3.4.1 update unknown image format error

When I click on any images older than about three years in my library, they disappear, only to be replaced by the Image Format Unknown screen.
This is SO unnaceptable for a "professional" level program.
How does one report bugs to Apple? 'Cause this is a BIG ONE.

Me too! I've used Aperture since version 1, so cool it with the snark!
Since updating to 4.3.1 it now corrupts, apparently, images older than about three years. It's also doing a weird thing where it thinks it has an older processing engine, even on recent images created after installation of the new one.
Eight cored iMac i7 chip, 16 gigs of RAM, running on two terabyte internal with Referenced Images on a Drobo disc array.
Very bad bug. Can't export, it won't allow me, saying Unsupported Image Format. Thumbnails are there until I click on them, image starts to load, then goes to Unsupported Image Format.

Similar Messages

Nikon V1 RAW images: strange "unknown image format" message

Hello,
I run the latest version of Aperture on my MacBook under 10.7 Lion with a shared iPhoto library. I've purchased a Nikon V1 in late 2012 shooting in RAW (.NEF).
During the import, Aperture recognized and converted all images correctly. However, a few days later, a strange thing happened: Some of the images display a black "unknown image format" frame (in German "unbekanntes Bildformat"). This is weird because other pictures from the same series and with the same camera settings are displayed correctly. What I did was to export the broken files and reimported them – everything was okay then.
Now, the same thing happened again in a different image series. This is what it looks like (first five images are shown correctly, I pixellated them manually before uploading):
I could surely export and reimport the images like I did before but I'm afraid that this problem might reappear again and again. By the way, I never had this problem with NEFs from my old Nikon D50.
Thanks for your help
Christian

My Camera RAW version is 4.0.3.
Yes, I am switching between iPhoto and Aperture. The shared library is locally under /Users/Shared where my wife (with iPhoto) and me (mainly with Aperture) access it from our own user accounts. All images are managed on the internal HD, not referenced.
When I just checked it from my wife's iPhoto account, the images were okay. Only Aperture showed the black frames and interestingly considered the images to be 900x600px.
I then had to idea to select "Vorschaubild aktualisieren" (presumably "update preview image") from the context menu in Aperture and, to my surprise, it worked Didn't expect that it was a problem with the preview image because the error message suggested something different.
I will additionally repair the library as LeonieDF suggested. Thanks to you and I hope that this won't happen too often.

Unsupported image format error

Hey folks,
I've read several older threads on this topic and have not seen any new information. I am hoping there is a fix and someone out there knows it.
When I fired up aperture today I discovered that all of my images display with the dreaded unsupported image format error.
Thinking that my 215gb library had gotten too large, I tried to create a new library. Same result. When I import new images from my Canon 40D they show as a tiny preview and then quickly turn to the red message. It appears the raw files are not even imported into the library.... which made me think permissions. I repaired permissions and went so far as to set my ~/Photos/ to 777 ... still no dice.
I tried rebuilding my library - did not help
I have tried restoring from TimeMachine backup - no help
I deleted the plist and ~/Library/Application Support/Apreture - no help
I'm getting really worried that I have lost my library. I understand that the files are still there, but what about my edits and metadata. Seeing that this is a wide-spread issue is not helping my situation.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Good questions and thinking! I was vague about the chronology.
I first noticed the issue when I intended to import some images on my iMac which is home to my main 200+gb library. I never even got to the importing stage b/c I saw red, literally, when I launched the app.
I then created a new library and tried to import.
My final stage was to import onto the MBP, different machine, different library.
As for updates, I had applied the Dec. updates to the iMac but not the MBP.
While I know this will destroy my crediability as a troubleshooter (if you saw my images you'd know I have none as a photog ) I have realized that my Canon 40D somehow got switched into a custom mode during a few of the shots causing it to go into Canon's sRAW. I think that accounts for the behavior of the imported images on the MBP. It does not, however, account for my entire library turning red on the iMac.

"Bad image format" error when displaying an image on Nokia 6600

I get a "bad image format" error when I try and display an image on a Nokia 6600 cellphone. The image displays correctly when I run it on the J2ME 2.1 Emulator, but gives an error on the phone. Plz help!!

More info please... what kind of an image are you trying to display?

What's with the occasional "Unsupported image format" errors?

