Image files no longer appear as "icon preview"

Previously I could view all my .png image files in the "icon preview" mode in Finder.
I must have accidently changed some setting where I can no longer view .png files in the "icon preview" mode. I just get the generic .png icon to appear in finder. I have the "show icon preview" item checked in view options, and most other image files appear as icons...just not the .png files.
Any thoughts? Thanks.

You could have turned "show icon preview" off and set that as a default.
In a folder with images, set to "icon" press command+j and make sure that "show icon preview" is ON.
If it's ON and still no luck, turn it off, close the folder, reopen and try again.
It seems that some images have previews in them (from Photoshop or similar) and will show previews even with the above option set to off. Others need the option to be ON.
Also, what do you see if you select one of the preview-less images and hit the s p a c e ?

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