On 19/3/03 7:21 pm, "James King-Holmes" wrote: > Hi > > My name is James King-Holmes. I have been a pro photographer for more years > than I want to remember, & specialise in pix & features on science, medicine > & technology subjects for editorial & corporate use. > > I've been using an S1 since they became available with no problems until > now. I've just done a corporate shoot and downloaded the first 100 images > on a CF mid-shoot to my Mac G4 Powerbook. Instead of the normal QT files I > found that the files were icon-less & described in 'Get Info' as 'document'. > They won't open in Photoshop or any of the other image editing applications > but have the JPG tag. > > It's not a total loss though as the folder 'contact sheet' is opened by > PhotoMechanic 3 and the files can then be saved as jpegs which can be used > by Photoshop. > > What I need to know is, what went wrong?? The second diskful of images on > the shoot were OK & as normal, but I am now very twitchy until I find the > problem - Any ideas?
Haven't got time for a long answer. But if you're on a Mac running anything earlier than OSX then your answer lies in [File Type + Creator]. A file has both and they describe which program opens what type of file. To check and change them you need something like "FileBuddy", do a Google search for it. If you're on OSX this is dead easy to solve. If you're on a PC, I'm afraid I don't know. regards Paul PS Why are you downloading your files as QT (presumably QuickTime, leading me to believe you're more likely to be on a Mac). If you are Mac bound then you should look at File Exchange Control panel and change the JPG options to be Photoshop JPG's. If you need more help on doing this, mail me direct and I'll try and sort it out this evening. -- Paul Tansley Fashion & Beauty Photography London +44 (0) 7973 669584 http://www.paultansley.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