I get this error randomly -- suddenly Aperture can't show me anything but a brief flash of the image, and then I get the maroon screen "Unsupported image format" error. Restarting Aperture returns things to normal. I've seen this in both version 1.5.6 and 2.
I can count on this occurring about every hour or so. This is quite frustrating. I use CR2 files almost exclusively, written from a Canon 5D.
Any ideas or workarounds for this behavior?

I was getting this all the time with 1.5, I have not seen it yet with 2. I think it's a memory thing, it happens more quickly if I am running Safari and other stuff. Sometimes quitting Aperture then starting again does the trick, more often shutting the machine down and rebooting clears it. I also have some very large tiff's in the library, Aperture can't (I've not tried it in 2 yet) cope with them, always the unsupported error message. These files are between 300mb to 1gig, sometimes it justs hangs on to the 300mb but mostly not. By the end of the day it was a real problem, I could only export images 2-3 at a time, if I tried to email 10 low res I would get either an out of memory warning or unsupported etc.
Something holds onto the memory somewhere either in Ap or Safari or all things running.
Kevin.

"Unsupported Image Format" error ONLY on exposures longer than 4 minutes

When importing my photos to Aperture, I get an "Unsupported Image Format" error, but ONLY on images where my shutter was open for longer than 3 minutes or so. I'm looking at Aperture right now, and I've got one shot that was 184 seconds long - no problem. Next shot, 240 seconds - ERROR. I shoot everything in RAW and have no trouble with any of my "normal" exposure shots - thousands of them. Error shows up only with the shots where I've locked the shutter open for more than 4 minutes.
What the heck is up? I'm *assuming* it's a problem with Digital Camera RAW in OSX, as Preview.app is also unable to display the image. Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 have no trouble with these images. Even in Aperture, I see a low-res preview of these "error" images for about two seconds before the error message replaces it.
Aperture 3.4.5
Digital Camera RAW 4.07
Nikon D600 (latest firmware) shooting .NEF RAW files, all images imported directly into Aperture from SD card in computer's slot
OSX 10.8.4

This problem, unsupported image format for long exposures, has been reported on and off for some time now.
Its not an easy search to phrase but for example I found this Aperture 3 will not recognize RAW files obtained from long ... at dpreview from a while back.
Sorry to say there are no resolutions that I can find. You might want to try and get in touch with Apple. They don;t make it easy to get software support even on there 'pro apps' but if you start with the normal Mac support number you might get to someone who can help.
Additionally you can leave feedback by going to Aperture->Provide Aperture Feedback. There is a setting to report bugs.
Sorry I don;t have anything better to report.
good luck, post back if you find out anything
regards

Unknown File Format Error while Uploading file through SFP in Note Implemen

Hello All,
I am implementing SAP Note 1528165 - Form 16: Layout changes for financial year 2010-11 which has few PDF forms to be uploaded.
While doing the manual steps given in the attachment; I am getting following error.
Error occurred when uploading file (unknown file format)
Message no. FPUIFB068
Manual step listed in the attachment is given below:
Step 6 u2013 Creation of PDF form HR_INTAXF162006_600
a) Download attached file 'SFPF_HR_INTAXF162006_600.zip' on the local file system.
b) Unzip the .zip file
c) Execute transaction code 'SFP'.
d) Enter 'Form' as 'HR_INTAXF162006'.
e) Goto menu bar and select the 'Utilities' option and select 'Uploading form' from menu.
f) Select the file, downloaded in the step u2018bu2019 (SFPF_HR_INTAXF162006_600.XML) from the local
file system.
g) Save the form and activate the same.
Please help/suggest.
Thanks in advance.
Arti Dobariya

Hi,
ADS has to be configured to perform those manual steps.
Please check the note 1580196 GTS: Error occurred when uploading file
(unknown file format).
The manual steps related to SFP transaction need to be performed if your are running the form 16 in pdf format.
Since ADS was not configured in our system; we end up using the option of running form 16 in SAP Script.
Changes related to SFP transaction need not be perfored in case you are running the form in SAP Script format as these are pdf specific changes.
Regards,
Arti

