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| 274417 | 2004-09-21 21:39:00 | Hi, After the nonsense of a few weeks ago - perhaps I can risk asking a damn fool question and not get into such a state :-) I use - periodically a wallpaper of the northen half of N Z as taken from a satelite way above the country. It was put out by xtra and is really spectacular-however, after using another photo I tried to go back to this and was told"this is a bmp file and windows cannot parse the document" What does this mean and how can I correct it. When I delete all reference and reload from a f/d I get the same thing . Finally on trying to open anything at all,after the double click I get photoshop v 7 take over and set it up. I normally would only use photoshop to do just that - work on photos, so it has to be something connected I have had no trouble opening this and using it before Effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 274418 | 2004-09-21 21:49:00 | Are you using XP?? If you're trying to put a wallpaper on XP, try changing it to JPG. NOT BMP. Load the pic in Photoshop and then save as a JPG pic. Is it the wallpaper, onto the desktop, youre trying to load, or the BMP into photoshop?? |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 274419 | 2004-09-21 23:49:00 | Hi Spacemannz, No I have had this wallpaper on my xp for as long as I have had XP- a year or so, the thing that intrigues me- it worked as it always had until 3 days ago I have had no trouble getting the file to show in photo shop- and that also begs th equestion - why does photoshop automatically open when I double click the bmp picture- again it did not used to. It is not critical to have this wallpaper- spectacular as it is- I just want to know why this has happened--- and learn,once again However I wil now try and change the file- though I can see a repeat of the problem 'cos as I said earlier I deleted all to do with the picture and then inserted th f/d and the puta still did the same thing- again why? effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 274420 | 2004-09-22 00:16:00 | >why does photoshop automatically open when I double click the bmp picture- again it did not used to. At some point PS has been assigned as the default app for the .bmp file, which is why it opens in PS. If PS won't open it correctly it implies the file has been corrupted in some way, suspect. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 274421 | 2004-09-22 00:18:00 | en.wikipedia.org This has happened to me if the files are very large as in pictures of the Universe taken by Hubble at hi res. Try opening in IrfanView and reducing the size then save as a jpg. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 274422 | 2004-09-22 00:37:00 | Hi Bruce Buckman--- Gee ! I am getting up with the hierachy :-) Thanks anyway ---- this corrupt file suggests I had better delete Photoshop and re install? The file as commented on by Zquerty, is big - it takes a long time to transmit for a start, yet it loads up O K--- normally Just prior to this post I tried to change the file names, with no success-- for what it is worth here is the exact notice in a small window that comes up when I try to open the picture/file:- Could not open"C:\documents and settings\my name\my documents\Internet Explorer Wallpaper bmp" because the file format module cannot parse the file. and it aso says this is a bitmap image. Too much info? I hope not -- I am quite stuck as to succeeding with the correcting details, you people tell me of, though as I said it is not critical to the use of the puta- being me, I want to correct any errors, that is all. O K if I can not get any result from this post/reply --- can I delete PS and re install?--- or will th eputa be preset to the default? effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 274423 | 2004-09-22 01:05:00 | Eddie, you are running Win XP aren't you? Not long ago I wanted to put a .bmp file on my desktop and I discovered that without Active Desktop enabled it will not allow .bmp files to be used. It was enabled initially but for some reason it got disabled - maybe because I used a .jpg file instead? I am not sure. I can't remember now how to enable Active Desktop in Win XP (it is different to Win 98) but didn't bother because it was too much hassle. Anyway, just thought that might point you in the right direction if it is actually your problem. You are probably better off doing as suggested and saving your image as a .jpg and using that. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 274424 | 2004-09-22 01:05:00 | >I had better delete Photoshop and re install No, I doubt the issue is with PS. I would do as suggested though and try sizing it down - matching your desktop dimensions and try re-saving as a bmp or jpg then. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 274425 | 2004-09-22 01:08:00 | Do not uninstall PS,its not part of the problem,if anything its the picture itself which has gone belly up,if no other BMP files exibit this bahavior then the problem is isolated to that file. Delete it. |
metla (154) | ||
| 274426 | 2004-09-22 01:09:00 | Bah,speed posters. | metla (154) | ||
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