Grayscale images corrupted / not supported?

Steve:

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. That's strange because my V5 would give me the negative look and V6 is OK. I think it may have something to do with Quicktime and the latest version, 7.0.4. If you've not updated to that do so and then give iPhoto another try.

I'm having the same issue with grayscale tiff files and my Quicktime is up to data.

psiege:

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. It may be the fact that its a tiff file. Try making a dup and convert it to jpg and import.

Steve:

I have the same problem. Many of my 5,000 photos (pict & jpeg) are grayscale. Saved file type makes no difference. The only way the grayscale photos will display properly on iPhoto 6 on my G5 iSight is by converting them to RGB. Hopefully, a solution will be quickly found - it is very frustrating!! (Mac OS 10.4.4 & QT 7.0.4)

G5 iSight - 17" Mac OS X (10.4.4)

G5 iSight - 17" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

G5 iSight - 17" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Steve, et al:

Have to change my results. New files that have been changed to grayscale do not display properly in my new library. My one older test grayscale, done with V5,did for some reason.

Same Problem here, though the thumbnails appear ok. Once I select a grayscale image and it loads, it turns funky.


G4 MDD Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Update from my previous comment about iLife 06 - Photo:

Noticed that about one of every 40 grayscale images (JPEG or Pict) would import successfully. After trying to determine why, I discovered two possible solutions to eliminate the "Gray Scale " photos not importing properly problem:

1. Re-save your grayscale photos in GIF format and then import.

or

2. Re-save your grayscale photos (JPEG or PICT format) in photoshop elements "Grayscale Mode" making sure the button/box "Embed Color Profile: Gray Gamma 2.2" on the save-as screen is left unchecked and then import.


This has solved my problem. Hopefully it will help others who are having the same problem.

making sure the button/box "Embed Color Profile: Gray Gamma 2.2" on the save-as screen is left unchecked

Glenn:

That's the secret. The color profile. Thanks. Had created some a while back without the profile and they worked fine but I didn't know at the time that I had unchecked that box. It's the same for psd as well as jpgs.

Yes, you certainly found a way around the problem, but I would prefer that Apple fix this, it is their problem. My photos look good displayed in every other graphics program around, including earlier versions of iPhoto.

I'll wait for the next version of iPhoto. I don't feel like exporting all my greyscale photos and saving them as something else just so iPhoto can display them.

Solidarity. I'm a professional whose profession is being screwed by this. I've hundreds of grayscales with 2.2 Gamma and I don't have time to individually de-color-profile them. Apple! Please, fix this!

Just upgraded to iLife 6, featuring iPhoto 6, went through a slew of updates, updated QuickTime to the latest and greatest and I'm still unable to view grayscale images (tiff, jpg or psd) that have been imported.

I am happy that you guys finally gave me a way to keep iPhoto from copying full size image files to my hard drive upon import. I use iPhoto to catalog images that I back up to DVD, so the act of going into my Pictures folder to clean out all the high-res files copied there by iPhoto 5 was a massive pain in the butt.

So, thanks for that.

Probably because it's not a professional image cataloguing tool. It's a consumer level photo organiser. When you pay your $79 you get five apps - an average of about $16 per app.

Regards

TD