Unknown File Format Error while Uploading file through SFP

Hello All,
I am implementing SAP Note 1528165 - Form 16: Layout changes for financial year 2010-11 which has few PDF forms to be uploaded.
While doing manual steps given in the attachment; I am getting following error.
Error occurred when uploading file (unknown file format)
Message no. FPUIFB068
Manual step listed in the attachment is given below:
Step 6 u2013 Creation of PDF form HR_INTAXF162006_600
a) Download attached file 'SFPF_HR_INTAXF162006_600.zip' on the local file system.
b) Unzip the .zip file
c) Execute transaction code 'SFP'.
d) Enter 'Form' as 'HR_INTAXF162006'.
e) Goto menu bar and select the 'Utilities' option and select 'Uploading form' from menu.
f) Select the file, downloaded in the step u2018bu2019 (SFPF_HR_INTAXF162006_600.XML) from the local
file system.
g) Save the form and activate the same.
Please help/suggest.
Thanks in advance.
Arti Dobariya

Hi,
ADS has to be configured to perform those manual steps.
Please check the note 1580196 GTS: Error occurred when uploading file
(unknown file format).
The manual steps related to SFP transaction need to be performed if your are running the form 16 in pdf format.
Since ADS was not configured in our system; we end up using the option of running form 16 in SAP Script.
Changes related to SFP transaction need not be perfored in case you are running the form in SAP Script format as these are pdf specific changes.
Regards,
Arti

Raw Files Appear Deleted or Corrupted Suddenly in Aperture with Unsupported Image Format Error

I have been using Aperture 3, latest update, for the past year. Today, I tried to import new raw files from my new Sony RX1r and, as far as I can see, all raw files in Aperture give the "Unsupported Image Format" and alert symbol in the library where not only new files should be, but also ALL PREVIOUS RAW FILES. These files do no even show up as existing in the iPhoto Library.
This is, needless to say, distressing, as hundreds and hundreds of photos seem lost. Also, the files show a reduced pixel size and file sizes all go to .5 Mb. Some of the photos seemed to show up initially and look fine until I tried to open them, then they all either disappear or show the Unsupported Image Format instead of the opened file. I have tried rebuilding the iPhoto library, but no help.
I have looked in these discussions and see similar problems with Aperture. Perhaps, Apple has not made an update for the RX1r from the RX1 for raw files, but why should all older raw files now be corrupted, especially those recently made with my Olympus OM-D? Had no problem with Aperture until this disaster.
Please help.
William

Just an update. Restarted computer and attempted rebuilds of iPhoto library a couple more times and finally files and photos mostly recovered, except for those I had tried to open. Aperture seems to have a problem, or a host of them, dealing with RAW files, and there is no update yet for the Sony RX1R for Aperture or iPhoto. Lightroom 5, on the other hand, seems to work great with these files directly, so that will be where all photos go for now. Will iPhoto and Aperture just become old archives? It is so infuriating that Apple does not allow for simple importing and exporting compatibility with such an excellent program as Lightroom 5 just to protect their somewhat poorly supported Aperture. I've been a staunch Apple supporter and user since the 80's, but having more doubts about the direction this company is taking.

Excel Rendering Extension: Unknown Image Format Imag/GIF - SSRS Excel Export

We are using the SSRS 2012 [ExportOpenXML].
When a report is export to excel, getting the message Unknow Image Format IMage/GIF.
Please suggest a fix the above issue.
As per article Excel Rendering extension: Unknow Image Format image/x-png suggestion verified in Visual studio selected the gif file in the Solution Explorer panel, checked the Properties
the MIME Type which is already set as image/gif.
Note: Dev environment its working as expected and but issue is observed in QA environment. I wonder some setting is missing on QA enviornment which I'm unable to get the difference exactly.
Quick help would be higly appreciated.

Hi Niranjan,
Based on the current description, I understand that there should be no issue when exporting the report containing image which is Image/Gif type in Dev environment because you have changed the MIME type to Image/Gif.
To narrow down the scope to find the cause, I want to confirm some information below:
1. Check Reporting Services edition in QA environment, if the Reporting Services edition is same between QA and Dev environment, you can back up the .rdl file and copy the .rdl file to QA environment and then export the report in Excel format to check
whether the issue persists.
2. If you export the report to other format such as PDF rather than Excel format in QA environment, please confirm whether the issue persists.
3. If you change the MIME type to Image/Png and then export the report to Excel in Dev and QA environment, please confirm whether the issue persists.
Supposing there is error message, please post the details to the forum for further analysis.
Reference:
How do you check what version of SQL Server for a database using TSQL?
Regards,
Heidi Duan
Heidi Duan
TechNet Community Support

Image format error on my wordpress website from Photoshop CC file?

