Cannot import some pictures: reported as corrupted

I receive family pictures from my brother. He uses Photoshop. Some JPEG pictures are reported to be "corrupted" and won't import to iPhoto 08, most will. If I put them through my Photoshop Elements and make them PNG, twice the size, but then they will import.
Why can't iPhoto 'read' the pictures, yet Preview and Photoshop Elements 4 can? I'd sure like to use iPhoto, heck... it's kind of nifty. But at this rate, it's getting a bit annoying with having to rebuild the database thumbnails (black thumbnails) all of the time.
Primarily, the issue is not being able to import some JPEGs, however.

ringhome
Just try opening the files in Preview and then saving them as jpeg - then try import. This issue can arise because PS sometimes adds metadata that iPhoto can' deal with.
The Black thumbnails can be caused by importing greyscale images - iPhoto supports RGB only. If that's not the issue and the problem is persistent then check your HD for minor errors using Disk Utility.
Regards
TD

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