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Problem generating thumbnails from TIFs

Robert Goldstein
I am in the processing of cataloging folders of images taken over many years. When I import a folder into EM 2.02, it has no problem generating thumbnails for files that are in raw, PSD or JPEG format, but cannot do so with most TIFs or TIFFs. I say most, because sometimes it does create a thumbnail. What I see instead is an icon. If I double click on the icon, I get a message: "No importer found for media file."

This failure is making my task difficult. Is there an explanation and a solution? I am using a Mac running OS 10.6.8

Rob
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  • Dave Heap
    Which Rendering Engine are you using "Apple" or "Manufacturer"?

    I've had no problems with TIFFs, apart from some not having decipherable built-in thumbnails (in particular, Windows Adobe CS4 compressed 16 bit TIFFs), but easy fixed by unchecking "Use built-in thumbnails (if available)"
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  • Robert Goldstein
    [quote="Dave Heap" wrote:
    Which Rendering Engine are you using "Apple" or "Manufacturer"?

    I've had no problems with TIFFs, apart from some not having decipherable built-in thumbnails (in particular, Windows Adobe CS4 compressed 16 bit TIFFs), but easy fixed by unchecking "Use built-in thumbnails (if available)"


    I am using the Apple rendering engine, but I thought that applies only to raw files. I have tried checking and unchecking the "Use Built-in thumbnails" box, but it does not seem to make a difference. A weird thing that I have noticed is that when I first begin the importing process, the TIFF thumbnails may be present, but they soon disappear and are replaced by an icon.

    Rob
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  • Robert Goldstein
    All of the TIFFs that failed to generate thumbnails were very large files. I solved the problem by selecting the icons of the relevant images and then Actions > Rebuild item. This resulted in the creation of thumbnails. I had to go through all of my catalogs to perform this Action wherever it was needed, but at least now I know to do it immediately upon import.

    Rob
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  • Dave Heap
    [quote="robgo2" wrote:
    All of the TIFFs that failed to generate thumbnails were very large files.

    Check your 'Preferences > Media Rendering > Images > Skip images with size greater than:' setting. I'm not sure whether that affects thumbnail generation or not.
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  • Robert Goldstein
    [quote="Dave Heap" wrote:
    [quote="robgo2" wrote:
    All of the TIFFs that failed to generate thumbnails were very large files.

    Check your 'Preferences > Media Rendering > Images > Skip images with size greater than:' setting. I'm not sure whether that affects thumbnail generation or not.


    That's a good thought, but the upper limit that it allows is 100 MB, and many of my multi-layered images are larger than that.

    Rob
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  • Dave Heap
    [quote="robgo2" wrote:
    That's a good thought, but the upper limit that it allows is 100 MB, and many of my multi-layered images are larger than that.

    You can turn the limit off by unchecking it. I have raw 16bit TIFFs around 132MB.
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  • Robert Goldstein
    [quote="Dave Heap" wrote:
    [quote="robgo2" wrote:
    That's a good thought, but the upper limit that it allows is 100 MB, and many of my multi-layered images are larger than that.

    You can turn the limit off by unchecking it. I have raw 16bit TIFFs around 132MB.


    I have unchecked it. We will see what happens the next time I have a large file to import.

    Rob
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