How do you fix this?

James Haba · #1 02-20-2007, 12:20 PM

I made the mistake of altering a photo in Nikon Editor while still on the CF card instead of my usual method of downloading to a Hard Drive and then doing the tweaking. I later downloaded the image to the drive but now I get the error message that this file is not recognised by Viewer or Editor. Of course I have reformatted the card since and I need the image.
Anyone else experienced this and have a fix?
Thanks
James Haba

Mark_Smiley · #2 02-20-2007, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Haba

I made the mistake of altering a photo in Nikon Editor while still on the CF card instead of my usual method of downloading to a Hard Drive and then doing the tweaking. I later downloaded the image to the drive but now I get the error message that this file is not recognised by Viewer or Editor. Of course I have reformatted the card since and I need the image.
Anyone else experienced this and have a fix?
Thanks
James Haba

Is it a RAW file or JPEG. If it's JPEG, I may be able to help. You may also want to try file recovery tools on the memory card.

David_Buzzard · #3 02-20-2007, 03:34 PM

Try opening it in Photoshop. You may have just damaged the part of the file that identifies it, as opposed to the actual meat of the file. Photoshop has a lot more latitude in what it will recognize.

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James Haba · #4 02-22-2007, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark_Smiley

Is it a RAW file or JPEG. If it's JPEG, I may be able to help. You may also want to try file recovery tools on the memory card.

Sorry, that is important info . . . A Raw file. I also tried opening it in Photoshop, no luck their either. What recovery tools do you suggest? Norton, Techtool . . . ?
Thanks
Jim Haba