# Jpeg question a la //\\\\//\\\\//\\\\rk

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 31, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970 "2006-03-31T16:10:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![decisionman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/decisionman/32/1673_2.png) [@decisionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decisionman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/1 "2006-03-31T16:10:18Z")

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heyall,

any idea why, sometimes, when i create jpegs in the coldcold night, they “contain errors” and “cannot be displayed”? does it have something to do with 8/16/24 bit colour? that’s right, im canadian, thats how we spell it.

thanks guys!

:opera:

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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/2 "2006-03-31T19:44:44Z")

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??.. Cannot be displayed where? back in PS or in explorer or previewer?

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**Author:** ![decisionman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/decisionman/32/1673_2.png) [@decisionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decisionman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/3 "2006-03-31T19:45:16Z")

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sometimes photoshop, sometimes previewer… its weird. ill post the export settings for the jpeg in a second.

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**Author:** ![decisionman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/decisionman/32/1673_2.png) [@decisionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decisionman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/4 "2006-03-31T19:47:55Z")

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Here it is… prolly won’t help.

[![](http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8033/jpeggif3td.th.gif)](http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jpeggif3td.gif)

[SIZE=1]PS - this isn’t super-important or anything, it’s just been bugging me for a while…[/SIZE]

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/5 "2006-03-31T19:49:16Z")

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Erase and Install

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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/6 "2006-03-31T22:03:13Z")

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well that dialog box looks very normal to me… don’t really know what your problem could be.

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**Author:** ![decisionman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/decisionman/32/1673_2.png) [@decisionman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decisionman)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/7 "2006-04-01T00:48:39Z")

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oh well i guess ill let it go. thx all!

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/8 "2006-04-01T00:59:11Z")

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If your refering to 8/12/24 bit? does that mean you work in those bit settings?

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**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/9 "2006-04-01T07:04:27Z")

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Are you embedding it with sRGB, CYMK, Grayscale, etc?

Is it a problem with naming?

What version of PS are you using?

Are you on a Mac or PC?

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**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/10 "2006-04-01T07:39:30Z")

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You usually run into problems when making CMYK JPEGs. IE can’t display them, and I don’t think Image Preview (or whatever) can.

When saving JPEGs, it’s always best to use ctrl+alt+shift+s (save for web). It’ll convert it to 8-bit automatically.

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/11 "2006-04-01T07:48:53Z")

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^ best used when you want your jpg’s to be 72dpi. Save for web automatically converts to 72dpi, so if you want to retain a higher dpi you will need to save via ctl -shift-s (save as).

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**Author:** ![evildrummer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/evildrummer/32/2308_2.png) [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jpeg-question-a-la-rk/183970/12 "2006-04-01T13:35:04Z")

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well, i use those settings aswell so its not that!
