My Documents using the
BMP format. When I open the folders containing them in My Documents,
the thumbnails all show the images they represent. However, I have
copied these folders to a DVD and find that only a few of the
thumbnails show images. I can open the other images using Adobe or
Microsoft Picture It, but the thumbnails remain blank. Any clue as to
my problem?

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If you are reading the files directly from
the DVD it could be a simple matter of
waiting for the thumbs to appear. The
..bmp format produces large files of
several MBs each and reading from a
CD/DVD can be much slower that reading
from a folder on your hard drive.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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me may not work for you

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[Jim]

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If you are reading the files directly from
the DVD it could be a simple matter of
waiting for the thumbs to appear. The
.bmp format produces large files of
several MBs each and reading from a
CD/DVD can be much slower that reading
from a folder on your hard drive.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Isn't it correct that thumbs.db is needed to show the thumbnails?

I would advise the OP to use TIFF because that is an industry wide standard.
BMP however is a Microsoft only standard. Otherwise, there is no real
difference between the displayed images that I can see.

Jim

 

[John Inzer]

Isn't it correct that thumbs.db is needed to show the thumbnails?

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No, I have it disabled on my system.

Here's some info on thumbs.db

What is thumbs.db
http://tinyurl.com/b5qam
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I would advise the OP to use TIFF because that is an industry wide
standard. BMP however is a Microsoft only standard. Otherwise, there
is no real difference between the displayed images that I can see.

Jim

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Good suggestion and easy to convert.

Actually, unless the files will be edited
and resaved multiple times...JPEG would
be adequate...and the file size is much
more manageable.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk