RavenWolf Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I was editing a bunch of pictures recently and when I went into my picture folder to look over the ones I'd completed. I noticed several of my pictures thumbnails looked like they did before I had edited them. Afraid that I hadn't saved my changes I clicked on them. The windows picture viewer showed them correctly with the changes. I refreshed the page, restarted my PC, opened and re-saved them. Yet the thumbnails continued to show no change... :? After much trail and error I figured out that if I reopened the picture with PaintNet and saved it as a bitmap file, closed it, reopened it and then re-saved it as a JPEG file. That the thumbnail would then show the changes that had been made. :shock: I have run into that several times since and for the life of me I can't figure out why it sometimes does that. If its something I'm doing or not doing. It's more annoying then troublesome as I know how to fix it. However I would sure like to know why its doing that. Has anyone else come across this? Or know why or how that is happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Moved to Bugs & Troubleshooting Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Actually, Tom noticed this a long time ago and filed a bug on it but we haven't fixed it. It's hasn't really been a high enough priority issue. I think what's happening is that some software or devices prepare and embed a thumbnail into the image. Paint.NET simply preserves that thumbnail just like it does with any other generic EXIF metadata. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenWolf Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Actually, Tom noticed this a long time ago and filed a bug on it but we haven't fixed it. It's hasn't really been a high enough priority issue.I think what's happening is that some software or devices prepare and embed a thumbnail into the image. Paint.NET simply preserves that thumbnail just like it does with any other generic EXIF metadata. Before I figured out how to fix it I would have argued that its annoying enough to be top priority, however since it only takes a couple of extra steps to fix I can see why it would be low on the priority list. :wink: Anyway, Thank you, that explanation makes a lot of sense. I was driving myself nuts trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. It's good to know its nothing I'm doing. But then I'm such a newbie that I'm still trying to figure out what half of the functions do. (Thanks in part to the plug in downloading spree. LOL) Oh and sorry about posting in the wrong area. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Right Click > Refresh Thumbnail. Works on folders , too. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenWolf Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Right Click > Refresh Thumbnail.Works on folders , too. I never noticed that option before. *slaps self in forehead* Thanks! that will be a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Right Click > Refresh Thumbnail.Works on folders , too. What? Where did that function come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 It's built in to Windows. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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