Preview not showing JPG Images

Having a similar issue after upgrading to El Capitan. Jpegs do not show in Preview, grey screen. no errors

After some testing it seems that Preview can’t hand images of a large pixel count. I’ve exported the same image, but different sizes. As I get over 4000 px wide, I began getting the gray blank screen in Preview. But I need the larger pixel counts for large prints.

I have a similar problem with Image Viewer 8.1 (877), when displaying jpg photographs.

They are displayed, and after a split second, they are overlayed by a solid green color.

The same images do not pose problems in Photos. Neither with Pixelmator.

Screen dumps from iphone-6 or iPad 3 in jpg formats do not show any problems.

There's an associated problem in iBooks Author, also showing a green overlay on "html-widgets" during editing (gone after export to iBooks format). In this case, the green overlay is produced by a png-file from a screen dump.

Image viewer has a tendency to crash, when opening a jpg file.

exactly what happens to me.

Your comment on size, seems to be correct.

I read the problem-jpg into PixelMator and saved it as a 4592x3448 pixel jpg file. Image Viewer displayed the green overlay.

I saved the file as a 2296x1724 pixel jpg file. Image viewer displayed no green overlay.

Same file. Same creator. Different sized jpg's. Where the exact limit is, has no real interest to me, but you're on the right track. These quite normal jpg camera files should pose no problems in modern software. I hate it, when some developers get inspired to "think for themselves" ;-)

Regards

I just submitted a bug report to Apple. Problem #

22960602

you can go to bugreport.apple.com and login with your apple id to submit a bug.

I've experimented a bit, and on my jpg the key-size is 4364 pixels. Above, the green overlay exists, i.e. 4365 pixels, and dpi 120, 180 or 240 makes no difference. The value seems quite arbitrary, since 4364 not divisible by 8 (one byte).

Let's hope, Apple gets its act together. My bluetooth (Apple) mouse is also acting up (did work on Yosemite and earlier), so... sigh...

I'm seriously contemplating switching to Windows for my portable gear (Asus UX305FA instead of the port-cripled Macbook 12 and louse screen on the Macbook Air 11). Apple's software displays a growing amount and too many "personality defects" (read bugs) in the yearly iterations of Mac OS X and iOS (the version 8 and version 9 releases have been disasters for me, and now OS X 10.11 also starts to show "dementia" and "general degeneration" ;-)

It's a pity, that marketing and fashion has taken over from development and quality. Maybe the Apple leadership should concentrate less on wristband colors, than actual software usability and reliability.

Same goes to me. Maybe El Capitan bugs. But on the other hand, it ***** because i need to do my works. lol

Experiencing the same problem trying to view my panoramic images, 9088x2332.

Same thing here - I'm on a macbook pro retina 13.1". I use this computer to post-process pictures a lot, so this is really disappointing to me.

Just a note: I considered getting Xee3 to use instead of preview... https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xee3/id639764244?mt=12. I feel like I shouldn't have to do this though - macs should "just work"...

I bit the bullet and paid the $4 for Xee3. It seems nice, and at least it works!

with the latest update, 10.11.1 it fixed the problem for me.

Version 10.11.1 did not solve my problems.

Some images, that earlier showed a totally green overlay, continues to show the overlay.

Some images, that earlier showed a totally green overlay, now show a split overlay (something akin to 40% green, 40% real image followed by a green overlay for the remaining image in horisontal direction). Like this resized screen dump example:

I haven't discovered any system for this, specific deviation between 10.11.0 and 10.11.1.

Some images, that earlier showed a totally green overlay, now do not show the overlay. I haven't discovered any system for this, specific deviation between 10.11.0 and 10.11.1.

Problematic images still have a tendency to - periodically without any obvious recognizable system - crash the program instead of displaying the complete or partial green overlay.

Affected images are consistently 4365 pixels or more wide. But now at least some are displayed without the green overlay. Alas... this is not really good enough.

Regards

10.11.1 seems to have cleared up the issue for me too. I was able to open a 50MB+ 11300px × 5013px panorama just fine.