RAW files appear as negative images. Please explain.

I imported RAW images from a card reader and selected DNG. In the Library, the images appear as blotches of color or presents or whatever. I've tried to find a solution for a week, but have not succeeded. It's really quite frustrating because I'm sure it's something simple.

Blotches of color could indicate that the file is corrupted. This is almost always a hardware problem ... camera card, card reader or USB cable, hard disk. Try using other hardware to transfer your photo to a different hard disk. see if that helps.

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Photos appear as negative images after updating to iOS 7

I have the iPhone 4S. After downloading iOS 7, my photos are still present but appear as negative images. Anyone else have this problem?

It is still there and the same as before, you just have to click on the various views available. I think it is the album view that shows the Camera Roll first as before. The default view after downloading iOS 7 is not the same, but you can change it.

I have just got a Nikon D810 but CC wont open my raw file, can anyone help me please?

I have just got a Nikon D810 but CC wont open my raw file, can anyone help me please?

Ah ok shall try that now, thank you very much for your help

I ran MacKeeper and demo'd my wife's iPhoto archive bigtime: RAW files appear corrupted and lotsa pix w/no thumbnails or "!" marks instead. Help!

I ran MacKeeper and demo'd my wife's iPhoto archive bigtime: RAW files appear corrupted and lotsa pix w/no thumbnails or "!" marks instead. Help!

Should I take it that recco'd means 'recommended'? Still have no idea what demo'd means in the context you use. I've often seem it as an abbreviation for 'demonstrate' but that makes no sense. The problem with idiosyncratic abbreviations is that other people don't understand them.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
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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.

TIFF & JPEG renders of RAW files appear different when viewed in Bridge

I am working with the demo of Photoshop CS6, with ACR 7.1. CS6 System Info will appear at the bottom of this post. Summary: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T, 16GB RAM, Win7-64bit, nVidia GTX 460 video w/1GB RAM, approx. 2.5 TB free space on multiple internal physical drives, Canon 50D, CR2 files. I have a camera profile generated through Profile Editor, and the monitor is calibrated with i-1 Match.
I have been practicing with the new Basic Panel controls (Process 2012). When I felt that I was getting the hang of them I started saving JPEG and TIFF files and noticed differences between what appears in Bridge and ACR. I worked on this for some time and searched out some other discussions in the Forum which seemed to talk about similar results. I have now tried Image Processor via Bridge, Save Image in ACR, and Open>Save manually in PS CS6. By whatever route, the TIFFs and JPEGs are different (lighter in the following examples, but this is not always the case), while PSD saves seem to be close, but not identical to the CR2 when viewed in Bridge or Photoshop. Here is a screen capture of Bridge thumbnails which show the differences.
I hope the labels come through legibly. The two images on the second row are CR2 and PSD respectively. What is really odd to me is that when I resaved the PSD file as a TIFF, the same sort of difference shows up in the TIFF. (See _MG_7960_via_PSD.tif above.) I have uploaded the CR2, its XMP, a TIFF and a JPEG on Sendspace (107 MB). I did this earlier in my experiments and regret that the file naming is not as informative as might be.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/t0lhko
I have run a few other ACR adjusted CR2 images through Image Processor and seen a variety of differences between the rendered files and the RAW versions. The differences seem to be in Exposure and Contrast. Most of these looked somewhat darker, unlike the examples above.
I will happily provide any other information on request. Thanks!
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Thanks very much for that lead, NormanPCN. I do have Auto Tone checked, though the rendered files in the example above do not have XMP sidecars. I will try unchecking Auto Tone even so, and post back when I see what happens.
Thanks again,
Kieren
EDIT: Bingo! I took Auto Tone off in ACR Preferences (in Bridge) and the non-RAW files immediately regenerated thumbs and previews. They now are indistinguishable from the PSD. There is still the very slight difference which I mentioned between the PSD and the CR2. While that seems odd, it is small enough to be relatively trivial.
Many thanks!
Thumbnail view w/o Auto:

Photos in InDesign PDFs appear as negative images

I work in CS3 (I'm on OS 10.4.11) and am having a problem when I export a layout with photos in it to a PDF file. The PDF looks fine on my computer and prints fine to my printer, but when I send it to others, the photos will sometimes (arrgh--not always!) appear on screen and print as negative images. The placed photos are usually TIF or JPG, but are sometimes Photoshop files.
Often I am sending these documents to users who will simply print them out on their own laser printers, so typically I export as "a high-quality print." However, I have had the same problem when I've exported as "press quality." The problem remains the same whether the user is printing to a PS printer or not.
Originally I thought it might be an issue with the Acrobat version on the recipient's end. However, I recently received a PDF from co-worker who has the exact same computer model, OS, and software versions as I do. When I opened her PDF, low and behold, I saw all the photos as negatives. (It did print fine, however.)
Any idea what's going on?

