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Ok i have a seperate folder where i keep all my artwork
i save them as png's now everytime i try to open them up in ms paint
it says 'paint cannot read this file This is not a valid bitmap file, or its format is not currently supported this computer' has never done that. can anyone help?

Edited by Soul - 03 August 2006 at 3:40pm

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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Topic: Help!! Posted: 03 August 2006 at 3:36pm
	Ok i have a seperate folder where i keep all my artwork i save them as png's now everytime i try to open them up in ms paint it says 'paint cannot read this file This is not a valid bitmap file, or its format is not currently supported this computer' has never done that. can anyone help? Edited by Soul - 03 August 2006 at 3:40pm
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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 03 August 2006 at 6:40pm
	You're name is too close to mine. I don't like that.
	I am the jesus of PJ.
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 03 August 2006 at 6:45pm
	Yeah, that throws me off too. We could really use some more info. OS, service packs, etc. would be helpful.
	RPG is numberwang.
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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 5:36am
	If you try to upload it to photobucket or some other image host, what does it say?
	got game?
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 9:42am
	Well i just downloaded the service pack 2 the other day and everything seemed to work fine until yesterday. I an't put it on my photobucket becuase my computer wont even open the files. im runing on XP.
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Blueberry_pie Rear Admiral Joined: 24 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2176	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 11:35am
	*Originally posted by Soul* I an't put it on my photobucket becuase my computer wont even open the files. Surely you can just upload the file without having to open it yourself?
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 12:01pm
	So your telling me to upload the whole folder? Well i tried loading each image onto photbucket and this is what it said.. *One or more pictures has an invalid format (jpg\|gif\|png\|bmp\|tif\|swf) This is a PNG image im trying to upload. Edited by Soul - 04 August 2006 at 12:03pm
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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 12:14pm
	Maybe it's because MSPaint sets all PNG files to have capslock? .png and .PNG are two different things to the interweb.
	I am the jesus of PJ.
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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 2:10pm
	Is it the same for all other formats?
	got game?
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 2:58pm
	Well the image is the same as all other .PNG formats... But i still don't know whats wrong with these damn thing...
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 3:37pm
	Try renaming them to .bmp. It could be that Paint was just saving them named as .png when they were bmps on the imside.
	RPG is numberwang.
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 5:03pm
	Would it mess up the quality of the image?
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 5:13pm
	No. Doing that would change nothing but the filename. It might fix your problem though.
	RPG is numberwang.
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 04 August 2006 at 6:16pm
	Nope didn't do anything. I just don't get why this happened i have never had problems like this.
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Blueberry_pie Rear Admiral Joined: 24 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2176	Posted: 05 August 2006 at 12:44am
	This is pretty strange. Have you tried opening the files with another image-viewing/editing program? If you can't open them with another program either, your files might be corrupt.
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 05 August 2006 at 9:52am
	Yes i tried opening them in photoshop, mspaint, graphics gale, image ready, fax viewer :S
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Blueberry_pie Rear Admiral Joined: 24 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2176	Posted: 05 August 2006 at 10:57am
	...and they didn't work there either? I'm guessing they're corrupted then. Nothing you can do about it, I think.
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Colbert Nation Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 26	Posted: 05 August 2006 at 11:13am
	Try opening it with gimp. If not, then open it with Windows Picture and Fax viewer. Edited by Colbert Nation - 05 August 2006 at 11:14am
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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 07 August 2006 at 8:29pm
	No, I need to know if your having the same problem if you save it as a bmp or other format
	got game?
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Soul Seaman Joined: 03 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 08 August 2006 at 8:38am
	The problem is i can't even open the files up. Windows fax viewer does not work as stated above..
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