KGVale Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) Hello. I recently spent a lot of time making around 49 .pdn files. However I want to make them into png, jpg or whatever for use in another program. Unfortunately, I was unable to use any converted files, as they always gave errors seen in the attached files. I tested again by making a .pdn, saving it, then flattening it and changing it to a png. It again gave me this error. Is there are way to convert these files without them seeming corrupted in these forms? And yes I did flatten the .pdn files into 1 layer. Also when converted back to .pdn, they worked fine. Edited September 1, 2016 by KGVale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Hi KGVale - welcome to the forum How are you 'converting' these files? The correct method would be to use File > Save As and specify *.JPG (or *.png) as the fletype from the drop down selector in the save dialog. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGVale Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: Hi KGVale - welcome to the forum How are you 'converting' these files? The correct method would be to use File > Save As and specify *.JPG (or *.png) as the fletype from the drop down selector in the save dialog. Thanks for the reply. I've both done as you say and simply renamed the file ending. I also used a file conversion program after this. Each time it corrupts them Edited September 2, 2016 by KGVale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGVale Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Never mind, I did as you said and it worked. It's just going to be annoying reopening 48 other files and doing the same thing. Is there really no way to speed this up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, KGVale said: ..and simply renamed the file ending. Simply renaming the file extension is WRONG. Read again Ego Eram Reputos answer. BTW: What file conversion program? Why? Edited September 2, 2016 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Changing the file extension does not change the format. The extension is an indicator of the format. A clue to how the data is encoded. Think of it like a chocolate cake: you can put whatever icing you like on it but that doesn't change the fact that it is a chocolate cake. If you want a carrot cake you're going to have to bake it again. 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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