To export, I select File > Export > Adobe PDF.
Adobe PDF preset: High quality print (usually) or press quality (occasionally)
Standard: none
Compatibility: Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4)
Options: Optimize for fast Web view
Create tagged PDF
Export visible & printable layers.
Most of my recipients have Adobe Acrobat Pro 7.0 for the PC; however, I had the same trouble opening an InDesign-created PDF from another Mac user with the same versions of everything as me, i.e. CS3, InDesign 5.0.2, and Acrobat Pro 8.1.2.

Why the RAW files appear as exec files in CS4 Bridge?

I'm wondering how I can make my RAW files visible in CS4. I'm using the new iMac 10.8.3. Everything worked well in Tiger.

Canon 7D and 5D III
I believe you mean that only some files appear as 'exec', just a rounded rectangle icon with grey gradient and top left corn in green 'EXEC', the file extension shows '.CTG'. This is the file that sorts stuff on the CF card and you can safely delete this or simply ignore once the files have been imported on your computer.
If you check the file size of this icon you will see it has only a couple of 100 bytes, depending on the amount of files you have shot on one day or session so not even 1 kb while your Raw files will probably are around 15 or 20 MB in file size

Why do G3 raw files show as "Unsupported Image Format" in Aperture?

I am moving towards shooting in raw, and as an experiment I imported some sample raw files from the publicly available text images on the Photography Blog. When I try to look at these images, I get a black screen with a warning triangle and the message "Unsupported Image Format". This happens for all the different raws, including some G3 raw files (.rw2). Oddly, it can read the EXIF metadata and has all the information about shooting settings etc. If I import the same files into iPhoto, it displays the images properly and allows editing, etc.
I have a workaround, which I've also tried with my Fuji X10 raws (still not supported on MacOSX), of running them through the Adobe DNG converter, and then looking at the dng files which seem to work fine. But it's a pain.
This has to be one of those simple "D'oh" things, but I can't see what I'm doing wrong!

Thanks Leonie, the second part revealed that I have been an idiot, although the behaviour is still surprising. The folder has a mix of DMC-G3 raws, Fuji X10 raws, and DNG files produced from both. For the Fuji X10 files, the DNGs produce images and the raws produce the "Unsupported file format" message. The latter is not surprising, the former a little surprising (as I've heard that DNGs only work when the associated raw works). The last two remarks don't directly address my problem (or perceived problem), but they perhaps set the frame for my expectations.
For the G3 files, when I look at it more closely, the G3 raws DO display correctly, while the G3 DNGs give "Unsupported file format". I had managed to fool myself into thinking it was the other way round (Aperture does rather hide the full file name).
So I was completely wrong, Aperture does support DMC-G3 raw, it's just it's DNG support that's a bit weird. However, it's on my side if I need to use X10 raws (via the DNG step). In fact so far I've given up the latter, as the noise levels are so much greater than in Fuji's in-camera JPEG conversion.
So, thanks very much for your help. Now I remember the first rule of system support: never trust what the customer tells you! (I know you're not really customer support, but I guess the same rule applies.) Thanks again

Cannot open Raw files in CS4 [was:Help Please]

I am a newcomer to PS I have taken pics in RAW format with my camera and PS CS4 is not recognising them, can someone please tell me how to set up CS4 so that it will, thank you

Most likely, your older version of CS4 no longer supports converting your newer camera's raw files. You could check to see if you have the latest version of camera raw for CS4, but I'm doubting that it will handle your camera, which you didn't mention which one it is. You can also download the current dng converter so that you can convert your raw file to the version of camera raw that CS4 supports.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html

Nikon D70 RAW files now get "Unsupported Image Format"

Prior to March 12th, everything was working fine with my D70 Raw files. I now get the maroon "Unsupported Image Format" (USF) when I select the images that were previously fine. They show up for a fraction of a second before I get the error. I tried rebuilding the database to no avail. I can export the RAW files and open them in Photoshop so they are OK. Also now when I import from my D70 I get the gray box instead of the image and a letterbox maroon USF message, the EXIF data still imports and is associated with the image. Help. I did upgrade to 1.1.1
Dual 1.8Ghz Powermac G5 2GB RAM Radeon X800 XT Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Well, I can't really put my finger on it. I know for sure it happened post 1.1 upgrade, but it happened with 1.0 as well (I didn't do any troubleshooting when it first happened, just re-imported and it was fine.) The last time it happened it was the last 20 images on the original CF card, mostly in succession, but there were a few images that were still able to be read okay inside of that 20 image string. I reimported from the original card (thank God I had not erased yet!) and it was fine.
At least I know to keep my originals outside of aperture, what a space wasting bummer! I don't think I have any bad RAM because I've been running for 2 years without any real problems... The minor problems have happened, I believe with very tough weather conditions (humidity) and I experienced problems on all my Macs and even at work on windows. Maybe it was sun flares or static electricity, I don't know. The other issue is that my a/c power dips to low voltage often and my UPS switched to battery. I have a better UPS which always outputs 120v even when things sag or jump.
The only other thing I can possibly think of is that I have my Aperture library on a new Seagate 300GB drive that has only been used for images and sits dormant in my system except for scratch disk and Aperture. Actually, I did use it for about a month or two mirroring my boot drive with no errors, so I think the drive is good. Grr!
Troubleshooting rare occurances without have access to trace level data *****! (At work we can take a trace dump from our equipment and the guys can see pretty quickly what happened, and if it is hardware or software issue.)
To clarify, which Dual 1.8 do you have? The June 2004 one with only 4 RAM slots, or the 2003 one that was added to the original lineup with 8 RAM slots?
Aaron