Why would only one particular image have a format error on my wordpress website ? the link is [ removed by admin ]. I'm using Photoshop CC and every other image I created has no problem, but one will now work nomatter what I try.
This driving me crazy. The error is during uploading, but only happens with one particular file. Every other file that I created and edited the same way uploads with no problem.

We don't generally like to click on strange links here. What is the file format of the problem file? Try duplicating the layer to another document, and saving that. This often bypasses problematic files. Just right click, and choose duplicate layer. Use the drop down and select New. Job done.

Unknown file format error in studio mx

Help! I am using Flash in the Studio Mx Professional suite
and I cant open a .fla file. It tells me that its in an 'unknown
file format'.
But the file does open when I used my school's Flash 8
program. Please tell me they didnt design the Series 8 programs so
they werent backwards compatible with the Mx series!!! Im so
agitated right now...sorry. So if there is a hotfix or any easy
solution that wont make me scream, please post!

PyaNo;
You seem to be describing "forwards compatibility" rather
than
backwards--not many applications do that... Flashmx (version
6) cannot open
fla files saved from flash 8.
Fwiw flash can "downsave" fla files one version back--flash8
> flashmx
2004 (7), flashmx2004 > flashmx. -Tom Unger

Unsuported Image Format error with referenced images

Hi,
importing referenced images does not work for me: when selecting "store images in their current location" (i.e., referencing them), the preview is visible for a moment and then becomes gray; the large preview says "Unsupported Image Format" (if AP doesn't crash at all).
When moving the same images into the library, it works fine. This applies to Nikon RAW (NEF) files (from a D70 and D2H) as well as plain JPEGs.
I'm using Aperture 1.5.2 / OSX 10.4.8 on a Mac Pro; DigitalCameraRAWUniv200601.dmg is installed.
Thanks in advance for any hints,
Bernhard
Mac Pro 2.66 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Just if anyone cares (somehow this seems to be a rare issue), using referenced images seems to work if I choose a specific location ("Pictures") in the import dialog. The images get copied to a project-specific subfolder of ~/Pictures/ from where they are referenced, seems to work ok.
BB

Unsupported Image Format Error- Damaged files???

I have been working a series of pictures (all .jpg) and doing some editing. Pictures were fine.
I went back in today and a fair number of pictures are now indicating unsupported image format and just show red. I can see the image in the thumbnail and briefly if I press "M" or click on the red background. The image will flash and then go back to the red-background with "unsupported image format" message.
What happened?
Can I get back to the Master somehow and save the image?
Are there certain edits you shouldn't try in a .jpg (vs. RAW) file??
I am afraid to do more work on the pictures for fear of damaging more files.
Thanks.

Hi Pittsburgh,
I don't have a quick fix except to go and find the master file. If you're using a referenced file, this should be easy enough; just navigate to the place you're storing all the masters. If you're storing all your master files in your Aperture library, this can be opened by right-clicking the library icon, and selecting "Show package contents". You might need to do this 3 or 4 times to navigate through the library, folders, projects and import groups etc, but it is possible to dig right down to the originals.
Once you've found the original file, how does it look? Can you open it with other apps? (Be careful not to save any changes to this file). Is the file there?
If you can answer this question, you'll give us more info to work with and a better chance at resolving your problem.
Of course you could look up this problem in your manual, or Time Machine back a while and restore either file or the project. But these are last ditch efforts (the manual especially
Andrew

How I fixed the "unsupported image format" error for RAW files

After deleting the .plist file stopped working, I decided to go ahead & reinstall Aperture and...voila--problem fixed. RAW files are again displaying without any trouble (just like they used to!)
G5 2.3DP Mac OS X (10.4)

Just an update. Restarted computer and attempted rebuilds of iPhoto library a couple more times and finally files and photos mostly recovered, except for those I had tried to open. Aperture seems to have a problem, or a host of them, dealing with RAW files, and there is no update yet for the Sony RX1R for Aperture or iPhoto. Lightroom 5, on the other hand, seems to work great with these files directly, so that will be where all photos go for now. Will iPhoto and Aperture just become old archives? It is so infuriating that Apple does not allow for simple importing and exporting compatibility with such an excellent program as Lightroom 5 just to protect their somewhat poorly supported Aperture. I've been a staunch Apple supporter and user since the 80's, but having more doubts about the direction this company is taking.

3.4.1 update unknown image format error

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for