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Corrupted photo...what to do?
Dave Collyer, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 4:51 PM on 08.14.10 |
->> I found this photo in my Lightroom gallery today. I am horrified. All new mac computers (8 months old). Is this what I think it is? Corrupted file? Luckily it wasn't a keeper in the bunch!
Now what to do? Should I take this whole shoot off my hard drive immediately? Anyone that has some experience with this, your help would be much appreciated!
Here's the link to the shot:
http://davecollyer.net/corrupted-image/2010/08/ |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 5:47 PM on 08.14.10 |
->> Stuff happens...and like you said "Luckily it wasn't a keeper". Digital files are bunches of 1's and 0's and when they get out of sequence (corrupt) this is what happens.
Could be the card, the camera reader, the camera, the computer. It's difficult to diagnose fro a distance.
Delane |
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Dave Collyer, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 6:33 PM on 08.14.10 |
| ->> Thanks Delane..Is it 'contagious'? Will it effect the other files? I have thrown it in the trash and destroyed all copies.. |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 7:07 PM on 08.14.10 |
->> Dave-
No; the file itself is not the source of the problem. If it's a problem with your hard disk or data management/backup process, it will get worse over time. First, make backups in some form or fashion. Second, run scandisk (on Windows) or disk repair (OS X). If they find a lot of problems (even if they can fix the immediate problems), you might have something going south on your hard drive. If you keep everything backed up from the time you're downloading you shouldn't have a problem. Also, check your cards as Delane suggested.
There's also the possibility it's from shutting off the computer or camera while it was writing to a card or disk - usually that'll cause problems like what you're seeing. Most of the image data was saved, but the last chunk got cut off - so it can still read the headers and most of the image data, but the rest is just gobbledygook, to be technical. |
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Dave Collyer, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 5:57 PM on 08.17.10 |
->> Thanks Israel
Looks like my mac book pro had some disk issues as you had mentioned. I ran a disk repair and everything seems to be OK. Will keep this thread posted if any additional problems. |
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Mike O'Bryon, Photographer
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Ft. Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 7:38 PM on 08.17.10 |
->> I have ... on rare occasions ... had a corrupted file... and I found when I re-imported the files from the card... I was able to get a good copy. I attribute this to hiccup in the import/acquire process..
Just a thought
-- M |
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Darren Whitley, Photographer
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Northwest Missouri | MO | USA | Posted: 10:33 PM on 08.17.10 |
| ->> A friend who shoots video at the KC Star told me there's a program that repairs header data, which could be where the corruption exists. If you Google that, you'll find discussions. However, finding a software solution appears to be daunting. Check with any friends you might have who do video and you're likely to find out what magic bullet they have for this issue. Perhaps it will work on still images. |
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Thomas Boyd, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 1:16 AM on 08.18.10 |
->> Locate it in the Finder and see if you can open it with other apps. First try Apple Preview that comes free on the computer. Sometimes that little app can open things nothing else will. Then try to re-save it as a jpeg. If that doesn't work go to the next app and try it.
You may not need this image, but you will need to know how to deal with this problem in the future. |
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