At 18:21 -0700 10/27/08, Ray wrote: >I am curious why a jpeg and a gif file from an OS X user would not >open in my son's Window XP pro computer. They all opened in 10.4 >Preview. It was also strange that the gif file could not be opened >by Photoshop CS3 in my G4 running 10.4; I had to open it in >"Preview" and copy it to a Photoshop file; Photoshop said that " >Could not complete your request because the file-format cannot parse >the file". I also converted the jpeg file to Photoshop to view it in >WinXP. My son does alot of CD covers for people but uses Windows XP. >I personally have never encountered this problem of moving jpeg and >gif files from one platform to another. Any related experiences?
Have a long look at the mechanism being used to transfer files between machines. The MacOS still supports resource forks which can confuse Windows machines when files are e-mailed. Windows uses carriage return fine feed pairs for line ends and that can sometimes confuse the Mac. If the file has a custom icon that looks like a thumbnail of the picture the Windows machine may be trying to open that. Graphic Converter from Lemke Software can be helpful. Save as "web ready" will remove thumbnails and resources. -- --> A fair tax is one that you pay but I don't <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