Synced Photos appearing as negative image on IPOD Touch

Hi - jpegs synced from my computer are appearing as photo "negative" images ie black is white. This is for both colour and black and white JPEGS. Removed the photos and re synced them all to no avail. Couldn't find any help topics - Help !!

They are sorted on the iPod by the modification date of the photos.To sort them the whay you want you can change the modification dates on the Mac and then sync or:
http://www.wikihow.com/Rearrange-Photos-in-an-iPad-Photo-Album
or
http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-sort-and-organize-ipad-photos/

Why do my RAW files appear different between programs?

I have rendered a series of three RAW images as an HDR file in Photoshop CC, saved as a 16-bit TIFF file, and imported it into Lightroom. The image appears different between the two programs. The Lightroom image appears to have some editing done already and is not nearly as flat as the image in Photoshop. I have made sure my Adobe software is up to date concerning both programs and the camera raw information that can be updated via Adobe.

The iPad stores the raw photo data, but displays an iPad optimized version of the original image in its place.
This image is usually an optimized JPEG image, so the quality will not be the same as the raw image file.

My RAW files suddenly says "Unsupported Image Format" and can't import new pics

Hi all,
A week ago I imported the latest bunch of RAW-images from my Canon EOS 30D (.CR2-files) and all was working great. I did take some of the pics and exported them to an e-mail and sent them off to a friend. Then after rearranging my home office I was trying to import some pics from my iPhone 4 - won't work!
And the RAW-images are not supported any longer!...??
Facts:
- iMac 2,66MHz Core 2 Duo/4GB/OS 10.8.1
- Aperture 3.3.2
- Aperture Library located on a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+
Have searched for a solution without finding anything that works...
Have tried to:
- repair permissions
- examine database
- tossed com.apple.Aperture.plist to the trash
- am right now trying to rebuilding database as a last resort
Anyone have a good idea as I'm very reluctant to belive that rebuildning will work?
BR,
Pete

Thanks for your reply!
I've looked into it a bit.
The ReadyNAS uses Linux Ext3/Ext4 file system.
Found that my rights to Aperture Library has been downgraded to "Read only" even though I'm the admin...
Won't take changes either... Get a message stating that I don't have the privilage to change file rights...!!
I've just started a copy session of the 125 GB large Library to the internal HDD... It seems like a good idea to have it there - even though it's eating massive amounts of disk surface! Almost 20%...
I'm calling Netgear tomorrow - how the heck can may rights be changed, just like that???
Funny thing it's been working fine for a pretty long time, it's after Mointain Lion it has started to acting up.
I did have similar problems the day after upgrading to ML but after a firmware upgrade of the ReadyNAS it worked like a charm again - until yesterday...
Hope that I'm allowed to change the rights when it's been copied to the internal disk... Been typing and researching file system type etc for at least 15 mins now and it's still "preparing to copy"
Here's what I found in Console, the line called "2012-09-13 01:13:16,238" gave it away for sure (while trying to import new pictures).
2012-09-13 01:06:28,704 WindowServer[91]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Aperture" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2012-09-13 01:06:33,213 WindowServer[91]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Aperture" after 5.51 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2012-09-13 01:07:50,105 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:07:50,383 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:07:50,956 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:07:53,224 WindowServer[91]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Aperture" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2012-09-13 01:07:56,045 WindowServer[91]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Aperture" after 3.83 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2012-09-13 01:08:04,033 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:08:04,166 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:08:04,337 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:08:05,588 Aperture[4027]: The function `CGCMSUtilsGetICCProfileData' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance. Please use `CGColorSpaceCopyICCProfile' instead.
2012-09-13 01:08:06,937 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:08:07,037 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
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2012-09-13 01:13:16,238 Aperture[4027]: Document destination folder is not writable
2012-09-13 01:15:01,576 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer
2012-09-13 01:15:02,317 Aperture[4027]: ImageIO: CGImageWriteSessionFinalize Could not write any more data to the consumer

Imported .bmp files appear black, no image can be seen

Hi all,
I am attempting to import some .bmp assets that will be part of a webpage I am creating using iweb. However when I import the .bmp files they appear black instead of seeing the graphic. Any ideas?

Ron
Yes but what color profile are they?
Given that they have red in them, then they are not greyscale images, however, given that they come from Illustrator there is a very good chance that they have a CYMK profile, and as I said, iPhoto supports RGB only. Open the images with Preview and use the Tools menu to ascertain the Color Profile. Change it to RGB if needed.
Regards
TD

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